1278815 - The webextension could not be installed

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1271831

(WebExtensions :: Untriaged, defect)

Description

[Vasilica Tamas, QA [:vtamas]]

[Affected versions]:
Firefox 50.0a1 (2016-06-07)
Firefox 49.0a2 (2016-06-07)
Firefox 48.0a2 (2016-06-06)

[Affected platforms]:
Windows 10 64-bit
Ubuntu 14.04 32-bit
Mac OS X 10.11

[Steps to reproduce]:
1.Launch Firefox with clean profile.
2.Create the xpinstall.signatures.dev-root pref in about:config and set it to true.
3.Install the following webextension:  https://addons-dev.allizom.org/en-US/firefox/addon/post-it-all-sticky-notes/


[Expected Results]:
The webextension is successfully installed.

[Actual Results]:
- The webextension could not be installed because it appears to be corrupted.
- The following error is thrown in Browser Console:
1465383894000	addons.webextension.<unknown>	ERROR	Loading extension 'null': Reading manifest: Error processing content_scripts.0.matches.2: Error processing content_scripts.0.matches.2: String "file://*" must match /^file:\/\/\/.*$/                                                Log.jsm:753


[Additional notes]:
- I am marking Firefox 47.0a2 (2016-04-17) as unaffected because the webextension cannot be installed on this Firefox version.

Comment 1

[Andy McKay]

This is likely a dupe of bug 1271831 and will probably keep appearing because file:// is acceptable in Chrome. A ticket to block this in the linter would be appropriate.