650751 - can't re-add through OpenSearch discovery a removed default search provider

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 353056

(Firefox :: Search, defect)

Description

[Lukasz Stelmach]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.0; rv:2.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.0; rv:2.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0

Firefox 4 doesn't indicate availability of OpenSearch search plug-ins and sometimes doesn't offer them although they are available. It offers one for http://en.wikipedia.org but not for http://pl.wikipedia.org although both include the same "<link rel=" tag.

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1

[John P Baker]

(In reply to comment #0) 
> Firefox 4 doesn't indicate availability of OpenSearch search plug-ins and
> sometimes doesn't offer them although they are available. It offers one for
> http://en.wikipedia.org but not for http://pl.wikipedia.org although both
> include the same "<link rel=" tag.

This would imply that you already have pl.wikipedia.org installed; For me the results are the opposite way round as I am using en-US.

The availability glow was removed on purpose - bug 430627.

Comment 2

[Lukasz Stelmach]

(In reply to comment #1)

> This would imply that you already have pl.wikipedia.org installed;

No I have not.

Comment 3

[Henrik Skupin [:whimboo][⌚️UTC+1]]

So you don't see the 'Add "Wikipedia (pl)' entry in the search engine drop down?

Comment 4

[Lukasz Stelmach]

That is correct. However, I can see 'Add "Wikipedia (en)' when visiting en.wikipedia.org. Of course only while it's not already there.

Comment 5

[Henrik Skupin [:whimboo][⌚️UTC+1]]

Can you please create a screenshot with the search drop down open in this failing state?

Comment 6

[Lukasz Stelmach]

Attachment: FF4 can't discover OpenSearch data in Polish Wikipedia

The screenshot shows the fornt page of Polish Wikipedia and it HTML source with OpenSearch link tag present. However, "Wikipedia (pl)" is not available in the search box, neither as already installed nor as available for instalation.

Comment 7

[Henrik Skupin [:whimboo][⌚️UTC+1]]

I can't reproduce this issue. Can you please try if you still see it with a fresh profile (http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Managing+profiles)?

Comment 8

[Lukasz Stelmach]

Yes, although it is a profile of a second freshness. Polish FF comes with pl.wikipedia pre-installed in a fresh profile. After I removed it I can't bring it back.

Comment 9

[Florian Quèze [:florian]]

(In reply to Lukasz Stelmach from comment #8)
> Yes, although it is a profile of a second freshness. Polish FF comes with
> pl.wikipedia pre-installed in a fresh profile. After I removed it I can't
> bring it back.

Ah, so the problem seems to be that if a provider is installed by default and then removed (which doesn't really remove it, only hides it), it can't be re-added through OpenSearch discovery.