[Pkg-mozext-maintainers] Bug#758000: iceweasel: flashblock whitelist not saved

[Philip Ashmore]

reopen 758000
thanks

On 22/08/14 22:45, David Prévot wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 09:07:41AM +0100, Philip Ashmore wrote:
> 
>> I expected the whitelist to be preserved across iceweasel restarts.
> 
>> Name: Flashblock
>> Location: ${PROFILE_EXTENSIONS}/{3d7eb24f-2740-49df-8937-200b1cc08f8a}
>> Status: enabled
> 
> You don’t seem to be using the xul-ext-flashblock package, that is not
> affected by this issue to the best of my knowledge. Do not hesitate to
> reopen with more information (at least the package version) if you
> encounter the issue with this package.
I just installed it:
$ tail /var/log/dpkg.log
2014-08-23 21:14:24 install xul-ext-flashblock:all <none> 1.5.17-1~deb7u1
2014-08-23 21:14:24 status half-installed xul-ext-flashblock:all
1.5.17-1~deb7u1
2014-08-23 21:14:24 status unpacked xul-ext-flashblock:all 1.5.17-1~deb7u1
2014-08-23 21:14:24 status unpacked xul-ext-flashblock:all 1.5.17-1~deb7u1
2014-08-23 21:14:25 startup packages configure
2014-08-23 21:14:25 configure xul-ext-flashblock:all 1.5.17-1~deb7u1 <none>
2014-08-23 21:14:25 status unpacked xul-ext-flashblock:all 1.5.17-1~deb7u1
2014-08-23 21:14:25 status unpacked xul-ext-flashblock:all 1.5.17-1~deb7u1
2014-08-23 21:14:25 status half-configured xul-ext-flashblock:all
1.5.17-1~deb7u1
2014-08-23 21:14:25 status installed xul-ext-flashblock:all 1.5.17-1~deb7u1

I then did a killall iceweasel, restarted it - same problem.
Then I realised I had installed mozillas version via add-ons.
I uninstalled it within iceweasel, it prompted me to restart it, which I
did.
Going to the add-ons I saw it was installed (I guess this is the debian
version) with no uninstall option - same problem.

I then
 - killed iceweasel
 - uninstalled xul-ext-flashblock
 - started iceweasel
 - the youtube video started when the tab was active (no flashblock)
 - killed iceweasel
 - installed debians xul-ext-flashblock
 - started iceweasel
 - whitelisting www.youtube.com and refreshing the youtube page allowed
the video to play as with no flashblock
 - killed iceweasel
 - started iceweasel
 - same problem

In case it's a permissions problem, where does xul-ext-flashblock store
the whitelist? Is there a way to dump its configuration settings?


> 
> Regards
> 
> David
> 
Regards,
Philip Ashmore