firefox -g option broken: Tries to run shell script under gdb

[jimav]

Binary package hint: firefox

firefox -g (or --debug) is supposed to run the binary executable under gdb to allow debugging.

However, it runs gdb on /usr/lib/firefox-3.6/firefox, which is a shell script, not an executable.

Here is the console output:

$ firefox --help
...
Usage: firefox [-flags] [<url>]

        -g or --debug Start within /usr/bin/gdb (Must be first)

$ firefox -g
sh /usr/lib/firefox-3.6/run-mozilla.sh /usr/bin/gdb /usr/lib/firefox-3.6/firefox-bin -x /tmp/mozargs.AKELLZ
GNU gdb (GDB) 7.1-ubuntu
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"/usr/lib/firefox-3.6/firefox": not in executable format: File format not recognized
(gdb) r
Starting program:
No executable file specified.
Use the "file" or "exec-file" command.
(gdb)

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: firefox 3.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu6
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-16.25-generic
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-16-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Mar 29 10:24:43 2010
FirefoxPackages:
 firefox 3.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu6
 firefox-gnome-support 3.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu6
 firefox-branding 3.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu6
 abroswer N/A
 abrowser-branding N/A
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha amd64 (20100224.1)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox

[Micah Gersten (micahg)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 546490, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.