1237859 - All add-on names and descriptions disappear between one day and the next

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Toolkit :: Add-ons Manager, defect)

Description

[Tony Mechelynck [:tonymec]]

I'll attach one "good" and one "bad" screenshots, in successive builds of Firefox. The difference is striking.

Comment 1

[Tony Mechelynck [:tonymec]]

Attachment: Last good, in Jan. 6 nightly

Last good build:
UA:"Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:46.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/46.0" (en-US) ID:20160106030225 CSet:9d6ffc7a08b6b47056eefe1e652710a3849adbf7

This is the Firefox 46.0a1 nightly dated Jan. 6.

Comment 2

[Tony Mechelynck [:tonymec]]

Attachment: First bad, an hourly from Jan. 7

First bad build:
UA:"Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:46.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/46.0" (en-US) ID:20160107025207 CSet:e0bcd16e1d4b99ba3e542149d0d41e0f60c54b5c

This is an hourly (a "tinderbox-build") dated Jan. 7.

Comment 3

[Tony Mechelynck [:tonymec]]

Both of these were taken in the same profile. The upgrade/downgrade happens as follows:

- the .tar.bz2 files are in different subfolders (one per build) of ~/.download/mozilla/firefox
- To switch:
1. Wait until there is no running "firefox" process visible by ps
2. make sure that the current dir is the one containing the build to be installed
3. rm -Rv /usr/local/firefox && tar -jxvf firefox-46.0a1.en-US.linux-x86_64.tar.bz2 -C /usr/local || echo 'exit status' $?

IOW, remove the installdir then re-create it from the .tar.bz2.

Comment 4

[bomfog]

If you use Classic Theme Restorer try installing latest dev version ( https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/472577/versions/#version-1.4.6beta9 ). The "Show add-on version" feature was busted by (I think) bug #1209344. See Mozillazine topic "The Official Win32 20160108 builds are not yet out" ( http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=2983211 ).

Comment 5

[bomfog]

(In reply to bomfog from comment #4)
> The "Show add-on version" feature was busted by (I think) bug
> #1209344.

Make that bug #1220564 instead.

Comment 6

[Tony Mechelynck [:tonymec]]

I've just looked at the stdout/stderr logs, and they are practically identical.

One thing which may or may not be relevant: at the latest version update (after temporarily installing an aurora build then coming back) I was presented with a list of add-ons supposedly all installed by me. The two that I didn't recognise, viz. "Hello" and "Pocket", are now user-disabled. For some reason I don't see them in about:addons.

Comment 7

[bomfog]

(In reply to bomfog from comment #5)
> (In reply to bomfog from comment #4)
> > The "Show add-on version" feature was busted by (I think) bug
> > #1209344.
> 
> Make that bug #1220564 instead.

Right the first time, I guess. Back to bug #1209344 (I'll quit spamming now).

Comment 8

[Tony Mechelynck [:tonymec]]

(In reply to bomfog from comment #4)
> If you use Classic Theme Restorer try installing latest dev version (
> https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/472577/versions/#version-1.4.
> 6beta9 ). The "Show add-on version" feature was busted by (I think) bug
> #1209344. See Mozillazine topic "The Official Win32 20160108 builds are not
> yet out" ( http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=2983211 ).

I don't us the Classic Theme Restorer. I'll have a look at _both_ bugs mentioned in comment #4 and 5, keeping in mind that one of them may be irrelevant. I'll temporarily disable the "Add-ons Manager - Version Number" add-on to see if it makes a difference but I hope that add-on will work again ASAP.

Stay tuned to this channel: more news is coming.

Comment 9

[Tony Mechelynck [:tonymec]]

Ah, there: "Add-ons manager is busted with today's build": http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=14467475#p14467475

What they describe is exactly what I see.

But: After disabling "Add-ons Manager - Version Number" about:addons looks OK, even in the hourly.

Let's post this, then go back to that Mozillazine forum thread.

Comment 10

[Dave Townsend [:mossop]]

(In reply to Tony Mechelynck [:tonymec] from comment #9)
> Ah, there: "Add-ons manager is busted with today's build":
> http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=14467475#p14467475
> 
> What they describe is exactly what I see.
> 
> But: After disabling "Add-ons Manager - Version Number" about:addons looks
> OK, even in the hourly.
> 
> Let's post this, then go back to that Mozillazine forum thread.

I assume you meant to close this since it is caused by an add-on?

Comment 11

[Tony Mechelynck [:tonymec]]

While I was reading (and writing) that forum thread, an update came for the culprit extension. I re-enabled it (it is restartless), my version numbers came back, and no bustage. Yayay \o/ The "good" version of the add-on is Add-ons Manager - Version Number 1.0.7.

Comment 12

[Tony Mechelynck [:tonymec]]

(Mid-Air collision). I was about to resolve it WORKSFORME, as the problem has now disappeared, but if you prefer INVALID, so be it.

Comment 13

[Liz Henry (:lizzard) (relman/hg->git project)]

Marking unaffected for 46 since this wasn't a Firefox bug.