Bug 100802

Summary:	Thunderbird Spellcheck fails to install dictionaries for non-root users
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	plsdontreply
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Mozilla Gentoo Team <mozilla>
Status:	RESOLVED UPSTREAM
Severity:	normal	CC:	andreas.sahlbach, erlend.davidson, ian, kevquinn, Martin.vGagern
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=216382
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	The Alert saying "German dictionary has been successfully installed" Extensions window after hitting the "ok" button

Description plsdontreply 2005-07-30 03:41:07 UTC

To reproduce:
1. Emerge Thunderbird
2. Download "spell-de-DE.xpi" from "http://downloads.mozdev.org/dictionaries/"
3. Start Thunderbird
4. Open Tools, Extensions
5. Hit the "Install" button
6. Navigate to "spell-de-DE.xpi"
7. On the new dialog popping up hit the "Install Now" button
8. Find the Alert popup saying 
   "German (Germany) dictionary (v 0.1) has been successfully installed."
9. Hit the "ok" button.
10. Restart Thunderbird.

Comment 1 plsdontreply 2005-07-30 03:43:40 UTC

Created attachment 64724 [details]
The Alert saying "German dictionary has been successfully installed"

Comment 2 plsdontreply 2005-07-30 03:46:23 UTC

Created attachment 64725 [details]
Extensions window after hitting the "ok" button

Comment 3 plsdontreply 2005-07-31 01:08:59 UTC

Maybe this bug is caused by https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=216382

Comment 4 plsdontreply 2005-07-31 02:15:32 UTC

While waiting for a solution, here is a workaround:

1. Read the the INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS from 
   http://dictionaries.mozdev.org/installation.html

2. chown $username /usr/lib/mozilla-thunderbird/components/myspell

3. Continue from step 2 of bug description

4. chown -R root /usr/lib/mozilla-thunderbird/components/myspell

Comment 5 Jan Stanzel 2006-01-18 10:22:25 UTC

The steps in comment #4 indeed fix the problem.

Comment 6 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-03-15 05:47:05 UTC

*** Bug 125931 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 7 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-03-15 05:48:59 UTC

Not a Gentoo problem.

Comment 8 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-04-27 02:17:01 UTC

*** Bug 131417 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 9 Ian Abbott 2006-06-07 02:50:56 UTC

Emerging mozilla-thunderbird erases any extra dictionaries copied to "/usr/lib/mozilla-thunderbird/components/myspell". Is that a Gentoo bug?

Comment 10 Bolek Tekielski 2006-11-28 00:13:00 UTC

Comment #4 doesn't help in mozilla-thunderbird-2.0_alpha1-r1