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firefox-3.0 package

about: screen wrong version number (1.9.0.x instead of 3.0.x)

Bug #275396 reported by Joachim Sauer on 2008-09-28

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #194894: [MASTER] Firefox reports Gecko Engine Version in "about:". Edit Remove

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu)	Triaged	Low	Unassigned	Ubuntu ubuntu-8.10

Bug Description

Summary: Using the location bar to bring up about screen reports the wrong version number.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Enter "about:" in the location bar.

Expected Result:
Version should show 3.0.3

Actual Result:
It shows version 1.9.0.3, but still show correct application name (i.e. it shows "Firefox version 1.9.0.3").
It seems that is the version of xulrunner.

Extra info:
Downloading the binary build from mozilla.com and running it (using the same profile/themes/add-ons/...) correctly shows 3.0.3 as the version number.

I know it's a minor bug, but it ought to be fixed.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Sep 28 10:58:50 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Package: firefox-3.0 3.0.3+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games
LANG=de_AT.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-19-generic i686

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Joachim Sauer (saua) wrote on 2008-09-28:

Dependencies.txt Edit (2.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ExtensionSummary.txt Edit (1.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
pluginreg.dat.txt Edit (8.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
profiles.ini.txt Edit (94 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Arun Tomar (tomar-arun) wrote on 2008-09-28:

sucessfully reproduced the bug. the bug identified is correct. the logo shows the 1.9.0.3 version but the user string is correct.

Changed in firefox-3.0:
status:	New → Confirmed

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John Vivirito (gnomefreak) wrote on 2008-10-01:

Marked bug #274656 as a dup of this bug.
Where did you install it from? can you please show me exactly the User-Agent string also a screenshot of it would be nice.

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Joachim Sauer (saua) wrote on 2008-10-01:

I don't think bug #274656 is the same issue as this one.

The window that shows after selecting "Help -> About" shows Firefox 3.0.3 (both on top and in the UA-String) for me, which is correct.

The screen that shows when you enter "about:" into the location bar shows "Firefox version 1.9.0.3", which is incorrect (the UA String is correct here as well).

Paul Gevers (paul-climbing) on 2008-10-10

description:

updated

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Paul Gevers (paul-climbing) wrote on 2008-10-10:

Snapshot with the problem in the about screen. Edit (75.9 KiB, image/png)

I attached a screenshot with the problem.

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote on 2008-10-10:

If you view the source of 'about:' you can see that it is 1.9.0.3, while the user agent uses java script.

<body dir="&locale.dir;">
  <div id="aboutLogoContainer">
    <a id="vendorURL" href="http://www.mozilla.org/">
      <img src="about:logo" alt="&brandShortName;"/>
<p id="version">&about.version; 1.9.0.3</p>

Changed in firefox-3.0:
importance:	Undecided → Low
milestone:	none → ubuntu-8.10
status:	Confirmed → Triaged

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Hew (hew) wrote on 2008-12-17:

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 194894, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.