[Pkg-mozext-maintainers] Bug#917863: webext-privacy-badger: Loaded but inoperable

[Bruno Kleinert]

Am Montag, den 31.12.2018, 17:20 +0100 schrieb Markus Koschany:
> Hi Bruno,
> 
> Am 31.12.18 um 06:54 schrieb Bruno Kleinert:
> > Package: webext-privacy-badger
> > Version: 2018.12.17-1
> > Severity: important
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > in Firefox ESR (currently 60.4.0esr-1) the pluget appears as if it
> > is
> > successfully loaded, but when browsing the web it seems to do
> > nothing.
> > I.e., it doesn't show any trackers on any website where I know it
> > will
> > find some, nor does it show its own version information when
> > clicked on
> > the badger symbol in the button bar.
> 
> I have just tested privacybadger with firefox-esr in Buster but I
> can't
> reproduce this behavior. When I go to youtube.com two trackers are
> detected and successfully blocked.
> 
> 
> > When I build and install version 2018.12.5-2 from 
> > https://salsa.debian.org/webext-team/privacybadger.git, it works as
> > expected: It shows trackers it detects and displays its version
> > information.
> > 
> > However, in Firefox (non-ESR, currently 64.0-1) privacy badger
> > works as
> > expected, so it seems related only to Firefox ESR.
> > 
> > Cheers - Bruno
> 
> That is weird. Could you try again with 2018.12.17 after you have
> cleared your Firefox cache in ~/.cache/mozilla. Is this also
> reproducible when you create a complete new Firefox profile?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Markus

Hi Markus,

oh dear, I didn't think of removing Firefox ESR's cache. So yes, that
makes 2018.12.17-1 work, thanks for pointing this out!

Just for the record, I managed to reproduce this, though:
   1. Quit Firefox ESR
   2. rm -rf ~/.cache/mozilla
   3. Downgrade to 2018.12.5-2
   4. Run Firefox ESR, surf some sites with trackers (they're successfully
      blocked)
   5. Quit Firefox ESR
   6. Upgrade to 2018.12.17-1
   7. Run Firefox ESR, surf some sites with trackers but privacy badger
      doesn't block them (see attached screenshot how it looks.
      wetteronline.de has some trackers, so it shows blocked packages when
      privacy badger works)

(8. Quit Firefox ESR and rm -rf ~/.cache/mozilla as you suggested makes
it work.)

I leave it up to you, in case you want to add a note to README.Debian.
Since the package appears in buster for the first time in Debian, I
don't consider it necessary.

I will close the bug.

Cheers - Bruno
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