Re: [Tails-dev] Migrating to (something closer to) the regul…

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Betreff: Re: [Tails-dev] Migrating to (something closer to) the regular Tor Browser
02/10/14 11:23, intrigeri wrote:
> Hi,
>
> great to see some initial work on the migration to FF31 in that
> branch! I'm going to build a test ISO right away.
>
> Wrt. commit 4ba3198 ("Run Tor Browser using the TBB's shared
> libraries"), two questions:
>
>   * Does this mean that without this commit, the Tor Browser was only
>     using system libraries (e.g. NSS)?


For some reason they *were* loaded pre-31esr even without setting
LD_LIBRARY_PATH.

>     If it is so, I think the design
>     doc needs to make it clear that we *really* need the Tor Browser
>     binary to use the bundled libs, and how it's implemented.


Sure, done.

>     Also,
>     I think we should have at least a manual test about this.


Done in the branch.

> * Doesn't the tor-launcher script need to do the same?


Oops, yes of course. Now fixed.

>     (And then,
>     the I2P browser one too, and then maybe we should refactor this
>     somehow, if it needs to be replicated in 4 different places.)


Good idea, now done.

Cheers!