This bug locks up Thunderbird in the Arch Linux Open Box Manjaro distribution (both 32 & 64 bit) after the update packages below are installed.  The error popped up between the last iso image (11-26-2013) and now. The version 28.0 Firefox beta package runs fine.  Since Arch Linux is a rolling distribution one (or more) of the listed update packages are causing the error.  If I don't install the package updates both Thunderbird and Firefox work fine but they break after the package updates are applied.  Someone smarter than me might be able guess which package is most likely to be causing the problem.

Here is the update list:

There are 195 outdated packages in your system:

Name
Outdated version
Available version

acpid [Package ID,typical] 2.0.20-1 [Outdated Version,typical] 2.0.21-1 [New Version,typical]
archlinux-keyring 20131027-1 20140124-1
btrfs-progs 0.20rc1.3-2 3.12-1
catfish 0.8.2-2 1.0.0-1
cifs-utils 6.1-1 6.2-1
colord 1.0.4-1 1.0.6-1
compton 0.1_beta1-1 0.1_beta2-1
conky 1.9.0-2 1.9.0-4
coreutils 8.21-2 8.22-2
cpupower 3.12-1 3.13-1
cronie 1.4.9-5 1.4.11-1
cryptsetup 1.6.2-2 1.6.3-2
curl 7.33.0-3 7.35.0-1
dbus 1.6.16-1 1.8.0-1 
device-mapper 2.02.104-1 2.02.105-1 
dhclient 4.2.5.p1-2 4.2.5.p1-3 
dhcpcd 6.1.0-1 6.2.1-1 
dialog 1:1.2_20130928-1 1:1.2_20140112-1 
dirmngr 1.1.1-1 1.1.1-2 
dnsmasq 2.67-2 2.68-1 
dosfstools 3.0.23-1 3.0.25-1 
e2fsprogs 1.42.8-2 1.42.9-1 
file 5.15-1 5.16-1 
freetype2 2.5.0.1-2 2.5.2-1 
gcr 3.10.1-1 3.10.1-2 
gdbm 1.10-3 1.11-1 
gdk-pixbuf2 2.30.1-1 2.30.4-1 
gettext 0.18.3.1-2 0.18.3.2-1 
ghostscript 9.10-1 9.10-3 
glibc 2.18-10 2.18-12 
gnome-keyring 3.10.1-1 3.10.1-2 
gnome-vfs 2.24.4-7 2.24.4-8 
gnupg 2.0.22-1 2.0.22-2 
gnutls 3.2.6-1 3.2.10-1 
gparted 0.16.2-1 0.17.0-2 
graphite 1:1.2.3-1 1:1.2.4-1 
grep 2.15-1 2.16-1 
grub 2.00.5086-1 2.02.beta2-4 
gsfonts 1.0.7pre44-3 1.0.7pre44-4 
gst-plugins-base-libs 1.2.1-1 1.2.2-1 
gstreamer 1.2.1-1 1.2.2-1 
gtk3 3.10.4-1 3.10.7-1 
gufw 13.10.3-1 14.04.0-1 
gummiboot 38-1 43-2 
gvfs 1.18.3-1 1.18.3-3 
gvfs-afc 1.18.3-1 1.18.3-3 
gvfs-smb 1.18.3-1 1.18.3-3 
harfbuzz 0.9.23-1 0.9.24-1 
