348069 - about: url doesn't show version, gives JS error

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 351601

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

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about: url doesn't show version, gives JS error

JavaScript error: , line 0: uncaught exception: [Exception... "Component returne
d failure code: 0x80004005 (NS_ERROR_FAILURE) [nsIDOMNavigator_MOZILLA_1_8_BRANC
H.buildID]"  nsresult: "0x80004005 (NS_ERROR_FAILURE)"  location: "JS frame :: a
bout: :: <TOP_LEVEL> :: line 80"  data: no]

let me give a screen shot

this is with:

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1b1) Gecko/20060809 BonEcho/2.0b1

note, "Help | About Bon Echo" works (which is more important than about: url working)

Comment 1

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Attachment: screen shot of broken about: url

Comment 2

[Reed Loden [:reed]]

Mind posting your UA from the Help --> About box?

Comment 3

[Nick Thomas [:nthomas] (UTC+12)]

This looks like fallout from bug 345993

Comment 4

[Zach Lipton [:zach]]

Yeah I see what's going on here. If you don't have a build id, navigator.buildID returns NS_ERROR_FAILURE rather than 0000000000. 

Taking. Patch to fix coming shortly. 

Comment 5

[Zach Lipton [:zach]]

Seth: to clarify, this is with a home-built build, right? i.e. one without MOZILLA_OFFICIAL set?

Comment 6

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> Seth: to clarify, this is with a home-built build, right? i.e. one without
> MOZILLA_OFFICIAL set?

yes, this is with my debug, mozilla, branch, unofficial Bon Echo build on windows xp.

"Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1b1) Gecko/20060809
BonEcho/2.0b1"

Comment 7

[Declan Naughton]

I get the same behavior on my home-built 1.8 branch.

Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1b1) Gecko/20060810 BonEcho/2.0b1

Comment 8

[Reed Loden [:reed]]

Bug 351601 has a patch.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 351601 ***