Bug 1400298 - firefox-50.0-2 crashes on launch
Summary: firefox-50.0-2 crashes on launch
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Status: CLOSED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: firefox
Version: 24
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Martin Stransky
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2016-11-30 20:40 UTC by collura
Modified: 2017-03-14 03:27 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2017-01-31 12:53:13 UTC
Type: Bug

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Description collura 2016-11-30 20:40:12 UTC 
Description of problem:

When launch firefox-50.0-2.fc24.x86_64 it crashes with errors:

  journalctl entry about crash:
  
  firefox.desktop[2893]: XPCOMGlueLoad error for file /usr/lib64/firefox/libxul.so: 
  firefox.desktop[2893]: /usr/lib64/firefox/libxul.so: file too short
  firefox.desktop[2893]: Couldn't load XPCOM.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

  firefox-50.0-2.fc24.x86_64

How reproducible:

  always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. launch firefox-50.0-2
2. firefox crashes on launch
3. read error in journalctl

Actual results:

  firefox crashes

Expected results:

  firefox not to crash

Additional info:

  if downgrade to firefox-50.0-1 then runs fine.
Comment 1 Martin Stransky 2016-11-30 20:52:17 UTC 
Please check the package is correctly installed by '$rpm --verify firefox'
Comment 2 collura 2017-03-14 03:27:56 UTC 
Didnt get a chance to run the verify but this resolved itself a few updates later.
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