Re: Firefox Sync disabled - why?

[bill-auger]

On Wed, 15 Jan 2020 12:58:33 -0500 bill-auger wrote:
> in the past, the sync
> feature has worked in some icecat releases and not in others;
> and i have always assumed that it was a bug - it has been
> reported as a bug many times on the gnuzilla mailing list and on
> savannah over the years[1][2] - in at least one of those
> instances, the problem was that librejs was blocking it somehow;
> and it worked as expected with the librejs add-on disabled
> 
> 
> [1]: https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=50939
> [2]: https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=50960

in recent icecat versions, the (broken) feature is hidden

this patch will make it work again:


diff --git a/data/settings.js b/data/settings.js
index fd9f620..480ec23 100644
--- a/data/settings.js
+++ b/data/settings.js
@@ -184,8 +184,9 @@ pref("app.update.auto", false);
 pref("media.eme.enabled", false);
 pref("media.eme.apiVisible", false);
 
-// Firefox Accounts
-pref("identity.fxaccounts.enabled", false);
+// Firefox Sync
+pref("identity.fxaccounts.enabled", true);
+pref("webchannel.allowObject.urlWhitelist", "https://content.cdn.mozilla.net 
https://support.mozilla.org https://install.mozilla.org 
https://accounts.firefox.com";);
 
 // WebRTC
 pref("media.peerconnection.enabled", true);