821913 - Installing Firefox from elm branch then launching Firefox metro yields white screen of death upon launch

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Firefox for Metro Graveyard :: Build Config, defect)

Description

[Tim Abraldes [:TimAbraldes] [:tabraldes]]

Attachment: XRE log from attempted Metro Firefox launch

When installed from an installer built from the elm branch, Firefox metro currently shows a white screen of death upon launch.

See attached XRE log file from an attempted metro Firefox launch.

Comment 1

[Jim Mathies [:jimm]]

Attachment: log

If you copy both of the base chrome manifests over from a local build of the install, you get more errors. Something really seems off with packaging.

I'm going to backout the patch I landed today that got nightlies working until we get this fixed.

Comment 2

[Jim Mathies [:jimm]]

Attachment: omni and manifest from app

Comment 3

[Jim Mathies [:jimm]]

details:

- the app and gre chrome.manifest files don't get packaged for some reason
- even with these in place, there's still something fishy with both omni.ja, which the browser doesn't seem to know about or can't parse.

Comment 4

[Mike Hommey [:glandium]]

There doesn't have to be a chrome.manifest in the app or gre directory, if there are no binary components. There is a chrome.manifest in the omni.ja, and that's really all that matters.

Comment 5

[Mike Hommey [:glandium]]

If I take a build from before I landed the latest work for the new packager and compare to a build from now:
- There is the same amount of chrome.manifest outside an omni.ja, and that is exactly one: browser/chrome.manifest.
- The file list of things outside omni.ja has not changed.
- There are some missing pieces in all omni.ja files. Seems I missed a few things when copying from package.manifest to package.manifest.in. I'll check that.

Comment 6

[Mike Hommey [:glandium]]

I think this will fix it.
https://hg.mozilla.org/projects/elm/rev/8804b3781299

Reopen if it's still broken.

Comment 7

[Jim Mathies [:jimm]]

Confirmed, a locally built install with tip boots up correctly.