There seems to have been some progress by the upstream developers. This bug filed against Core/Networking indicates that the fix has been released: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=494163
Note that the above bug references this Ubuntu bug for the same problem in Firefox: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/539226 That report states that "Starting with Ubuntu 11.04, Firefox is compiled with gio. " ** Bug watch added: Mozilla Bugzilla #494163 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=494163 ** Also affects: thunderbird via https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=494163 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/105088 Title: Thunderbird does not honor gnome-vfs paths To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/thunderbird/+bug/105088/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
