311723 - it gives download error when you try to install extension from http://fasterfox.mozdev.org/

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Toolkit :: Add-ons Manager, defect)

Description

[gabe]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9a1) Gecko/20051008 Firefox/1.6a1
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9a1) Gecko/20051008 Firefox/1.6a1

it gives download eroor when you try too instill extensions not from
https://addons.mozilla.org

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.go too a site with firefox extensions 
2.try and instill anone 
3.gives download eroor

Actual Results:  
eroor

Expected Results:  
should let you instill them

Comment 1

[Dave Townsend [:mossop]]

WFM

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9a1) Gecko/20051008
Firefox/1.6a1 ID:2005100805

Can you give an example of where this occurs?

Comment 2

[gabe]

http://fasterfox.mozdev.org/


is where it occurs after i add site too list click instill and wont let me
instill i save it too dektop and then use firefox too run it it will let me
instill it

Comment 3

[gabe]

deer park could not instill the file at 

http//mozdev.sweettooth.org/fasterfox/fasterfox-0.7.4-fx.xpi

becase.download error

Comment 4

[Dave Townsend [:mossop]]

I could reproduce this, once. Subsequent attempts worked fine (even after
clearing the cache). The extension in question is on mozdev which redirects to a
mirror for downloading the file, my bet is that one of the mirrors doesnt have
the file or is not set up correctly.

Comment 5

[Robert Strong (they/them - no direct email)]

WFM - highly suspect this is a problem with the file on one of the mirrors or
the config of one of the mirrors and not the Extension Manager

Comment 6

[Dave Townsend [:mossop]]

The url given in comment 3 goes to what seems to be an unconfigured website.
I've emailed the mirrors list at mozdev to get their input on this.

Comment 7

[Robert Strong (they/them - no direct email)]

ewww... that's a bad thing. I've never received a response that didn't take a
week from the admin email at mozdev though I don't know a better way to inform
them of their mis-config - maybe bugzilla.mozdev.org

Comment 8

[gabe]

defnetly bad is this bug confiremed unconfiremed or what

Comment 9

[Robert Strong (they/them - no direct email)]

Well, it isn't an Extension Manager or Firefox bug so it is actually invalid
since bugzilla.mozilla.org isn't for mozdev.org bugs and this needs to be fixed
by mozdev. Once they fix it this will most likely get resolved WFM.

Comment 10

[gabe]

still does not answer why i can save this too my pc and open with firefox 100
percent of the time that should not work

Comment 11

[Robert Strong (they/them - no direct email)]

There are several mirrors. If you are sent to the mirror that is invalid you get
there placeholder / error page. If you right click / save as and are sent to
that mirror you will save the placeholder / error page as fasterfox-0.7.4-fx.xpi
in the case of faster fox. This is not a valid extension obviously so it will
not install.

Comment 12

[Dave Townsend [:mossop]]

Filed http://bugzilla.mozdev.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11779 as well to notify the
mozdev guys.

Comment 13

[Robert Strong (they/them - no direct email)]

I suspect the xpi was removed and the link hadn't been updated yet or some other
timing issue with mozdev. This is now WFM and the link to sweetooth that I am
redirected to is:

http://mozdev.sweetooth.org/fasterfox/fasterfox-0.7.5-fx.xpi

Comment 14

[Dave Townsend [:mossop]]

*** Bug 311876 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***