Ubuntu
firefox package

Only search provider is Ask.com

Bug #520682 reported by Soren Hansen
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This bug affects 8 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
firefox (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Alexander Sack

Bug Description

Binary package hint: firefox

I did a fresh install from a live CD earlier this week, and my firefox only shows one search engine: Ask.com. I was expecting at least Google and Yahoo to be there as well?

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Feb 11 22:33:20 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha amd64 (20100202)
Package: firefox 3.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=da_DK.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-12.17-generic
SourcePackage: firefox
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-12-generic x86_64

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Soren Hansen (soren) wrote :
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Soren Hansen (soren) wrote :

Turns out the problem is that /usr/lib/firefox-addons/searchplugins/common was a symlink to '.' rather than 'en-US'.

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Soren Hansen (soren) wrote :

debian/firefox.links reads:
/usr/lib/firefox-addons/searchplugins /usr/lib/firefox-addons/searchplugins/common
..but should probably read:
/usr/lib/firefox-addons/searchplugins/en-US /usr/lib/firefox-addons/searchplugins/common

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

I get the issue as well on an update lucid install

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Micah Gersten (micahg) wrote :

I need to discuss with asac what the plan is for this. Thanks for reporting.

Changed in firefox (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Micah Gersten (micahg)
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → Triaged
milestone: none → lucid-alpha-3
milestone: lucid-alpha-3 → none
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Alexander Sack (asac) wrote :

we forgot to port the defaultLocale for searchplugins from ffox 3.5 ... also for that to work we also need fix for bug 520963 (committed)

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Alexander Sack (asac) wrote :

bzr commit -m '* fix LP: #520682 - Only search provider is Ask.com; set en-US as
  distribution.searchplugins.defaultLocale in syspref firefox.js
  - update debian/firefox.js' --fixes 'lp:520682'
Committing to: bzr+ssh://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mozillateam/firefox/firefox-3.6.head/
modified debian/changelog
modified debian/firefox.js
Committed revision 519.

Changed in firefox (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Fix Committed
Micah Gersten (micahg)
Changed in firefox (Ubuntu):
assignee: Micah Gersten (micahg) → Alexander Sack (asac)
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package firefox - 3.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu3

---------------
firefox (3.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu3) lucid; urgency=low

  [ Alexander Sack <email address hidden> ]
  * fix LP: #520963 - sysprefs not honoured since firefox is built without
    system xulrunner; resurrect the patch we ship in xulrunner
    - add debian/patches/add_syspref_dir.patch
    - update debian/patches/series
  * fix LP: #520682 - Only search provider is Ask.com; set en-US as
    distribution.searchplugins.defaultLocale in syspref firefox.js
    - update debian/firefox.js
  * fix LP: #428306 - default search engines are removed and readded (keywords
    wiped) with upgrade
    - add debian/patches/bz534663_attXXX_normalize_distribution_searchplugins.patch
    - update debian/patches/series
  * add ubuntu fr code for yahoo (en-US) searchplugin
    - add debian/patches/ubuntu_codes_yahoo.patch
    - update debian/patches/series

  [ Micah Gersten <email address hidden> ]
  * Rename apport hook to firefox.py (unversioned)
    - rename debian/apport/firefox-3.6.py => debian/apport/firefox.py
  * Update apport hook to pull from unversioned profile directory
  * Update apport hook to report on non-distro package and tag PPA
  * Collect version info for firefox/abrowser packages
    - update debian/apport/firefox.py
  * Install apport hook again
    - update debian/firefox.install

  [ Jamie Strandboge <email address hidden> ]
  * debian/firefox.postinst.in: move aside the old firefox-3.5 AppArmor
    profile
 -- Alexander Sack <email address hidden> Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:48:12 +0100

Changed in firefox (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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Anatoly Kudinov (zz) wrote :

Got the same problem (only ask.com in proveders) after last oneric update.

Package: firefox
Version: 7.0+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu1

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Drew (drewwells) wrote :

Yes this is back. Why is this bug appearing again, and why to such a terrible search engine

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Drew (drewwells) wrote :

Found the problem, xul-ext is missing all of the xmls well except the useless ask.com one.

Fixed via:
sudo cp /usr/lib/firefox-addons/searchplugins/en-US/* /usr/share/xul-ext/ubufox/searchplugins/

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