Hello,
The attached patch to debian/rules restores the ability to sign-in to
Chromium, by re-adding the Debian Google API keys that used to be included
in older Chromium packaging debian/rules.
The patch also resolves the crash that occurred on sign-in with Chromium
built against the system protobuf (the solution being, simply enough, not to
use the system protobuf - this issue was explained further in Debian bug
#764911).
With these fixes applied and Chromium re-built, I can upgrade from Chromium
37 to 38 without any need to delete ~/.config/chromium or any such hassle.
Hope this helps.
Cheers,
Christopher Martin
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@
linux_link_libspeechd=1 \
linux_link_gnome_keyring=1 \
+# Debian Google API Key
+defines+=google_api_key=AIzaSyCkfPOPZXDKNn8hhgu3JrA62wIgC93d44k \
+ google_default_client_id=811574891467.apps.googleusercontent.com \
+ google_default_client_secret=kdloedMFGdGla2P1zacGjAQh \
+
# system libraries to use
defines+=use_system_re2=1 \
use_system_yasm=1 \
@@ -58,7 +63,7 @@
use_system_libsrtp=1 \
use_system_jsoncpp=1 \
use_system_libevent=1 \
- use_system_protobuf=1 \
+ use_system_protobuf=0 \
use_system_harfbuzz=1 \
use_system_xdg_utils=1 \
