[Alpine-info] Firefox, snap and /tmp

Bret Busby via Alpine-info alpine-info at u.washington.edu
Tue Jun 4 08:34:36 PDT 2024


On 4/6/24 19:32, Kjell Rönnmark via Alpine-info wrote:

> Are you suggesting that alpine should be removed from ubuntu?


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>

> On Tue, 4 Jun 2024, Bret Busby via Alpine-info wrote:

>

>> On 4/6/24 17:52, Kjell Rönnmark via Alpine-info wrote:

>>> Hi,

>>>

>>> Have you noticed that the snap version of Firefox in Ubuntu cannot

>>> access /tmp?

>>> See

>>> https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/firefox-snap-no-access-to-gvfs-and-tmp/27253

>>>

>>> As far as I understand, alpine copies attached html files to /tmp, and I

>>> have not

>>> found an easy way to change this (although I can work around it with a

>>> small script).

>>>

>>> Can can this issue be handled within alpine i a simple way?

>>>

>>> Best wishes,

>>>

>>> Kjell

>>

>> Try using Linux Mint instead of Ubuntu.

>>

>> Linux Mint does not impose snap.

>>

>> Linux Mint uses a different Firefox to snapped Firefox.

>>

>> ....

>> Bret Busby

>> Armadale

>> Western Australia

>> (UTC+0800)

>> .................

>>

Prithee explain where I either suggested or inferred that alpine should
be removed from Ubuntu?

Your inference is offensive.

..
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
(UTC+0800)
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