Theme issue with Firefox Snap update to revision 3068

[Keith]

On 9/4/23 1:38 PM, Little Girl wrote:
> Hey there,
> 
> Keith wrote:
>> Little Girl wrote:
> 
>>> 	Fetching snap "firefox"
>>> 	Fetching assertions for "firefox"
>>> 	Install the snap with:
>>> 	   snap ack firefox_3026.assert
>>> 	   snap install firefox_3026.snap
>>>
>>> Would I ignore that output and use your installation command
>>> instead if I were to use a downloaded revision?
>>
>> Yes, in this case if you want to ensure the snap is not refreshed by
>> snapd again after installation. Installing with the steps above
>> would be like downloading a deb package from the Ubuntu archives and
>> installing it manually. However, when apt detects an update
>> available for that version of the locally installed deb, it'll go
>> ahead and update it with the "apt upgrade" command. With no assert
>> metadata information listed in the  snapd assertion database for a
>> snap, snapd will just assume the local snap comes from an
>> unauthenticated 3rd-party source and won't attempt to refresh it.
>> It's equivalent to a 3rd-party stand-alone deb package downloaded
>>from a website and installed locally.
> 
> Excellent information. Thank you so much. Now I not only have the
> necessary commands, but the reasons for them, too. This little
> personal wiki Snap page is becoming a gold-mine of information.
> 
>>> Just curious, but in the event that I run out of patience, would
>>> there be any harm in doing this to kick Snap in the pants and start
>>> fresh?
>>>
>>> 	sudo snap remove firefox
>>> 	sudo snap install firefox
>>
>> No harm. To make sure snapd pulls in the firefox snap from the snap
>> store and not use any cached copy on disk, you can delete all the
>> files under /var/lib/snapd/cache/ (not the directory itself, though)
>> before installing.
> 
> Good to know, too, and also added to the personal wiki. Is there any
> chance that the contents of /var/lib/snapd/cache/ are the culprit? Or
> did my test of logging in under a different user and not having
> the issue rule that directory out as the potential cause?
> 

No, I don't think the cache was related. I just suggested clearing it 
out as to eliminate the minute possibility that it could be though. 
Besides, the cached snaps can take up quite a bit of diskspace, so I 
like to clean the snap cache out periodically just like I do with 
clearing the apt cache after a few updates.

I agree with Colin's conclusion based on new user test that the issue 
seems likely to lie with your firefox profile and is not a system problem.

-- 
Keith