The command firefox -a firefox -remote openurl\("file://$URL",new-window\) returns zero upon failure. This causes a problem when trying to use Xfce4 help files, as the script for starting them contains the lines case $BROWSER in firefox*) $BROWSER -a firefox -remote openurl\("file://$URL",new-window\) || \ $BROWSER "file://$URL" When the 1st command fails, the return code is zero & the 2nd command doesn't start. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install the Xfce4 desktop manager 2. When running it, click on the 'XFCE 4 Manual' button 3. Actual Results: The help file does not appear Expected Results: Firefox should have started with the Xfce4 help index. This problem was discovered while using Xfce 4.1.90 & Firefox 1.0_pre-r2 . I realise that the version of Xfce is not yet included in Gentoo stable, but the problem arises inside the current Gentoo Firefox start script; it also happens if the user tries to use Mozilla instead. The Firefox/Mozilla scripts should always return non-zero on failure to start.
Fixed in mozilla-launcher-1.23. Note that bare exit is the same as "exit $?" @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ # instance. if [[ ${#args[@]} -gt 0 ]] || ! try_running 'ping()'; then # Assume the first url should just be tacked on the end. - try_start "${args[@]}" ${urls:+"${urls[0]}"} + try_start "${args[@]}" ${urls:+"${urls[0]}"} || exit set -- "${urls[@]}"; shift; urls=("$@") # shift off the first url candidates=$DISPLAY args=()
