[Bug 1948482] Re: Firefox is wrongly being transitioned from deb to snap

[Olivier Tilloy]

I can confirm the problem, tested in a newly installed budgie VM
installed from the 21.10 ISO.

** Package changed: firefox (Ubuntu) => update-manager (Ubuntu)

** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => High

** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Olivier Tilloy (osomon)

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Title:
  Firefox is wrongly being transitioned from deb to snap

Status in update-manager package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in update-manager source package in Impish:
  New

Bug description:
  Reported here - 6 minutes in
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBTws4KoPtg

  In update manager the transition to snap is being made as an update

  i.e. this is a fresh 21.10 ubuntu budgie install where firefox is
  seeded as a deb not a snap

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.10
  Package: firefox 93.0+build1-0ubuntu3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.13.0-20.20-generic 5.13.14
  Uname: Linux 5.13.0-20-generic x86_64
  AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu70
  Architecture: amd64
  AudioDevicesInUse:
   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
   /dev/snd/controlC0:  dad         828 F.... pulseaudio
  BuildID: 20210927210923
  CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
  Channel: Unavailable
  CurrentDesktop: Budgie:GNOME
  Date: Fri Oct 22 17:46:11 2021
  DefaultProfileExtensions: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
  DefaultProfileIncompatibleExtensions: Unavailable (corrupt or non-existant compatibility.ini or extensions.sqlite)
  DefaultProfileLocales: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
  DefaultProfilePrefErrors: Unexpected character ',' before close parenthesis @ /usr/lib/firefox/omni.ja:greprefs.js:360
  DefaultProfileThemes: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
  ForcedLayersAccel: False
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-10-22 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Budgie 21.10 "Impish Indri" - Release amd64 (20211011)
  IpRoute:
   default via 10.0.2.2 dev enp0s3 proto dhcp metric 100
   10.0.2.0/24 dev enp0s3 proto kernel scope link src 10.0.2.15 metric 100
   169.254.0.0/16 dev enp0s3 scope link metric 1000
  Profile0Extensions: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
  Profile0IncompatibleExtensions: Unavailable (corrupt or non-existant compatibility.ini or extensions.sqlite)
  Profile0Locales: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
  Profile0PrefErrors: Unexpected character ',' before close parenthesis @ /usr/lib/firefox/omni.ja:greprefs.js:360
  Profile0PrefSources: prefs.js
  Profile0Themes: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
  Profiles:
   Profile1 (Default) - LastVersion=None/None (Out of date)
   Profile0 - LastVersion=93.0/20210927210923
  RunningIncompatibleAddons: False
  SourcePackage: firefox
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 12/01/2006
  dmi.bios.vendor: innotek GmbH
  dmi.bios.version: VirtualBox
  dmi.board.name: VirtualBox
  dmi.board.vendor: Oracle Corporation
  dmi.board.version: 1.2
  dmi.chassis.type: 1
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Oracle Corporation
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvninnotekGmbH:bvrVirtualBox:bd12/01/2006:svninnotekGmbH:pnVirtualBox:pvr1.2:sku:rvnOracleCorporation:rnVirtualBox:rvr1.2:cvnOracleCorporation:ct1:cvr:
  dmi.product.family: Virtual Machine
  dmi.product.name: VirtualBox
  dmi.product.version: 1.2
  dmi.sys.vendor: innotek GmbH

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