987516 - OpenSearch xml file from https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/search/?atype=4 not accepted

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Firefox :: Extension Compatibility, defect)

Description

[krichter]

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:28.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/28.0 (Beta/Release)
Build ID: 20140317233501

Steps to reproduce:

Tried to import DuckDuckGo's OpenSearch xml file from https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/search/?atype=4


Actual results:

javascript dialog with message that firefox is needed in order to add a search plugin


Expected results:

DuckDuckGo should be added to list of search plugins

Comment 1

[Francesca Ciceri [:madamezou]]

Hi,

I wasn't able to reproduce this on Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:28.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/28.0 ID:20140314220517: I've opened the relevant URL, searched for the DuckDuckGo add-on in the list, and then downloaded it without problems (clicking the green button opened a dialog box asking "Add "DuckDuckGo" to the list of engines available in the search bar? From: addons.mozilla.org", clicking "Ok" to this box added the addon for me)


Have you tried with a clean profile? (see this guide on how to do it: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_Manager)

Or even in Safe Mode? ( "Help" → "Restart with Add-ons disabled" in the menu bar)

Thanks,
Francesca

Comment 2

[Liz Henry (:lizzard) (relman/hg->git project)]

krichter, exactly which addon are you downloading? Can you give us a link to it? Thanks!

Comment 3

[krichter]

Hi,
thanks for your interest!

The link location of the search engine is https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/duckduckgo-ssl/?src=search. In a fresh profile the behavior is the same and in safe mode in fresh profile a dialog with title "internal error" and message "Firefox could not install the search plugin from "https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/downloads/latest/161972/addon-161972-latest.xml?src=search" because an engine with the same name already exists." is displayed. Deleting the initially installed DuckDuckGo search engine and repeating doesn't change this latter behavior.

Comment 4

[krichter]

The new status of this bug is RESOLVED/FIXED (see https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1092599 as well)

Comment 5

[krichter]

Adding https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/downloads/file/157593/google_default-20120704.xml?src=search fails again with 37.0.2.

Comment 6

[Pander]

Reopened with proposed solution at https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1184475

With the upgrading of some search add-ons, this remains a bug.

Comment 7

[Jorge Villalobos [:jorgev] (he/him)]

Mass-closing old Extension Compatibility bugs that relate to legacy add-ons or NPAPI plug-ins. If you think this bug is still valid, please reopen or comment.

Sorry for the bug spam, and happy Friday!