Bug 20542 - Firefox crashes on start after update to version 45.8 / ICU 58.2
Summary: Firefox crashes on start after update to version 45.8 / ICU 58.2
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Mageia
Classification: Unclassified
Component: RPM Packages (show other bugs)
Version: Cauldron
Hardware: x86_64 Linux
Priority: release_blocker critical
Target Milestone: Mageia 6
Assignee: All Packagers
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Reported: 2017-03-20 19:20 CET by Nikita Krupenko
Modified: 2017-03-21 14:39 CET (History)
6 users (show)

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Source RPM: firefox-45.8.0-2.mga6.src.rpm
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Attachments
Backtrace of the crash (7.29 KB, text/plain)
2017-03-20 19:21 CET, Nikita Krupenko
Details
Terminal output crash when attempting to compose email (2.77 KB, text/plain)
2017-03-20 19:40 CET, aguador
Details

Description Nikita Krupenko 2017-03-20 19:20:29 CET
Description of problem:
Previous version 45.7.0-3.mga6 works fine

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 45.8.0-1.mga6


How reproducible: Always
Comment 1 Nikita Krupenko 2017-03-20 19:21:18 CET
Created attachment 9125 [details]
Backtrace of the crash
Frédéric "LpSolit" Buclin 2017-03-20 19:22:09 CET

Priority: Normal => High
Target Milestone: --- => Mageia 6
Severity: normal => critical

Comment 2 Rémi Verschelde 2017-03-20 19:28:26 CET
Same issue with firefox-45.8.0-2.mga6. I don't think it's related to the upgrade from 45.7.0 to 45.8.0, but to the upgrade of the system ICU lib to 58.2.

Priority: High => release_blocker
Source RPM: firefox-45.8.0-1.mga6.src.rpm => firefox-45.8.0-2.mga6.src.rpm

Comment 3 Jüri Ivask 2017-03-20 19:29:26 CET
Confirmed. So does Thunderbird...

Priority: release_blocker => High
CC: (none) => jyri2000
Source RPM: firefox-45.8.0-2.mga6.src.rpm => firefox-45.8.0-1.mga6.src.rpm

Rémi Verschelde 2017-03-20 19:36:04 CET

Priority: High => release_blocker
Source RPM: firefox-45.8.0-1.mga6.src.rpm => firefox-45.8.0-2.mga6.src.rpm

Rémi Verschelde 2017-03-20 19:38:35 CET

Summary: Firefox crashes on start after update to version 45.8 => Firefox crashes on start after update to version 45.8 / ICU 58.2

Comment 4 aguador 2017-03-20 19:39:48 CET
Upgrading from build 1 to build 2 now produces a crash when I try to write a new message or respond to a message using the Web UI of www.gmx.es. Terminal output attached.

CC: (none) => aguador

Comment 5 aguador 2017-03-20 19:40:54 CET
Created attachment 9126 [details]
Terminal output crash when attempting to compose email
Comment 6 Rémi Verschelde 2017-03-20 20:10:35 CET
@ Mike, I guess that means we're ready when you are to push FF 52.0.1 ;)

My only guess so far would be that FF 45 is not really compatible with ICU 58.2, so our best shot is to proceed with the planned upgrade.

CC: (none) => mrambo

Comment 7 Rémi Verschelde 2017-03-20 21:34:30 CET
(In reply to Nikita Krupenko from comment #0) 
> Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 45.8.0-1.mga6

Just to be sure, are you 100% sure the bug started with 45.8.0-1.mga6? The timing of your report, and my current clue, would hint that the bug would have started only with 45.8.0-2.mga6 (rebuild against icu 58.2).

