44046

r=dveditz@netscape.com
pdt+

modules/libpref/src/nsPref.cpp

@@ -1451,6 +1451,8 @@ extern "C" JSBool pref_InitInitialObjects()
 {
     JSBool funcResult;
     nsresult rv;
+    PRBool exists;
+    
     NS_WITH_SERVICE(nsIFileLocator, locator, kFileLocatorCID, &rv);
     if (NS_FAILED(rv))
     	return JS_TRUE;
@@ -1500,6 +1502,14 @@ extern "C" JSBool pref_InitInitialObjects()
 		goto done;
 	}
 	
+    if (NS_FAILED(specialChild->Exists(&exists)))
+	{
+		funcResult = JS_FALSE;
+		goto done;
+	}
+
+    if (exists)
+    {
         worked = (JSBool)(pref_OpenFileSpec(
     	    specialChild,
     	    PR_FALSE,
@@ -1507,6 +1517,7 @@ extern "C" JSBool pref_InitInitialObjects()
     	    PR_FALSE,
     	    PR_FALSE) == PREF_NOERROR);
 	    NS_ASSERTION(worked, "initpref.js not parsed successfully");
+    }
     // Keep this child
 
 #ifdef DEBUG_prefs
@@ -1604,10 +1615,14 @@ extern "C" JSBool pref_InitInitialObjects()
 		if (NS_FAILED(specialChild2->AppendRelativeUnixPath((char*)specialFiles[k])))
 	    	continue;
 
+
 #ifdef DEBUG_prefs
             printf("Parsing %s\n", specialFiles[k]);
 #endif /* DEBUG_prefs */
 
+        if (NS_FAILED(specialChild2->Exists(&exists)))
+	    	continue;
+
 	    worked = (JSBool)(pref_OpenFileSpec(
     		specialChild2,
 	    	PR_FALSE,