Package: thunderbird
Version: 1:60.9.0-1~deb9u1
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Hello.
I tried to run Thunderbird under GDB to characterize a crash, but the
command line built by the start script is wrong.
The attached file is a change that fixes the way the gdb command line is
built.
Regards.
--- /usr/bin/thunderbird 2019-09-12 19:25:59.000000000 +0200
+++ ./thunderbird 2019-10-08 10:20:31.583725040 +0200
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
MOZ_LIBDIR=/usr/lib/${MOZ_APP_NAME}
ID_PROFILE_FOLDER=${HOME}/.icedove
TB_PROFILE_FOLDER=${HOME}/.thunderbird
-TB_GDB_DEFAULT_OPTS=${TB_GDB_DEFAULT_OPTS:-"-ex handle SIG38 nostop -ex handle SIGPIPE nostop"}
+TB_GDB_DEFAULT_OPTS=${TB_GDB_DEFAULT_OPTS:-"handle SIG38 nostop\nhandle SIGPIPE nostop"}
export HELP=0
export FAIL=0
@@ -245,8 +245,10 @@
if [ -f /usr/bin/gdb ]; then
if dpkg-query -W -f='${Version}' thunderbird-dbg &>/dev/null ; then
output_info "Starting Thunderbird with GDB ..."
- output_info "LANG= /usr/bin/gdb ${TB_GDB_DEFAULT_OPTS} -ex run ${MOZ_LIBDIR}/${MOZ_APP_NAME} ${TB_ARGS[@]}"
- LANG='' exec "/usr/bin/gdb ${TB_GDB_DEFAULT_OPTS} -ex run ${MOZ_LIBDIR}/${MOZ_APP_NAME} ${TB_ARGS[@]}"
+ cmdfile=$(mktemp -t thunderbird-gdb-XXXX)
+ { echo -e ${TB_GDB_DEFAULT_OPTS}; echo file ${MOZ_LIBDIR}/${MOZ_APP_NAME}; echo run ${TB_ARGS[@]}; } >> $cmdfile
+ LANG='' /usr/bin/gdb -x $cmdfile
+ rm -- "$cmdfile"
else
output_info "No package 'thunderbird-dbg' installed! Please install first and restart."
exit 1
