updating to German Language Pack fails once interupted

[caribu]

1. using an installed localised (german) version of thunderbird 1.5.0
2. choose to update this package
3. upon restart of thunderbird click 'cancel' when asked to update language packs
4. the update process of langpacks is interupted and thunderbird starts in the default (=english) version

expected result:
when cancelling an update (to do it at a more convinient time) one expects to be able to restart the update process

actual result:
an update of langpacks is not possible through the gui.

remedy:
include a warning in the update process of thunderbird NOT to cancel update of lang packs or supply alternative way of updating lang packs.

further information:
there is no immediatly obvious gui element in Thunderbird that allows to change to a German version. the language packs in the extension dialog are grayed out and can neither be updated nor uninstalled. The extension dialog reads: "update not supported; install location read only"

[Alex Latchford (alex.latchford)]

Hello caribu,

Thank you for the bug report, can I ask if this is still an issue for you?

Sorry for the major delay, we are a little short staffed. Alex

[caribu (caribu-minimeta)]

hello alex,

I think this was an issue with file permissions. The updater within
thunderbird cannot overwrite language files installed via apt.

I haven't tested interupting the updating process with newer versions of
thunderbird and therefore cannot tell you if it is still an issue. Since
I'm now using edgy I don't know how to reproduce this without a lot of
uninstalling/installing.

So - in a nutshell: no it's not an issue anymore.

Cheers

Conrad

Alex Latchford schrieb:
> Hello caribu,
>
> Thank you for the bug report, can I ask if this is still an issue for
> you?
>
> Sorry for the major delay, we are a little short staffed. Alex
>
> ** Changed in: mozilla-thunderbird (Ubuntu)
> Assignee: (unassigned) => Alex Latchford
> Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info
>
>

[Alexander Sack (asac)]

this bug should be gone. If you still see this, please reopen this bug.