376009 - Install Now button points to a filename that contains japanese characters making this extension uninstallable

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 372302

(addons.mozilla.org Graveyard :: Public Pages, defect)

Description

[Philip Chee]

Mozillazine discussion: <http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=535430>

Visit the Split Browser page on AMOv3:
<https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4287>
Notice that the "Install Now" button points to a file that has japanese characters in its name. Left clicking on the button to install results in an "invalid file hash" error. Right clicking and downloading the extension actually downloads a html page. Previous versions of this extension had sensibly (ASCII) named XPI files. Since the japanese characters just say "Split browser" I fail to see why the XPI needs to be named in such an esoteric manner.

Comment 1

[Andrei Hajdukewycz [:sancus]]

This is occurring because the japanese characters in the URL are causing the invalid characters in URL check to trigger, resulting in a redirect. The fix to bug 372302 fixes this since it prevents the Install Button from creating urls that are invalid, and Remora itself does not use the filename attribute in the url, it's only so the browser names the file correctly on download due to bug 299372