thunderbird -g fails due to invoking "$LIBDIR/$META_NAME" instead of "$LIBDIR/$META_NAME"-bin

[Stephen Warren]

Binary package hint: thunderbird

Running "thunderbird -g" causes /usr/lib/thunderbird-3.0.4/thunderbird.sh to attempt to run thunderbird under gdb. In this case, thunderbird.sh executes:

  echo "sh $LIBDIR/run-mozilla.sh $GDB "$LIBDIR/$META_NAME"-bin -x $tmpfile"
  # force command name to be thunderbird for run-mozilla.sh
  CMDNAME_USER=thunderbird sh $LIBDIR/run-mozilla.sh $GDB "$LIBDIR/$META_NAME" -x $tmpfile

The echo line correctly shows it invoking "$LIBDIR/$META_NAME"-bin. However, the gdb line actually just invokes "$LIBDIR/$META_NAME" (note missing -bin at end of thunderbird command).

This ends up running gdb on /usr/lib/thunderbird-3.0.4/thunderbird (a shell script) instead of /usr/lib/thunderbird-3.0.4/thunderbird-bin (the thunderbird ELF binary) and hence gdb fails.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: thunderbird 3.0.4+nobinonly-0ubuntu1 [modified: usr/lib/thunderbird-3.0.4/thunderbird.sh]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.31-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Apr 14 21:41:31 2010
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: thunderbird

[Micah Gersten (micahg)]

Thanks for reporting this bug and any supporting documentation. Since this bug has enough information provided for a developer to begin work, I'm going to mark it as Triaged. Thanks for taking the time to make Ubuntu better! Please report any other issues you may find.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package thunderbird - 3.0.6+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu1

---------------
thunderbird (3.0.6+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu1) maverick; urgency=low

  * New upstream release v3.0.6 (THUNDERBIRD_3_0_6_BUILD2)
    - see USN-958-1

  [ Chris Coulson <email address hidden> ]
  * Fix LP: #600217 - StartupWMClass value in thunderbird.desktop file is
    not correct
    - update debian/thunderbird.desktop

  [ Micah Gersten <email address hidden> ]
  * Fix LP: #590452 - Thunderbird needs change for dictionary transition;
    Use hunspell dictionaries for Maverick and later
    - update debian/rules
  * Fix LP: #569762 - Thunderbird's .desktop file does not contain russian
    translation; Thanks to Igor Zubarev for the translation
    - update debian/thunderbird.desktop
  * Fix LP: #563535 - thunderbird -g fails due to invoking "$LIBDIR/$META_NAME"
    instead of "$LIBDIR/$META_NAME"-bin
    - update debian/thunderbird.sh.in
  * Fix LP: #411691 - many Exception... "update.locale file doesn't exist" in
    console
    - update debian/rules
 -- Micah Gersten <email address hidden> Tue, 13 Jul 2010 08:59:50 -0500