CentOS - Apr 2006 - firefox-1.5.0.2-2.1.c4.centos.i386.rpm in testing -error message

firefox-1.5.0.2-2.1.c4.centos.i386.rpm in the testing
repo produces this error when running it as non-rrot
and also as root

Firefox could not install this item because
"install.rdf" (provided by the item) is not well
formed or does not exist. Please contact the author
about this problem. 

How to reproduce this message :- 

1. download and upgrade
firefox-1.5.0.2-2.1.c4.centos.i386.rpm from the
testing repo

2. erase the previous firefox 1.5.0.1 from centosplus
and install the new one. It still gives this error
message.

$ rpm -qi firefox
Name        : firefox                     
Relocations: (not relocatable)
Version     : 1.5.0.2                          
Vendor: CentOS
Release     : 2.1.c4.centos                 Build
Date: Tue 18 Apr 2006 21:37:35 BST
Install Date: Wed 19 Apr 2006 10:59:22 BST      Build
Host: build-i386
Group       : Applications/Internet         Source
RPM: firefox-1.5.0.2-2.1.c4.centos.src.rpm
Size        : 32322001                        
License: MPL/LGPL
Signature   : DSA/SHA1, Tue 18 Apr 2006 21:45:29 BST,
Key ID a53d0bab443e1821
Packager    : Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org>
URL         : http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firefox/
Summary     : Mozilla Firefox Web browser.
Description :
Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser,
designed for standards
compliance, performance and portability.


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On 4/19/06, Mike Stankovic <mlists2006 at yahoo.com>
wrote:
> firefox-1.5.0.2-2.1.c4.centos.i386.rpm in the testing
> repo produces this error when running it as non-rrot
> and also as root
>
> Firefox could not install this item because
> "install.rdf" (provided by the item) is not well
> formed or does not exist. Please contact the author
> about this problem.
That's why it's in the "testing" repository :-P
Johnny has been working with getting this package to build properly,
and that's one of the trials. Once it's working properly it'll be
moved to centosplus as an update to the firefox package there.


--
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
-Arthur C. Clarke

Mike Stankovic wrote:
> firefox-1.5.0.2-2.1.c4.centos.i386.rpm in the testing
> repo produces this error when running it as non-rrot
> and also as root
> 
> Firefox could not install this item because
> "install.rdf" (provided by the item) is not well
> formed or does not exist. Please contact the author
> about this problem. 
> 
> How to reproduce this message :- 
> 
> 1. download and upgrade
> firefox-1.5.0.2-2.1.c4.centos.i386.rpm from the
> testing repo
> 
> 2. erase the previous firefox 1.5.0.1 from centosplus
> and install the new one. It still gives this error
> message.
> 
> $ rpm -qi firefox
> Name        : firefox                     
> Relocations: (not relocatable)
> Version     : 1.5.0.2                          
> Vendor: CentOS
> Release     : 2.1.c4.centos                 Build
> Date: Tue 18 Apr 2006 21:37:35 BST
> Install Date: Wed 19 Apr 2006 10:59:22 BST      Build
> Host: build-i386
> Group       : Applications/Internet         Source
> RPM: firefox-1.5.0.2-2.1.c4.centos.src.rpm
> Size        : 32322001                        
> License: MPL/LGPL
> Signature   : DSA/SHA1, Tue 18 Apr 2006 21:45:29 BST,
> Key ID a53d0bab443e1821
> Packager    : Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org>
> URL         : http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firefox/
> Summary     : Mozilla Firefox Web browser.
> Description :
> Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser,
> designed for standards
> compliance, performance and portability.
> 
this isnt a released pkg. we're aware of this issue ( amongst others ) 
and working to get it out asap.


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On 4/19/06, Mike Stankovic <mlists2006 at yahoo.com>
wrote:
> Firefox could not install this item because
> "install.rdf" (provided by the item) is not well
> formed or does not exist. Please contact the author
> about this problem.
This has something to do with one or more extensions.  Even with
1.5.0.1 I was having problems with firefox crashing on startup
whenever an extension was added or removed.  When I installed 1.5.0.2
from the testing repository I got the install.rdf message, so I tried
uninistalling and re-installing all my extensions (except the default
language packs and DOM inspector) and now the startup-time crashes
have stopped.

I do have one problem which began with 1.5.0.1 and persists in
1.5.0.2, which is that occassionally when downloading a file, firefox
crashes when opening the file in an external application.  With
1.5.0.1 it would crash after starting the app, but in 1.5.0.2 it
crashes before the app is launched.  This doesn't happen consistently,
and it's only happening to me on CentOS 4.3 -- I have 3.7 on another
machine and external viewers work fine there.  It seems to be related
to chosing "Other..." from the "What should firefox do with
this"
dialog and then navigating to an alternate viewer -- I've never seen a
crash when accepting the default application.