Bug 32398 - doesn't open many HTTPS sites becuase requires fresh libs
Summary: doesn't open many HTTPS sites becuase requires fresh libs
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Sisyphus
Classification: Development
Component: firefox (show other bugs)
Version: unstable
Hardware: all Linux
: P3 normal
Assignee: Alexey Gladkov
QA Contact: qa-sisyphus
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Blocks: 32399
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Reported: 2016-08-19 18:28 MSK by Ivan Zakharyaschev
Modified: 2016-08-19 19:49 MSK (History)
4 users (show)

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Description Ivan Zakharyaschev 2016-08-19 18:28:35 MSK 
firefox-48.0-alt1

Firefox doesn't open many HTTPS sites after "apt-get install firefox" in basealt-p8-wmaker-20160612-i586.iso -- probably, because requires fresh libs, but this is not written in its formal deps.

Examples: https://mozilla.org (a greeting page), https://google.com , https://gmail.com .

Workaround: apt-get dist-upgrade
Comment 1 Alexey Gladkov 2016-08-19 18:44:41 MSK 
It happens because you need to update libnss and get a new certificates. It's not a firefox problem.
Comment 2 Ivan Zakharyaschev 2016-08-19 19:45:37 MSK 
(In reply to comment #1)
> It happens because you need to update libnss and get a new certificates. It's
> not a firefox problem.

So, the new firefox doesn't work with the older libnss package. But, if libnss package is updated, firefox works.

How is this different from a case when a package has Requires: libXYZ >= 1-alt2?

Why wouldn't such a dependency in the firefox package be correct?
Comment 3 Ivan Zakharyaschev 2016-08-19 19:49:19 MSK 
BTW, seamonkey from the same 2016-June distro works, and opens those sites.

So, it's not a problem of libnss per se, because it works with these sites if used from within Seamonkey. But not from within the newer Firefox.