1246370 - extension fails in ff 43 with error "listener.off is not a function"

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Firefox :: Extension Compatibility, defect)

Description

[buggyjef]

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:43.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/43.0
Build ID: 20151210085006

Steps to reproduce:

my extension fails on start up with ff 43, I also see the same error message with the extension 
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/shifty-spritz/

Browser console shows:-

:TypeError: listener.off is not a function
Stack trace:
Tab<.attach/listener@resource://gre/modules/commonjs/toolkit/loader.js -> resource://gre/modules/commonjs/sdk/tabs/tab-firefox.js:218:9
emitOnObject@resource://gre/modules/commonjs/toolkit/loader.js -> resource://gre/modules/commonjs/sdk/event/core.js:112:9
emit@resource://gre/modules/commonjs/toolkit/loader.js -> resource://gre/modules/commonjs/sdk/event/core.js:89:38
EventParent<.attachItem@resource://gre/modules/commonjs/toolkit/loader.js -> resource://gre/modules/commonjs/sdk/remote/utils.js:27:5
setFrameProcess@resource://gre/modules/commonjs/toolkit/loader.js -> resource://gre/modules/commonjs/sdk/remote/parent.js:157:3
frameAttached@resource://gre/modules/commonjs/toolkit/loader.js -> resource://gre/modules/commonjs/sdk/remote/parent.js:298:5
 core.js:106

Comment 1

[Loic]

I dont see this error with the ad-on you linked. Could you test with FF44 and provide a simple extension showing the issue, please.

Comment 2

[Jorge Villalobos [:jorgev] (he/him)]

Mass-closing old Extension Compatibility bugs that relate to legacy add-ons or NPAPI plug-ins. If you think this bug is still valid, please reopen or comment.

Sorry for the bug spam, and happy Friday!