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Thunderbird 136.0-1 segmentation faults with UnknownCollectionError: Unknown Collection "thunderbird/remote-permissions"

Description:

After update of my system, Thunderbird is segfaulting each time I try to start it

There is a thread in the forum about it, including stack-traces

Additional info:

  • package version(s): Thunderbird 136.0-1

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Update system to Thunderbird 136.0-1
  2. Try to start it:
$ thunderbird
[1718770, Main Thread] WARNING: Theme parsing error: gtk-contained-dark.css:2871:228: Missing closing bracket for :not(): 'glib warning', file /usr/src/debug/thunderbird/thunderbird-136.0.1/toolkit/xre/nsSigHandlers.cpp:201

(thunderbird:1718770): Gtk-WARNING **: 11:25:28.240: Theme parsing error: gtk-contained-dark.css:2871:228: Missing closing bracket for :not()
[ImapModuleLoader] Using nsImapService.cpp
[Parent 1718770, Main Thread] WARNING: Theme parsing error: gtk-contained-dark.css:2871:228: Missing closing bracket for :not(): 'glib warning', file /usr/src/debug/thunderbird/thunderbird-136.0.1/toolkit/xre/nsSigHandlers.cpp:201

(thunderbird:1718770): Gtk-WARNING **: 11:25:28.564: Theme parsing error: gtk-contained-dark.css:2871:228: Missing closing bracket for :not()
[Parent 1718770, Main Thread] WARNING: Theme parsing error: gtk-contained-dark.css:2871:228: Missing closing bracket for :not(): 'glib warning', file /usr/src/debug/thunderbird/thunderbird-136.0.1/toolkit/xre/nsSigHandlers.cpp:201

(thunderbird:1718770): Gtk-WARNING **: 11:25:28.695: Theme parsing error: gtk-contained-dark.css:2871:228: Missing closing bracket for :not()
[Parent 1718770, Main Thread] WARNING: Theme parsing error: gtk-contained-dark.css:2871:228: Missing closing bracket for :not(): 'glib warning', file /usr/src/debug/thunderbird/thunderbird-136.0.1/toolkit/xre/nsSigHandlers.cpp:201

(thunderbird:1718770): Gtk-WARNING **: 11:25:28.772: Theme parsing error: gtk-contained-dark.css:2871:228: Missing closing bracket for :not()
[Parent 1718770, Main Thread] WARNING: Theme parsing error: gtk-contained-dark.css:2871:228: Missing closing bracket for :not(): 'glib warning', file /usr/src/debug/thunderbird/thunderbird-136.0.1/toolkit/xre/nsSigHandlers.cpp:201

(thunderbird:1718770): Gtk-WARNING **: 11:25:29.341: Theme parsing error: gtk-contained-dark.css:2871:228: Missing closing bracket for :not()
[Parent 1718770, Main Thread] WARNING: Theme parsing error: gtk-contained-dark.css:2871:228: Missing closing bracket for :not(): 'glib warning', file /usr/src/debug/thunderbird/thunderbird-136.0.1/toolkit/xre/nsSigHandlers.cpp:201

(thunderbird:1718770): Gtk-WARNING **: 11:25:29.470: Theme parsing error: gtk-contained-dark.css:2871:228: Missing closing bracket for :not()
[Parent 1718770, Main Thread] WARNING: Theme parsing error: gtk-contained-dark.css:2871:228: Missing closing bracket for :not(): 'glib warning', file /usr/src/debug/thunderbird/thunderbird-136.0.1/toolkit/xre/nsSigHandlers.cpp:201

(thunderbird:1718770): Gtk-WARNING **: 11:25:29.547: Theme parsing error: gtk-contained-dark.css:2871:228: Missing closing bracket for :not()
console.error: (new UnknownCollectionError("Unknown Collection \"thunderbird/url-parser-default-unknown-schemes-interventions\"", "resource://services-settings/RemoteSettingsClient.sys.mjs", 189))
console.error: services.settings:
  Remote Settings startup changesets bundle could not be extracted (TypeError: serverInfo.capabilities.attachments is undefined)
console.error: services.settings:
  Message: UnknownCollectionError: Unknown Collection "thunderbird/remote-permissions"
  Stack:
    UnknownCollectionError@resource://services-settings/RemoteSettingsClient.sys.mjs:189:5
sync@resource://services-settings/RemoteSettingsClient.sys.mjs:635:13

fish: Job 1, 'thunderbird' terminated by signal SIGSEGV (Address boundary error)

Nb: I believe the Gtk-WARNING are not relevant as I had them before, but I kept the lines nontheless

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