[tor-bugs] #12716 [meek]: Make meek-client-torbrower take the firefox command as a parameter

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#12716: Make meek-client-torbrower take the firefox command as a parameter
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     Reporter:  dcf     |      Owner:  dcf
         Type:  defect  |     Status:  new
     Priority:  minor   |  Milestone:
    Component:  meek    |    Version:
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Comment (by dcf):

 Replying to [comment:2 mcs]:
 > Replying to [comment:1 dcf]:
 > > But there's an additional problem with passing a complete firefox
 command line. Mac OS X needs an absolute path for the profile directory,
 so meek-client-torbrowser absolutizes it. It couldn't do that easily if
 the whole command were to come as a unit.
 >
 > Why does Mac OS need an absolute path to the profile directory?  Is that
 a Firefox limitation?
 > Nevermind.  I found this:
 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=673955

 Hmm, I see. I wasn't aware of that Mozilla bug. I had assumed the reason
 was how OS X 10.9 started setting the working directory of applications to
 "/"; i.e., the same reason we do the silly
 [https://gitweb.torproject.org/builders/tor-browser-
 bundle.git/commitdiff/ef72db99d24548a7138bb2f372735ca23afc12a3 tor.real
 trick] a.k.a. #10030. But I could be wrong.

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