Closed Bug 67148 Opened 24 years ago Closed 1 month ago

need selection to install to system/user/profile

Categories

(Core Graveyard :: Installer: XPInstall Engine, enhancement)

Product:
Core Graveyard
Component:
Installer: XPInstall Engine
Platform:
x86
All
Type:
enhancement
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED INCOMPLETE
Milestone:
Future

People

(Reporter: kaspar-bugmoz, Assigned: slogan)

References

Details

It would be good if installer allowed to select where to install some package.

As a sysadmin I may like first test some package on just on my test profile ant
only then install it for all the users. 

As a last-nightly user I hate to download all the XPI's when I upgrade. I would
like to be able to say when installing - please install them to all profiles of
my user (not system place).
couldn't find a dupe so marking  new.
Severity: normal → enhancement
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
Summary: [feature] need selection to install to system/user/profile → [RFE] need selection to install to system/user/profile
Don has moved to another group. Install bugs -> syd
Assignee: dbragg → syd
Target Milestone: --- → M1
Target Milestone: M1 → Future
*** Bug 143769 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Summary: [RFE] need selection to install to system/user/profile → need selection to install to system/user/profile
Is it even technically possible to do this in a "meta-XPI" fashion?  Some XPIs
are written to let you choose where they go, others aren't.  Can the installer
take a chrome-only XPI and modify the code at install "runtime" to re-route
everything to the profile?
QA Contact: jimmykenlee → xpi-engine
Product: Core → Core Graveyard
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 1 month ago
Resolution: --- → INCOMPLETE
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