On Fri, Oct 05, 2012 at 10:31:16PM +0100, Alessandro Grassi wrote:
> > Instead of using the 'link' option of the persistence framework, how
> > about using another directory, then? This would result in the following
> > approach:
> >
> > * At build time:
> > - create an Iceweasel profile,
> > - create an empty `~/.mozilla/bookmarks` directory,
> > - remove `places.sqlite` from the Iceweasel profile,
> > - add a symlink `~/.mozilla/default/places.sqlite` pointing
> > to `~/.mozilla/bookmarks/places.sqlite`.
> > * When bookmarks persistence is activated:
> > - add `~/.mozilla/bookmarks` to the set of persistent directories.
> >
> > Wanna try it?
>
> Looks a little tricky to me, but it works. Let's go this way! ;-)
Great. :)
> All the needed patches are attached:
>
> "0001-generate-iceweasel-profile-at-build-time.patch" and
> "0001-symlink-places.sqlite-for-bookmarks-persistence.patch" are for
> Tails;
This one should also create an empty directory in /etc/skel. Otherwise
the 'bookmarks' directory will not exist when no persistence is used,
resulting in a broken Iceweasel.
What is also needed before we can merge this work is an update to the
design documents and the end-user documentation, see
<
https://tails.boum.org/contribute/merge_policy/> for details.
Do you want to carry on your work on this front as well?
Thanks for your contributions!
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Ague
