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FS#17733 - [conkeror] 20100102-1 won't run conkeror-spawn-helper

Attached to Project: Community Packages
Opened by Adlai Chandrasekhar (Adlai) - Thursday, 07 January 2010, 09:43 GMT
Last edited by Ionut Biru (wonder) - Thursday, 07 January 2010, 10:52 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages
Status Closed
Assigned To Stefan Husmann (stefanhusmann)
Architecture x86_64
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:

Conkeror uses a small helper program, conkeror-spawn-helper, to run external programs (for example, a PDF viewer). In recent versions of Conkeror, I get an error message when I try running external programs:

call interactively: Error: Error spawning process: conkeror-spawn-helper not found; try running "make"

After consulting with folks in #conkeror, it looks like the conkeror-spawn-helper program needs to be in the same directory as conkeror's application.ini file. Running

ln -s /usr/bin/conkeror-spawn-helper /usr/share/conkeror

fixed the problem for me. It seems that a similar change should be made in the package itself, or that Conkeror for Arch should be patched to simply run conkeror-spawn-helper directly (the current behavior is apparently for portability to other platforms).

* package version: conkeror-git 20100102-1, xulrunner 1.9.1.7-1

Steps to reproduce: Install the packages, and try running an external program. One way to do this is pressing `x', selecting a link, and then trying to run wget.
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Closed by  Ionut Biru (wonder)
Thursday, 07 January 2010, 10:52 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Additional comments about closing:  user message: I just tried building my own version with this "fix" from ABS, and it looks like the official package also has this fix. Uninstalling and reinstalling conkeror makes the problem go away. It looks as though this was a problem with my system.

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