1 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/www/firefox/files/patch-xpcom-reflect-xptinfo-src-xptiInterfaceInfoManager.cpp b/www/firefox/files/patch-xpcom-reflect-xptinfo-src-xptiInterfaceInfoManager.cpp
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+++ b/www/firefox/files/patch-xpcom-reflect-xptinfo-src-xptiInterfaceInfoManager.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+--- xpcom/reflect/xptinfo/src/xptiInterfaceInfoManager.cpp.orig
++++ xpcom/reflect/xptinfo/src/xptiInterfaceInfoManager.cpp
+@@ -633,10 +633,17 @@ IndexOfDirectoryOfFile(nsISupportsArray*
+             aSearchPath->QueryElementAt(i, NS_GET_IID(nsIFile), 
+                                         getter_AddRefs(current));
+             NS_ASSERTION(current, "broken search path! bad element");
++#if 0
++            // XXX #if 0'd because this breaks
++            //   xptiInterfaceInfoManager::DoFullValidationMergeFromFileList()
++            // causing ff failing to start when there are symlinks in .xpt
++            // file paths, like those from addons when /home is a symlink.
++
+             // nsIFile::Equals basically compares path strings so normalize
+             // before the comparison.
+             parent->Normalize();
+             current->Normalize();
++#endif
+             PRBool same;
+             if (NS_SUCCEEDED(parent->Equals(current, &same)) && same)
+                 return (int) i;