* David Mosberger-Tang ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Package: mozilla-firefox > Version: 1.0.2-1 > Severity: normal > Tags: patch > > > Firefox often crashes when running update-mozilla-firefox-chrome (or > mozilla-firefox -register). In particular, this currently happens > reliably after installing any locale package (such as > mozilla-firefox-locale-de-de). The root-cause of this problem is that > XPCOM calls with more than 7 arguments end up passing garbage in > arguments 8-N which often leads to segfaults. The attached patch > fixes the problem. I checked the upstream mozilla CVS tree and the > problem has been fixed there, too, albeit in a different manner. Both > solutions should be fine (the upstream solution is probably slightly > more efficient and if you prefer to use it, copying files > xptcstubs_asm_ipf64.s and xptcstubs_ipf64.cpp is probably all it > takes).
Hmmm, I looked at the mozilla trunk and I didn't see any real substantial changes to those in the past year. Are you sure upstream fixed this problem themselves? I'd prefer to use their solution rather than yours just for consistency's sake. Is there a bug number for this fix? -- Eric Dorland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ICQ: #61138586, Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1024D/16D970C6 097C 4861 9934 27A0 8E1C 2B0A 61E9 8ECF 16D9 70C6 -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GCS d- s++: a-- C+++ UL+++ P++ L++ E++ W++ N+ o K- w+ O? M++ V-- PS+ PE Y+ PGP++ t++ 5++ X+ R tv++ b+++ DI+ D+ G e h! r- y+ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
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