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firefox-3.0 package

firefox 3.0.3 on intrepid reports 3.0.1 as user agent on amd64

Bug #279083 reported by Dimitrios Symeonidis
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Fabien Tassin

Bug Description

Binary package hint: firefox-3.0

On the latest Intrepid, with Firefox 3.0.3, clicking help -> about reports the following user agent:

Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.0.3) Gecko/2008092515 Ubuntu/8.10 (intrepid) Firefox/3.0.1

i have confirmed that this is what it actually reports by visiting this: http://www.useragent.org/

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Glen (gsawt) wrote :

I was unable to confirm this on latest Xubuntu Intrepid. User Agent is reported as 3.0.3.

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Glen (gsawt) wrote :

Note I am not running X86_64 build.

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darkrain42 (darkrain42) wrote :

I see the same symptom on firefox3.0=3.0.3+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu1 under Intrepid x86_64.

The bad version number is coming from /usr/lib/firefox-3.0.3/defaults/preferences/firefox-branding.js.
The last line in the file is:
pref("general.useragent.extra.firefox", "Firefox/3.0.1");

Changing that to 3.0.3 fixed the problem.

Changed in firefox-3.0:
status: New → Confirmed
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Dimitrios Symeonidis (azimout) wrote :

in fact, on my work machine (32 bit) the user agent is reported correctly... so it seems a 64 bit issue.
tonight at home i will check /usr/lib/firefox-3.0.3/defaults/preferences/firefox-branding.js

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Craig (candrews-integralblue) wrote :

Confirmed that the user agent is 3.0.1 on Intrepid/64.

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Craig (candrews-integralblue) wrote :

I just asked a coworker on Windows to check, and his browser reports the correct user agent. So this seems to be a packaging problem with amd64.

Brian Murray (brian-murray)
Changed in firefox-3.0:
assignee: nobody → fta
importance: Undecided → Medium
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Alexander Sack (asac) wrote :

fixed in 3.0.3 package.

Changed in firefox-3.0:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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