Package: thunderbird Version: 1.5.0.4-3 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch The manpage of Thunderbird should mention the debug option, as in the patch below (moreover, these options are not consistent with these of Firefox: for example, Firefox switch to start through a debugger is -debug (one dash)).
--- thunderbird.1.old 2006-08-02 08:58:00.000000000 +0200 +++ thunderbird.1 2006-08-02 09:01:05.000000000 +0200 @@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ Display a summary of \fBthunderbird\fR's command line usage. .IP "\fB-version\fP" 10 Display which version of \fBthunderbird\fR is installed. +.IP "\fB-g\fP, \fB--debug\fP" 10 +Starts Thunderbird through a debugger (gdb by default). .SH "EXAMPLES" .IP "\fBthunderbird\fR \fB-compose mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]" 10 Compose a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-1-686 Locale: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (charmap=ISO-8859-15) Versions of packages thunderbird depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.2 Debian configuration management sy ii libatk1.0-0 1.12.1-1 The ATK accessibility toolkit ii libc6 2.3.6-15 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libcairo2 1.2.0-3 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra ii libfontconfig1 2.3.2-7 generic font configuration library ii libgcc1 1:4.1.1-5 GCC support library ii libglib2.0-0 2.10.3-3 The GLib library of C routines ii libgtk2.0-0 2.8.18-1 The GTK+ graphical user interface ii libjpeg62 6b-13 The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG ii libpango1.0-0 1.12.3-1+b1 Layout and rendering of internatio ii libpng12-0 1.2.8rel-5.2 PNG library - runtime ii libstdc++6 4.1.1-5 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 ii libx11-6 2:1.0.0-7 X11 client-side library ii libxcursor1 1.1.5.2-5 X cursor management library ii libxext6 1:1.0.0-4 X11 miscellaneous extension librar ii libxfixes3 1:3.0.1.2-4 X11 miscellaneous 'fixes' extensio ii libxft2 2.1.8.2-8 FreeType-based font drawing librar ii libxi6 1:1.0.0-5 X11 Input extension library ii libxinerama1 1:1.0.1-4 X11 Xinerama extension library ii libxrandr2 2:1.1.0.2-4 X11 RandR extension library ii libxrender1 1:0.9.0.2-4 X Rendering Extension client libra ii libxt6 1:1.0.0-5 X11 toolkit intrinsics library ii myspell-fr [myspell-diction 1.4-20 The French dictionary for myspell ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-13 compression library - runtime thunderbird recommends no packages. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]