382968 - "browser.search.defaultengine" preference embeds absolute path of application directory

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(SeaMonkey :: Preferences, defect)

Description

[Mats Palmgren (inactive)]

"browser.search.defaultengine" preference embeds absolute path of application directory

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Start Seamonkey with a fresh profile
2. type something in the URL bar, then click Search
3. File->Quit

ACTUAL RESULTS
In the prefs.js file we got:
user_pref("browser.search.defaultengine", "engine:///usr/local/seamonkey/searchplugins/google.src");

EXPECTED RESULT
In this case there should not exist a setting for "browser.search.defaultengine" since it's the default value.

In the general case, when the selected search engine isn't the initial
default value, the value should NOT embed the path to the application
that created the pref happens to be installed because it's not future
proof against format changes in the search plugin file.
Also, the pref will be reset to it's default value if the original
application directory is removed/renamed.

PLATFORMS AND BUILDS TESTED
Bug occurs in SeaMonkey trunk on Linux

Comment 1

[Serge Gautherie (:sgautherie)]

(Filter "spam" on 'prefs-nobody-20080612'.)

Comment 2

[Ian Neal]

This is not blocking for a1 (and probably not for final either), any changes to how the search engine work would typically have a way of migrating existing preferences.

Comment 3

[Philip Chee]

We moved from Sherlock search engines to OpenSearch so this pref doesn't exist any more. Closing as WONTFIX/INVALID