[Bug 2056668] [NEW] Thunderbird Snap migration loses user profile

[Michael Neuffer]

Public bug reported:

TL;DR: Snap implementation is FUBAR, how do I get back to a non-SNAP
version?

I consider this bug to be Grave since it not only affects thunderbid,
but also a huge number of depending other services, bug-reporting
amongst it.

Thunderbird Snap migration loses user profile

With the migration from normal deb to snap all and any settings, addons, accounts, etc got lost.
This is a big no-no.


Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:115.8.1+build1+snap2

No LSB modules are available.
Description:	Ubuntu Noble Numbat (development branch)
Release:	24.04

root at kyle:/opt/DATA/media/incoming/tmp# apt-cache policy thunderbird
thunderbird:
  Installed: 1:115.8.1+build1+snap2
  Candidate: 1:115.8.1+build1+snap2
  Version table:
 *** 1:115.8.1+build1+snap2 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1:115.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.23.10.1 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu mantic-updates/main amd64 Packages
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu mantic-security/main amd64 Packages
     1:115.3.1+build1-0ubuntu1 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu mantic/main amd64 Packages

neuffer at kyle:~$ ls -la ~/.thunderbird/
total 28
drwx------  5 neuffer neuffer 4096 Okt  7  2019  .
drwxr-x--- 26 neuffer neuffer 4096 Mär 10 11:09  ..
drwx------ 17 neuffer neuffer 4096 Mär  5 17:50  8ru3o2xn.default
drwx------  4 neuffer neuffer 4096 Mär  5 15:58 'Crash Reports'
-rw-rw-r--  1 neuffer neuffer   45 Okt  7  2019  installs.ini
drwx------  2 neuffer neuffer 4096 Apr  2  2019 'Pending Pings'
-rw-rw-r--  1 neuffer neuffer  166 Okt  7  2019  profiles.ini
neuffer at kyle:~$ 


neuffer at kyle:~$ thunderbird --ProfileManager
_IceTransSocketINETConnect() no usable address for kyle:44955
[GFX1-]: glxtest: libpci missing
ATTENTION: default value of option mesa_glthread overridden by environment.
ATTENTION: default value of option mesa_glthread overridden by environment.
ATTENTION: default value of option mesa_glthread overridden by environment.
[Parent 27516, Main Thread] WARNING: Failed to mkdir /home/neuffer/snap/thunderbird/450/.config/ibus/bus: Not a directory: 'glib warning', file /build/thunderbird/parts/thunderbird/build/toolkit/xre/nsSigHandlers.cpp:167

(thunderbird:27516): IBUS-WARNING **: 11:14:30.844: Failed to mkdir /home/neuffer/snap/thunderbird/450/.config/ibus/bus: Not a directory
JavaScript error: resource://gre/modules/XULStore.sys.mjs, line 60: Error: Can't find profile directory.
JavaScript error: resource://gre/modules/XULStore.sys.mjs, line 60: Error: Can't find profile directory.
JavaScript error: resource://gre/modules/XULStore.sys.mjs, line 60: Error: Can't find profile directory.
JavaScript error: resource://gre/modules/XULStore.sys.mjs, line 60: Error: Can't find profile directory.
console.error: (new UnknownError("IndexedDB: thunderbird/url-classifier-skip-urls getLastModified() IndexedDB:   The operation failed for reasons unrelated to the database itself and not covered by any other error code.", "resource://services-settings/IDBHelpers.jsm", 18))
_IceTransSocketINETConnect() no usable address for kyle:44955
[ImapModuleLoader] Using nsImapService.cpp
[Parent 27516, Main Thread] WARNING: Failed to mkdir /home/neuffer/snap/thunderbird/450/.config/ibus/bus: Not a directory: 'glib warning', file /build/thunderbird/parts/thunderbird/build/toolkit/xre/nsSigHandlers.cpp:167

(thunderbird:27516): IBUS-WARNING **: 11:15:38.811: Failed to mkdir /home/neuffer/snap/thunderbird/450/.config/ibus/bus: Not a directory
[GFX1-]: glxtest: libpci missing
ATTENTION: default value of option mesa_glthread overridden by environment.
ATTENTION: default value of option mesa_glthread overridden by environment.
ATTENTION: default value of option mesa_glthread overridden by environment.
console.debug: "Found 0 public keys and 0 secret keys (0 protected, 0 unprotected)"
console.error: ({})
JavaScript error: chrome://messenger/content/aboutMessage.js, line 119: NS_ERROR_ILLEGAL_VALUE: Component returned failure code: 0x80070057 (NS_ERROR_ILLEGAL_VALUE) [nsIWebProgress.addProgressListener]
console.error: (new TypeError("NetworkError: Network request failed", "resource://services-settings/Utils.sys.mjs", 229))

** Affects: thunderbird (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: grave release-critical

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