Hi Carsten,
I forgot to report back, but I also created Upstream bug 1510212
(https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1510212). As I stated
there it might take a while until I can test migration again, since I
reinstalled my test machine with Buster and thus have no test
environment with Jessie or Stretch right now.
I'll report back to upstream how this goes.
Cheers,
Bastian
On 11/30/18 6:50 AM, Carsten Schoenert wrote:
Control: forwarded -1 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1505038
Hello Bastian,
Am 20.11.18 um 17:44 schrieb Bastian Neuburger:
Hi,
I have however not yet tested what happens if you start thunderbird
aftter the upgrade and close it right away (i.e. not trying to sign
anything but also not entering the master password). I will try to test
this later but now I need a working mail client.
I also tested this variant now:
1. Have berkeley DB based profile that works fine with thunderbird 52 in
Jessie
2. Upgrade thunderbird
3. Start thunderbird
4. Close it without doing anything (I am not prompted for the master
password)
5. Start thunderbird again
Expected results:
Either key3.db is still there or I am getting prompted for a master
password during step 4.
Actual results:
Everything under "Your certificates" and "People" in the Certificate
Manager gone, all saved passwords gone.
So the problem we encountered did not only wipe private keys, but also
certificates of other people I already corresponded with AND stored
passwords.
How should reporting with upstream be handled? Should I take care of it
myself or would you like to forward it?
I haven't forwarded that all into a new upstream bug report, but I was
able to talk about that issue with upstream.
Initially upstream (in that case the NSS/Firefox team) has decided about
6 years ago to stop using the old database option [1] and use the newer
NSS implementations for storing stuff within a database.
Your are not the only person who is experience such problems. There is
the report 1505038 [2] which is from a user with the same problems. The
issue has some workaround mentioned in comment #25 which should be
"solve" your current problem, could you please test this suggestion?
[1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=783994
[2] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1505038
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