267820 - app updated from 1.0PR -> 1.0RC2 removes homepage entry

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 267825

(Toolkit :: Application Update, defect)

Description

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

found this on Linux Fedora Core 2. not a problem on Windows XP or Novell Linux
(on Asa's box), as the previous default homepage is overwritten. in my case, the
homepage URL is empty, not even about:blank.

1. create and launch a new profile with firefox 1.0PR

2. go into Preferences > General and note that the default homepage is set to
http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/start/ --then dismiss Prefs without
changing it.

4. in about:config change app.update.url to
http://update.mozilla.org/update/firefox/en-US-1.0-rc.rdf

5. close about:config and reopen Prefs > Advanced > Software Update

6. hit Check Now button: follow the steps to update to firefox 1.0RC2.

7. quit and restart firefox.

actual results: the home page is blank. if you look in Prefs > General the
homepage textfield is empty.

Comment 1

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

dup accidentally created when b.m.o. was having issues y'day.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 267825 ***