harfbuzz-icu 0.9.23-1 0.9.24-1 
haveged 1.7.c-3 1.8-1 
hwids 20130607-1 20130915.1-1 
hwinfo 20.1-2 21.0-1 
imlib2 1.4.5-6 1.4.6-1 
inetutils 1.9.1.341-1 1.9.2-1 
intel-dri 9.2.3-2 10.0.3-1 
intel-ucode 20130906-1 20140122-1 
inxi 1.9.16-1 1.9.18-1 
iproute2 3.11.0-1 3.12.0-1 
iptables 1.4.20-1 1.4.21-1 
jasper 1.900.1-9 1.900.1-10 
kmod 15-1 16-1 
krb5 1.11.4-1 1.12.1-1 
ldns 1.6.16-1 1.6.17-1 
lib32-freetype2 2.5.0.1-1 2.5.2-1 
lib32-gcc-libs 4.8.2-4 4.8.2-7 
lib32-glibc 2.18-10 2.18-12 
lib32-intel-dri 9.2.3-2 10.0.3-1 
lib32-libdrm 2.4.49-1 2.4.52-1 
lib32-libgcrypt 1.5.3-1 1.6.0-1 
lib32-libxcb 1.9.1-1 1.10-1 
lib32-llvm-libs 3.3-1 3.4-1 
lib32-mesa 9.2.3-2 10.0.3-1 
lib32-mesa-libgl 9.2.3-1 10.0.3-1 
lib32-pcre 8.33-1 8.34-1 
lib32-systemd 208-1 208-2 
libbluray 0.4.0-1 0.5.0-1 
libcap 2.22-5 2.24-1 
libcdio 0.90-2 0.92-1 
libcdio-paranoia 10.2+0.90+1-1 10.2+0.90+1-2 
libdrm 2.4.49-1 2.4.52-1 
libgcrypt 1.5.3-1 1.6.1-1 
libgnome-keyring 3.10.1-1 3.10.1-2 
libjpeg-turbo 1.3.0-3 1.3.0-4 
libldap 2.4.37-1 2.4.39-1 
libmbim 1.4.0-1 1.6.0-1 
libnl 3.2.22-1 3.2.23-1 
libpcap 1.4.0-1 1.5.3-1 
libpipeline 1.2.4-1 1.2.6-1 
libpng 1.6.6-1 1.6.8-1 
libqmi 1.4.0-2 1.8.0-1 
librsvg 1:2.40.1-1 1:2.40.1-3 
libsecret 0.16-1 0.16-2 
libtasn1 3.3-2 3.4-1 
libvorbis 1.3.3-1 1.3.4-1 
libwebp 0.3.1-3 0.4.0-1 
libx86emu 1.1-29 1.1-30 
libxcb 1.9.1-2 1.10-1 
libxfce4ui 4.11.0-3 4.11.0-4 
libxfont 1.4.6-1 1.4.7-1 
libxft 2.3.1-1 2.3.1-2 
libxkbcommon 0.3.1-1 0.4.0-1 
libxslt 1.1.28-2 1.1.28-3 
linux-api-headers 3.10.6-1 3.12.4-1 
linux-firmware 20131013.7d0c7a8-1 20140123.418320b-1 
linux310 3.10.20-1 3.10.28-1 
linux310-ndiswrapper 1.58-10 1.59-5 
llvm-libs 3.3-1 3.4-1 
lua 5.2.2-1 5.2.3-1 
lvm2 2.02.104-1 2.02.105-1 
lxappearance 0.5.3-2 0.5.5-1 
lxpolkit 0.1.0-2 0.1.0-3 
man-db 2.6.5-1 2.6.6-1 
man-pages 3.54-1 3.57-1 
manjaro-keyring 20120504-1 20140209-1 
manjaro-release 0.8.8-1 0.8.9rc2-1 
mesa 9.2.3-2 10.0.3-1 
mesa-libgl 9.2.3-1 10.0.3-1 
mhwd 0.2.8-4 0.3.2-1 
mhwd-catalyst 13.4-4 13.12-1 
mhwd-db 0.2.8-2 0.3.2-1 
mhwd-nvidia 331.20-1 331.38-1 
mhwd-nvidia-legacy 304.116-1 304.119-1 
mkinitcpio 0.15.0-1 16-2 
