Setting browser.search.geoSpecificDefaults to false and deleting search-
metadata.json seems to stop the default being changed to Yahoo (verified
after clearing browser.search.countryCode too).
** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Critical
** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Triaged
** Also affects: firefox (Ubuntu Precise)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Also affects: firefox (Ubuntu Vivid)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Also affects: firefox (Ubuntu Trusty)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu Precise)
Status: New => Triaged
** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu Trusty)
Status: New => Triaged
** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu Vivid)
Status: New => Triaged
** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu Precise)
Importance: Undecided => Critical
** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu Trusty)
Importance: Undecided => Critical
** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu Vivid)
Importance: Undecided => Critical
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1485741
Title:
Search defaults to Yahoo when it shouldn't
Status in firefox package in Ubuntu:
Triaged
Status in firefox source package in Precise:
Triaged
Status in firefox source package in Trusty:
Triaged
Status in firefox source package in Vivid:
Triaged
Bug description:
When Mozilla initially switched to Yahoo by default for US users, it
did this with a geo-specific preference
(browser.search.defaultenginename.US), used when the locale was en-US,
the user was in a US timezone and Firefox was not a partner build.
This meant that Ubuntu builds continued with Google as the default
search engine.
Some users are reporting that the default is switching to Yahoo after
upgrading to 40.0, which is not intentional.
Since http://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-release/rev/37ea9e22ac42,
it looks like Firefox downloads a region specific default from a
Mozilla server even for partner builds like ours.
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