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Changes in overlay loading from JAR file between 52 and 60?

JK
Jörg Knobloch
Wed, Oct 3, 2018 8:17 AM

Does anyone know?

-------- Forwarded Message --------
Subject: Re: "Failed to load overlay from chrome" in Thunderbird 60
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2018 10:16:26 +0200
From: Jörg Knobloch jorgk@jorgk.com
To: dev-apps-thunderbird@lists.mozilla.org

On 03/10/2018 08:56, wilsonrob867@gmail.com wrote:

I have xul files in a jar file. and I give the reference to it in
chomre.manifest as below:

[snip]

However, if I unpack the files and keep the xul files under 'content'
folder and modify the chome.manifest file as below, then I do not see
the issue:

[snip]

Why is this happening only in Thunderbird 60 when its working fine in
pre-Thunderbird 60?

Sorry, I must pass on that question. I hope someone else has an answer.
Looks like something changed in loading overlays from a JAR file.

Jörg.

Does anyone know? -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Re: "Failed to load overlay from chrome" in Thunderbird 60 Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2018 10:16:26 +0200 From: Jörg Knobloch <jorgk@jorgk.com> To: dev-apps-thunderbird@lists.mozilla.org On 03/10/2018 08:56, wilsonrob867@gmail.com wrote: > I have xul files in a jar file. and I give the reference to it in > chomre.manifest as below: > > [snip] > > However, if I unpack the files and keep the xul files under 'content' > folder and modify the chome.manifest file as below, then I do not see > the issue: > > [snip] > > Why is this happening only in Thunderbird 60 when its working fine in > pre-Thunderbird 60? Sorry, I must pass on that question. I hope someone else has an answer. Looks like something changed in loading overlays from a JAR file. Jörg.