[tor-bugs] #5922 [Firefox Patch Issues]: Greg's browserfeedwriter javascript finds TBB's full path on Windows

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#5922: Greg's browserfeedwriter javascript finds TBB's full path on Windows
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 Reporter:  arma                  |          Owner:  mikeperry
     Type:  defect                |         Status:  new      
 Priority:  critical              |      Milestone:           
Component:  Firefox Patch Issues  |        Version:           
 Keywords:  tbb-linkabilility     |         Parent:           
   Points:                        |   Actualpoints:           
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Changes (by mikeperry):

  * keywords:  => tbb-linkabilility
  * priority:  major => critical
  * component:  TorBrowserButton => Firefox Patch Issues


Comment:

 FYI: For whatever reason, Mac and Linux use resource urls in JS
 exceptions, not filesystem paths. Pretty sure this was a huge concern for
 Mozilla back in the Firefox 2.0 days, and it got fixed everywhere.. Or at
 least, so we thought. Not sure what the hell is up with Windows.. If it
 was always broken, or if someone snuck in a helpful new "debugging
 feature" into Rapid Release at some point.

 Am currently digging around for things that implement nsIException to try
 to find the culprit. I'll see if I can find the mercurial blame logs, too.

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