[PR #6923] [MERGED] profiles: mullvad-browser: allow readlink and realpath #6233

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📋 Pull Request Information

Original PR: https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/pull/6923
Author: @t-m-w
Created: 10/3/2025
Status: Merged
Merged: 10/3/2025
Merged by: @kmk3

Base: masterHead: mullvad-browser-add-missing-bin


📝 Commits (1)

  • 69127c8 profiles: mullvad-browser: include readlink and realpath

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1 file changed (+1 additions, -1 deletions)

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📝 etc/profile-m-z/mullvad-browser.profile (+1 -1)

📄 Description

The start-mullvad-browser script uses readlink and realpath when it is a symlink, so these need to be included as part of private-bin, or the following error dialog appears, and the browser fails to start:

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This problem is observed using Mullvad Browser 14.5.7 as packaged for Fedora 42.

Repo: https://repository.mullvad.net/rpm/stable/mullvad.repo
Fedora script path: /usr/lib/mullvad-browser/start-mullvad-browser
Upstream: 2f802636b8/projects/browser/RelativeLink/start-browser (L202-207)


🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.

## 📋 Pull Request Information **Original PR:** https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/pull/6923 **Author:** [@t-m-w](https://github.com/t-m-w) **Created:** 10/3/2025 **Status:** ✅ Merged **Merged:** 10/3/2025 **Merged by:** [@kmk3](https://github.com/kmk3) **Base:** `master` ← **Head:** `mullvad-browser-add-missing-bin` --- ### 📝 Commits (1) - [`69127c8`](https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/commit/69127c8de97eb5bab4c5a7e938c9afd68db2ab9b) profiles: mullvad-browser: include readlink and realpath ### 📊 Changes **1 file changed** (+1 additions, -1 deletions) <details> <summary>View changed files</summary> 📝 `etc/profile-m-z/mullvad-browser.profile` (+1 -1) </details> ### 📄 Description The start-mullvad-browser script uses readlink and realpath when it is a symlink, so these need to be included as part of private-bin, or the following error dialog appears, and the browser fails to start: <img width="382" height="259" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/c11f406d-1644-47d6-997e-207667a6ff01" alt="start-mullvad-browser cannot be run using a symlink on this operating system" /> This problem is observed using Mullvad Browser 14.5.7 as packaged for Fedora 42. Repo: https://repository.mullvad.net/rpm/stable/mullvad.repo Fedora script path: /usr/lib/mullvad-browser/start-mullvad-browser Upstream: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser-build/-/blob/2f802636b89d7d51326296abd5d7c34e8ec6a738/projects/browser/RelativeLink/start-browser#L202-207 --- <sub>🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.</sub>
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