Issue 3254 - Fix exception when navigating to about:addons and similar pages

lib/notification.js

 /*
  * This file is part of Adblock Plus <https://adblockplus.org/>,
  * Copyright (C) 2006-2015 Eyeo GmbH
  *
  * Adblock Plus is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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@@ skipping 201 matching lines @@
         if (shown instanceof Array && shown.indexOf(notification.id) != -1)
           continue;
         if (Prefs.notifications_ignoredcategories.indexOf("*") != -1)
           continue;
       }
 
       if (typeof url === "string" || notification.urlFilters instanceof Array)
       {
         if (Prefs.enabled && typeof url === "string" && notification.urlFilters instanceof Array)
         {
-          let host = (typeof URL == "function" ? new URL(url).hostname : Utils.makeURI(url).host);
+          let host;
+          if (typeof URL == "function")
+            host = new URL(url).hostname;
+          else
+          {
+            try
+            {
+              host = Services.io.newURI(url, null, null).host;
+            }
+            catch (e)
+            {
+              // Ignore, an exception is excepted for about: and similar schemes

[Thomas Greiner, 2015/11/10 17:54:19]

Detail: I suppose you meant to write "expected" here.

[Wladimir Palant, 2015/11/11 07:49:27]

Yes, I fixed that before pushing.

+              host = "";
+            }
+          }
           let exception = defaultMatcher.matchesAny(url, RegExpFilter.typeMap.DOCUMENT, host, false, null);
           if (exception instanceof WhitelistFilter)
             continue;
 
           let matcher = new Matcher();
           for (let urlFilter of notification.urlFilters)
             matcher.add(Filter.fromText(urlFilter));
           if (!matcher.matchesAny(url, RegExpFilter.typeMap.DOCUMENT, host, false, null))
             continue;
         }
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       Prefs.notifications_showui = true;
     }
     else if (index != -1 && forceValue !== true)
       categories.splice(index, 1);
 
     // HACK: JSON values aren't saved unless they are assigned a different object.
     Prefs.notifications_ignoredcategories = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(categories));
   }
 };
 Notification.init();