Bug#817986: Latest update to version 45 did break searches and search plugins

Wed Mar 16 06:03:04 UTC 2016

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Hi,

Am Sa den 12. Mär 2016 um 23:54 schrieb Mike Hommey:
> On Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 11:19:24PM +0100, Klaus Ethgen wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > Am Sa den 12. Mär 2016 um 15:01 schrieb Mike Hommey:
> > > On Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 12:17:46PM +0100, Klaus Ethgen wrote:
> > > > With the switch from iceweasel to firefox, many stuff broke. One of them
> > > > ist the search.
> > > > 
> > > > First it resets all shortcuts so my search on duckduckgo went to debian.
> > > > But this is not the bug I want to describe here.
> > > > 
> > > > After fixing that, I found out that they also changes the duckduckgo
> > > > search in a way that it doesn't work anymore. When I search with it, it
> > > > gives a duckduckgo page with just the search line but nothing below. If
> > > > I search manually for the same topic, I get many results.
> > > > 
> > > > That might have to do with the fact that I never ever allow javascript.
> > > > But nevertheless, that worked well in the past and duckduckgo does not
> > > > need any javascript; only on that result page from firefox.
> > > > 
> > > > So, I was trying to download a new search from mozilla addon page (That
> > > > worked with other searches in the past with iceweasel) but every
> > > > (duckduckgo-)search I tried did fail with the message that it is broken.
> > > > 
> > > > So, finally, the new update from iceweasel to firefox broke the most
> > > > important functionality for the browser to search stuff. (Sure, I can go
> > > > to the main search page first, but using a browser is a pain in the a...
> > > > at all so I don't want to use it more than needed.)
> > > 
> > > The ddg search plugin hasn't changed between 44 and 45, besides an icon,
> > > so you'll have to be more specific as to what was the state before and
> > > what changed.
> > 
> > Well, maybe it is a combination of several stuff.
> > 
> > Lets take the last first. Not accepting new search plugins from the
> > mozilla plugins page anymore. That problem could exist for several
> > versions. I do not need to install new search plugins. I do not have
> > further informations as that, firefox is giving me. It tells me (in
> > german) that the plugin is broken. I get that message independent of the
> > search plugin I want to install. Normal plugins seem to work.
> > 
> > The next is that something was reset with the switch from iceweasel to
> > firefox. In the past I had to delete the original duckduckgo search and
> > install the so called light version as the normal one was going to a
> > page that needs javascript. This is especially strange as coming from
> > the duckduckgo main page does not need javascript.
> > 
> > However, It seems that the searches was reset to some default with the
> > update and deleting all my custom searches. Combined with the fact that
> > it refuses to install new ones that is a complete mess and unusable
> > after the update.
> 
> You'll have to be more specific again because if I go to
> https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/duckduckgo-html/
> and install it, it works. Did you try disabling all your addons? Did you
> check the browser console?

Here is the output from the browser console:

   1458107883324	addons.xpi	WARN	Download of https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/downloads/latest/252588/addon-252588-latest.xml?src=search failed: [Exception... "Component returned failure code: 0x8052000b (NS_ERROR_FILE_CORRUPTED) [nsIZipReader.open]"  nsresult: "0x8052000b (NS_ERROR_FILE_CORRUPTED)"  location: "JS frame :: resource://gre/modules/addons/XPIProvider.jsm :: AddonInstall.prototype.loadManifest< :: line 5469"  data: no] Stack trace: AddonInstall.prototype.loadManifest<()@resource://gre/modules/addons/XPIProvider.jsm:5469 < TaskImpl_run()@resource://gre/modules/Task.jsm:315 < TaskImpl()@resource://gre/modules/Task.jsm:276 < createAsyncFunction/asyncFunction()@resource://gre/modules/Task.jsm:250 < AddonInstall.prototype.onStopRequest()@resource://gre/modules/addons/XPIProvider.jsm:5791

This is the only output and I get the popup that the "add-on" is broken
(Even though it is no addon than a search).

Installing normal addons work well.

And no, I didn't disable all my addons. The web is to insecure to use
without a basic selection of addons in firefox.

Regards
   Klaus
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