thunderbird completely broken after upgrade

[Gabriele Tozzi]

When trying to start thunderbird 1.68 with my 1.60 profile, the following error appears:

JavaScript error: resource:///modules/gloda/gloda.js, line 1922: TypeError: aAttrDef.objectNounDef is undefined
JavaScript error: resource:///modules/gloda/gloda.js, line 1922: TypeError: aAttrDef.objectNounDef is undefined
JavaScript error: resource:///modules/gloda/gloda.js, line 1922: TypeError: aAttrDef.objectNounDef is undefined
JavaScript error: resource:///modules/gloda/gloda.js, line 1922: TypeError: aAttrDef.objectNounDef is undefined
JavaScript error: resource:///modules/gloda/gloda.js, line 1922: TypeError: aAttrDef.objectNounDef is undefined
JavaScript error: resource:///modules/gloda/gloda.js, line 1922: TypeError: aAttrDef.objectNounDef is undefined
TypeError: aAttrDef.objectNounDef is undefined
-- Exception object --
*
-- Stack Trace --
defineAttribute@resource:///modules/gloda/gloda.js:1922:5
defineAttributes@resource:///modules/gloda/fundattr.js:71:35
init@resource:///modules/gloda/fundattr.js:43:12
@resource:///modules/gloda/everybody.js:13:15
@resource:///modules/gloda/public.js:8:57
nsAutoCompleteGloda@jar:file:///usr/lib/thunderbird/omni.ja!/components/glautocomp.js:516:32
createInstance@resource://gre/modules/XPCOMUtils.jsm:433:19
glodaSearch_XBL_Constructor@chrome://messenger/content/search.xml:73:16
JavaScript error: chrome://messenger/content/msgMail3PaneWindow.js, line 470: TypeError: TagUtils is undefined
JavaScript error: resource:///modules/gloda/gloda.js, line 1922: TypeError: aAttrDef.objectNounDef is undefined
JavaScript error: chrome://messenger/content/mailWindowOverlay.js, line 172: TypeError: gFolderDisplay is null
JavaScript error: chrome://messenger/content/mailWindowOverlay.js, line 172: TypeError: gFolderDisplay is null
JavaScript error: chrome://messenger/content/mailWindowOverlay.js, line 172: TypeError: gFolderDisplay is null
JavaScript error: chrome://messenger/content/msgMail3PaneWindow.js, line 780: TypeError: accountManager is undefined

The result is a completely unusable thunderbird: the main window opens, but there are no messages and it is not possible to open any secondary window.

Downgrading to 1.60 (from disco) solves this issue.

[Tom Reynolds (tomreyn)]

This can be a duplicate of bug 1849542 - do you agree?

[Olivier Tilloy (osomon)]

Indeed, this is a duplicate of bug #1849542, I'm marking it as such.

FTR, the workaround is to delete the file global-messages-db.sqlite in your profile directory.

[Gabriele Tozzi (gabriele-tozzi)]

I don't think this is a duplicate because my global-messages-db.sqlite is not corrupted.

I commented in bug #1849542 anyway.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[axoin (axoin)]

I do not think this is a duplicate. My global-messages-db.sqlite is fine, as all I did on Ubuntu 16.04 was downgrade thunderbird version.

Download from https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:60.9.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1/+build/18178755

and then

sudo dpkg -i thunderbird_60.9.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1_amd64.deb thunderbird-gnome-support_60.9.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1_amd64.deb thunderbird-locale-de_60.9.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1_amd64.deb thunderbird-locale-en_60.9.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1_amd64.deb thunderbird-locale-en-us_60.9.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1_all.deb xul-ext-lightning_60.9.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1_amd64.deb

so the reason is something else.

[axoin (axoin)]

sorry missing text:

after downgrading from 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 to 1:60.9.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 it works perfectly again, with the exact same profile folder!