Bug#720460: iceweasel: Default (browser.search.defaultenginename) and selected search engine (browser.search.selectedEngine) change

[Wouter Van Hemel]

Package: iceweasel
Version: 23.0.1-1
Severity: normal


Hello,

Since the recent update to Firefox 23, the "default" and "selected" search engine settings seem to be linked.

Before, I used "Google" as default for searches from e.g. the location bar or start page, and have e.g. "Wikipedia" selected in the search engine field; these are settings browser.search.defaultenginename and browser.search.selectedEngine respectively.

After the update, changing one setting changes (overrides) the other; selecting "Debian packages" from the search engine field drop down box also sets the default search engine in other places, overwriting the "user set" value. Effectively, both settings always have the same value.

I expect these two settings to be individually controllable like before. I assume the current behaviour to be a bug or perhaps a work-in-progress situation.


Thanks,

  Wouter


-- Package-specific info:

-- Extensions information
Name: Adblock Plus
Location: /usr/share/mozilla/extensions/{ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384}/{d10d0bf8-f5b5-c8b4-a8b2-2b9879e08c5d}
Package: xul-ext-adblock-plus
Status: enabled

Name: Default theme
Location: /usr/lib/iceweasel/browser/extensions/{972ce4c6-7e08-4474-a285-3208198ce6fd}
Package: iceweasel
Status: enabled

Name: English (GB) Language Pack locale
Location: /usr/lib/iceweasel/browser/extensions/langpack-en-GB at iceweasel.mozilla.org.xpi
Package: iceweasel-l10n-en-gb
Status: enabled

Name: Finnish Language Pack locale
Location: /usr/lib/iceweasel/browser/extensions/langpack-fi at iceweasel.mozilla.org.xpi
Package: iceweasel-l10n-fi
Status: enabled

Name: Mozilla-laajennus Voikon käyttöön
Location: /usr/share/mozilla/extensions/{ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384}/{b676e3ff-cda7-4e0c-b2b8-74e4bb40a67a}
Package: xul-ext-mozvoikko
Status: enabled

Name: Nederlands (NL) Language Pack locale
Location: /usr/lib/iceweasel/browser/extensions/langpack-nl at iceweasel.mozilla.org.xpi
Package: iceweasel-l10n-nl
Status: enabled

Name: Svenska (SE) Language Pack locale
Location: /usr/lib/iceweasel/browser/extensions/langpack-sv-SE at iceweasel.mozilla.org.xpi
Package: iceweasel-l10n-sv-se
Status: enabled

-- Plugins information
Name: Gnome Shell Integration
Location: /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libgnome-shell-browser-plugin.so
Package: gnome-shell
Status: enabled

Name: Shockwave Flash
Location: /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so
Status: enabled

Name: Skype Buttons for Kopete
Location: /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/skypebuttons.so
Package: kopete
Status: enabled

Name: iTunes Application Detector
Location: /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/librhythmbox-itms-detection-plugin.so
Package: rhythmbox-plugins
Status: enabled


-- Addons package information
ii  gnome-shell    3.4.2-14     amd64        graphical shell for the GNOME des
ii  iceweasel      23.0.1-1     amd64        Web browser based on Firefox
ii  iceweasel-l10n 1:23.0.1-1   all          English (United Kingdom) language
ii  iceweasel-l10n 1:23.0.1-1   all          Finnish language package for Icew
ii  iceweasel-l10n 1:23.0.1-1   all          Dutch language package for Icewea
ii  iceweasel-l10n 1:23.0.1-1   all          Swedish (Sweden) language package
ii  kopete         4:4.10.5-2   amd64        instant messaging and chat applic
ii  rhythmbox-plug 2.99.1-3     amd64        plugins for rhythmbox music playe
ii  xul-ext-adbloc 2.3.2-1      all          advertisement blocking extension 
ii  xul-ext-mozvoi 2.0.1-1      all          Finnish spell-checker extension f

-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.10-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=fi_FI.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages iceweasel depends on:
ii  debianutils         4.4
ii  fontconfig          2.10.2-2
ii  libc6               2.17-92
ii  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0  2.28.2-1
ii  libglib2.0-0        2.36.4-1
ii  libgtk2.0-0         2.24.20-1
ii  libnspr4            2:4.10-1
ii  libnspr4-0d         2:4.10-1
ii  libsqlite3-0        3.7.17-1
ii  libstdc++6          4.8.1-9
ii  procps              1:3.3.8-2
ii  xulrunner-23.0      23.0.1-1

iceweasel recommends no packages.

Versions of packages iceweasel suggests:
ii  fonts-stix [otf-stix]  1.1.0-1
ii  libgssapi-krb5-2       1.10.1+dfsg-6.1
pn  mozplugger             <none>

Versions of packages xulrunner-23.0 depends on:
ii  libasound2                1.0.27.2-1
ii  libatk1.0-0               2.8.0-2
ii  libbz2-1.0                1.0.6-5
ii  libc6                     2.17-92
ii  libcairo2                 1.12.14-5
ii  libdbus-1-3               1.6.12-1
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2          0.100.2-1
ii  libevent-2.0-5            2.0.21-stable-1
ii  libfontconfig1            2.10.2-2
ii  libfreetype6              2.4.9-1.1
ii  libgcc1                   1:4.8.1-9
ii  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0        2.28.2-1
ii  libglib2.0-0              2.36.4-1
ii  libgtk2.0-0               2.24.20-1
ii  libhunspell-1.3-0         1.3.2-4
ii  libmozjs23d               23.0.1-1
ii  libnspr4                  2:4.10-1
ii  libnss3                   2:3.15.1-1
ii  libpango-1.0-0            1.32.5-5+b1
ii  libpangocairo-1.0-0       1.32.5-5+b1
ii  libpangoft2-1.0-0         1.32.5-5+b1
ii  libpixman-1-0             0.30.2-1
ii  libsqlite3-0              3.7.17-1
ii  libstartup-notification0  0.12-3
ii  libstdc++6                4.8.1-9
ii  libvpx1                   1.2.0-2
ii  libx11-6                  2:1.6.1-1
ii  libxext6                  2:1.3.2-1
ii  libxrender1               1:0.9.8-1
ii  libxt6                    1:1.1.4-1
ii  zlib1g                    1:1.2.8.dfsg-1

Versions of packages xulrunner-23.0 suggests:
ii  libcanberra0  0.30-2
ii  libgnomeui-0  2.24.5-2

-- no debconf information