Bug#494193: iceweasel: checks for add-ons upgrades even for packaged add-ons

[Mike Hommey]

Hi,

Sorry for the delayed answer.

On Thu, Aug 07, 2008 at 09:17:20PM +0200, Andre Wendt wrote:
> Package: iceweasel
> Version: 3.0.1-1
> Severity: minor
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> When launching iceweasel, I repeatedly get prompted if I wanted to
> upgrade FireGPG because a new version is available.
> 
> However, I use the packaged add-on (iceweasel-firegpg) and thus 
> the browser will fail the installation attempt anyway.
> 
> Why does iceweasel even bother to look for upgrades it cannot 
> install?

It actually can. It will install it in the user profile. I'm not sure
it should, though. I don't know what happens when you upgrade the
package to a version newer to the one in the user profile.

Mike