Opened on 08/05/2015 at 08:25:52 PM

Closed on 11/10/2017 at 11:15:18 AM

#2860 closed defect (rejected)

"extensions.adblockplus.patternsfile" setting is ignored

Reported by: Ross Assignee:
Priority: Unknown Milestone:
Module: Adblock-Plus-for-Firefox Keywords: large-scale-deployments
Cc: philll, fhd, mapx Blocked By:
Blocking: Platform: Firefox
Ready: no Confidential: no
Tester: Ross Verified working: no
Review URL(s):

Description

Environment

ABP 2.6.10
Firefox 39.0 / Windows 8.1 x64

How to reproduce

  1. With Firefox, navigate to "about:config".
  2. Search for "extensions.adblockplus.patternsfile".
  3. If it does not exist, create it:

3a. Right click settings area > [New] > [String].
3b. Set name to "extensions.adblockplus.patternsfile".

  1. Set the value to "test.ini".
  2. Select [ABP Icon] > [Filter preferences...].
  3. Add another filter subscription (any).
  4. Select [Close].
  5. With Firefox, navigate to "about:support".
  6. Select [Show Folder] next to "Profile Folder].
  7. Open the "adblockplus" directory.
  8. Observe "patterns.ini" exists with a recent modification date (from Step 6).
  9. Repeat the steps again, but with a different patternsfile values.
  10. Observe the value is ignored and patterns.ini is modified again.

Observed behaviour

The value of "extensions.adblockplus.patternsfile" is ignored.

Expected behaviour

The value of "extensions.adblockplus.patternsfile" to be respected if set. Filters should be stored in the file named, as per the ​documentation.

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Change History (6)

comment:1 Changed on 08/05/2015 at 08:26:24 PM by Ross

Reported by forum user ​here.

Last edited on 08/05/2015 at 08:26:47 PM by Ross

comment:2 Changed on 08/05/2015 at 08:27:36 PM by Ross

  • Summary changed from patterns file is ignored to "extensions.adblockplus.patternsfile" setting is ignored

comment:3 Changed on 08/06/2015 at 12:08:09 PM by mapx

  • Cc mapx added

comment:4 Changed on 08/28/2015 at 11:51:37 AM by philll

  • Keywords large-scale-deployments added

comment:5 Changed on 09/13/2017 at 10:58:01 AM by lioncub

ABP 2.9.1
Firefox 52.3.0 ESR
Windows 8.1
The value is ignored!

comment:6 Changed on 11/10/2017 at 11:15:18 AM by trev

  • Resolution set to rejected
  • Status changed from new to closed

Mass-closing all bugs in Adblock Plus for Firefox module, the codebase of Adblock Plus 3.0 belongs into Platform and User-Interface modules. Old bugs are unlikely to still apply.

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