[Bug 352078] [NEW] Ask.com search engine reappears after every Firefox update

[Aaron Kelley]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: firefox-3.0

Using Ubuntu 8.10, Firefox 3.0.x.

Every time an update for Firefox comes down through Ubuntu's update
manager, and I install it, I notice that the "Ask.com" engine has been
added back to the list of search engines you can select to use with the
search bar.  If I remove it, it stays gone until the next Firefox
update, and then it comes back.

This isn't the case for all search engines that come installed by
default.  For instance, I tried with the "Ubuntu package search" engine
that comes installed by default, and it stays gone when you update.

To reproduce:
 - Using a non-current version of Firefox, remove the Ask.com search engine through the "Manage search engines..." dialog box.
 - Update to the current version of Firefox using the update manager or apt-get.
 - Ask.com is back...

Expected results:
If you remove a search engine from the list, it should stay gone!  Search engines shouldn't be added unless a new version of Firefox comes with an engine defined that was not in the previous version.

(Note: This is the behavior on Windows or OS X.  If you remove an
update, it's gone even after updates, whether you update Firefox
manually or automatically.)

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: firefox-3.0 3.0.8+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.2
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-11-generic x86_64

** Affects: firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug

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Ask.com search engine reappears after every Firefox update
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/352078
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