Does not work in Thunderbird ?

[alci63]

Hi,

I have compiled the latest version from git master with xulrunner-sdk 23.0. I have installed it in Fireofx 23, on Ubuntu 13.04. This worked fine.

Then I tried to install in Thunderbird, which happens to be version 17.0.8 in Ubuntu 13.04. First, TB told me the extension was not compatible. I changed the install.rdf in the xpi to allow wulrunner version 17 to 23 in Thunderbird. Extension installed, but does not work (I am asked for my master password).

So, should I compile against another version of xulrunner-sdk ? Or is there a problem with TB and latest version of the extension ?

thanks

[infinity0]

might this be related to #26?

[alci63]

well, I don't think so. #26 is about packaging on Ubuntu, which seems to be very inconvienient since xulrunner-dev does not ship anymore, and firefox-dev + thunderbird-dev are incomplete.

What I did is manually download xulrunner-sdk (23.0), and compile using the following command line given by swick :

XUL_CFLAGS="-I../../xulrunner-sdk/include -I../../xulrunner-sdk/include/nspr" XUL_LDFLAGS="-L../../xulrunner-sdk/lib -lxpcomglue_s -lxul -lmozalloc -lplds4 -lplc4 -lnspr4 -lpthread -ldl" XPCOM_ABI_FLAGS="-Wl,-rpath=/usr/lib/firefox" make

This produced a xpi that works just fine with Firefox 23 on Ubuntu 13.04.

My problem is that the same xpi does not work with TB: 1) unchanged, TB complains that the extension is not compatible 2) after changing

em:targetApplicationem:id{3550f703-e582-4d05-9a08-453d09bdfdc6}/em:idem:minVersion23.0/em:minVersionem:maxVersion23.*/em:maxVersion/em:targetApplication to em:targetApplicationem:id{3550f703-e582-4d05-9a08-453d09bdfdc6}/em:idem:minVersion17.0/em:minVersionem:maxVersion23.*/em:maxVersion/em:targetApplication (minVersion 23.0 to 17.0) in install.rdf and recreating the xpi zip, TB accepts the extension, but still asks for the main password. Hence my question: does the lastest version work with TB version 17 ? Am I supposed to compile using an older xulrunner-sdk, or is changing the minVersion ok ?

[infinity0]

apologies, I have now had a more detailed read through what you wrote.

"1) TB complains that the extension is not compatible" - this is expected if you built with only xulrunner-dev 23, since it does not know that thunderbird is at version 17. to build separate versions for firefox/thunderbird you will need to install both -dev packages and (if it still works for ubuntu) check out the "ubuntu" branch from @fat-lobyte's fork and run something like (I am guessing) gbp buildpackage --git-upstream-branch=master --git-debian-branch=ubuntu --git-upstream-tree=branch from the git-buildpackage package.

"2) ... accepts the extension, but still asks for the main password." - this is firefox/thunderbird's problem and is covered in the README.

So I don't think there is actually a bug here and everything you experienced is expected behaviour (or at least very very infeasible to "fix".) I will close if you agree.

[alci63]

1) Thanks for the information. I will study what gbp does. I have to do my home work now :-)

Regarding point 2), I guess you are refering to the fact that TB asks for the master password to unlock the private ssl keys? It used to asked for them when I was sending a signed email. Now, it is asking for the master password as soon as I open TB. That's why I think it does not work in TB. That said, having to type in the master password once on launching is not less convinient than to enter it each time I need to send a (signed) mail... I guess I'll live with this. I close the ticket.

[infinity0]

In that case, it would appear that thunderbird is confused and tries to unlock the internal "master password" (for the SSL keys) even though it only needs passwords from gnome-keyring. It is not something that this extension can control. Perhaps you could file a bug to those guys, it sounds like it is more their problem.