mobile-broadband-provider-info 20120614-1 20120614-2 
modemmanager 1.0.0-1 1.2.0-2 
mpfr 3.1.2.p4-1 3.1.2.p5-1 
nbd 3.4-1 3.7-1 
ndiswrapper-utils 1.58-2 1.59-1 
nfs-utils 1.2.8-9 1.2.9-5 
nspr 4.10.2-1 4.10.3-1 
nss 3.15.3-1 3.15.4-1 
ntp 4.2.6.p5-17 4.2.6.p5-18 
openssh 6.4p1-1 6.5p1-2 
openssl 1.0.1.e-5 1.0.1.f-1 
os-prober 1.58-1 1.63-1 
p7zip 9.20.1-8 9.20.1-9 
pacman-mirrorlist 20131009-1 20140124-2 
pango 1.36.1-1 1.36.2-1 
pciutils 3.2.0-4 3.2.1-1 
pcre 8.33-2 8.34-2 
perl 5.18.1-1 5.18.2-2 
poppler 0.24.3-1 0.24.5-1 
poppler-glib 0.24.3-1 0.24.5-1 
procps-ng 3.3.8-3 3.3.9-2 
pth 2.0.7-4 2.0.7-5 
pv 1.4.12-1 1.5.1-1 
pyalpm 0.6.2.1-2 0.6.2.2-1 
python 3.3.2-2 3.3.3-1 
python-dbus-common 1.2.0-1 1.2.0-2 
python2 2.7.5-2 2.7.6-1 
python2-dbus 1.2.0-1 1.2.0-2 
python2-distutils-extra 2.37-1 2.38-1 
python2-mako 0.9.0-1 0.9.1-1 
python2-pillow 2.2.1-2 2.3.0-3 
refind-efi 0.7.4-1 0.7.7-1 
s-nail 14.4.5-1 14.5.2-3 
slim 1.3.6-2 1.3.6-3 
sqlite 3.8.1-2 3.8.3-1 
sudo 1.8.8-1 1.8.9.p4-1 
syslog-ng 3.5.1-2 3.5.3-1 
systemd 208-2 208-10 
systemd-sysvcompat 208-2 208-10 
tcpdump 4.4.0-2 4.5.1-1 
terminus-font 4.38-2 4.38-4 
tevent 0.9.18-1 0.9.19-1 
tzdata 2013h-1 2013i-1 
unrar 1:5.0.13-1 1:5.0.14-1 
uriparser 0.7.8-2 0.8.0-1 
usb_modeswitch 2.0.1-1 2.1.0-1 
util-linux 2.24-1 2.24.1-1 
vpnc 0.5.3.svn527-1 0.5.3.svn527-2 
wayland 1.3.0-1 1.4.0-1 
webkitgtk 2.2.2-1 2.2.4-2 
wget 1.14-3 1.15-1 
wireless_tools 29-8 30.pre9-1 
xcb-proto 1.9-1 1.10-1 
xcursor-vanilla-dmz-aa 0.4.3-1 0.4.4-1 
xdg-utils 1.1.0.git20130520-1 1.1.0.git20140207-1 
xextproto 7.2.1-1 7.3.0-1 
xf86-input-acecad 1.5.0-6 1.5.0-7 
xf86-input-aiptek 1.4.1-6 1.4.1-7 
xf86-input-evdev 2.8.2-1 2.8.2-2 
xf86-input-joystick 1.6.2-2 1.6.2-3 
xf86-input-keyboard 1.8.0-1 1.8.0-2 
xf86-input-mouse 1.9.0-1 1.9.0-2 
xf86-input-synaptics 1.7.1-1 1.7.3-1 
xf86-input-void 1.4.0-5 1.4.0-6 
xf86-input-wacom 0.23.0-1 0.23.0-2 
xf86-video-intel 2.21.15-1 2.99.909-2 
xkeyboard-config 2.10.1-1 2.11-2 
xorg-server 1.14.4-1 1.15.0-5 
xorg-server-common 1.14.4-1 1.15.0-5 
xorg-xinit 1.3.3-2 1.3.3-3 
xproto 7.0.24-1 7.0.25-1 
xterm 297-1 301-1