45.8.0-1.mga6 was actually built several days ago. The update from today is that -2.mga6.
Comment 8 Jüri Ivask 2017-03-20 21:55:22 CET
The bug started with upgrade to 45.8.0-2.mga6. Downgrading firefox to 45.8.0-1.mga6 makes it to work again here.
Comment 9 Nikita Krupenko 2017-03-20 22:04:12 CET
(In reply to Rémi Verschelde from comment #7)
> (In reply to Nikita Krupenko from comment #0) 
> > Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 45.8.0-1.mga6
> 
> Just to be sure, are you 100% sure the bug started with 45.8.0-1.mga6? The
> timing of your report, and my current clue, would hint that the bug would
> have started only with 45.8.0-2.mga6 (rebuild against icu 58.2).
> 
> 45.8.0-1.mga6 was actually built several days ago. The update from today is
> that -2.mga6.

Yes, I'm sure as I updated it yesterday and it starts to crash, package version 45.8.0-2.mga6 released only today. I haven't tried 45.8.0-2.mga6 yet.
Comment 10 Nikita Krupenko 2017-03-20 22:08:06 CET
I also add, that now I have firefox 45.7.0-3.mga6 with all other updates installed and it works fine.
Comment 11 Marja Van Waes 2017-03-20 22:20:06 CET
Assigning to all packagers collectively, since there is no registered maintainer for this package.

CC: (none) => marja11
Assignee: bugsquad => pkg-bugs

Comment 12 Thomas Andrews 2017-03-20 22:37:27 CET
(In reply to Jüri Ivask from comment #3)
> Confirmed. So does Thunderbird...

I'm not seeing Firefox 45.8.0-2 crash (I'm using it now), but after today's round of updates Thunderbird 45.7.1-2 crashes any time I attempt to bring up the composition window. Write, Reply, Reply list, Reply All, Followup all crash Thunderbird when I click on them. If I don't attempt to compose a message, it remains stable. This is happening on two very different sets of hardware.

If this is the wrong bug for this, please let me know and I will file a new one.

CC: (none) => andrewsfarm

Comment 13 Rémi Verschelde 2017-03-20 23:28:58 CET
I've sent firefox-45.8.0-3.mga6 to the buildsystem, which builds against the bundled icu code. (@ Mike: will need to revert that for 52.0.1 of course, see http://svnweb.mageia.org/packages?view=revision&revision=1093834).

Please test it once it reaches your mirror, it should hopefully fix the crash.
Comment 14 JanKusanagi 2017-03-21 01:07:18 CET
No problems so far with firefox-45.8.0-3 ;)
With -2 the crashes happened almost immediately.

Thanks!

CC: (none) => jan-bugs

Comment 15 Nikita Krupenko 2017-03-21 04:40:49 CET
Confirm, 45.8.0-3 works without crashes.
Comment 16 aguador 2017-03-21 06:01:55 CET
Confirm that firefox 45-8-0-3 solved my crash problem as well.
Comment 17 Rémi Verschelde 2017-03-21 06:41:34 CET
Great, marking as fixed then.

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => FIXED

Comment 18 Rémi Verschelde 2017-03-21 07:22:21 CET
(In reply to Thomas Andrews from comment #12)
> 
> I'm not seeing Firefox 45.8.0-2 crash (I'm using it now), but after today's
> round of updates Thunderbird 45.7.1-2 crashes any time I attempt to bring up
> the composition window. Write, Reply, Reply list, Reply All, Followup all
> crash Thunderbird when I click on them. If I don't attempt to compose a
> message, it remains stable. This is happening on two very different sets of
> hardware.

You should be having thunderbird-45.8.0-1, but I expect it would be problematic the same way as firefox is. I've now submitted thunderbird-45.8.0-2 which builds against its bundled ICU library, which should fix the crashes some are experiencing.
Comment 19 Jüri Ivask 2017-03-21 08:47:59 CET
Thanks, now also thunderbird (thunderbird-45.8.0-2) works OK again.
Comment 20 Thomas Andrews 2017-03-21 14:39:01 CET
Confirmed, I can now compose messages with Thunderbird again. Thanks. Using Gmail's web interface was very annoying.

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