Closed Bug 68356 Opened 24 years ago Closed 23 years ago

Erratic behavior if no third param passed to Install.execute()

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

x86
Linux
defect
Not set
normal

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(Not tracked)

VERIFIED FIXED

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(Reporter: samir_bugzilla, Assigned: dbragg)

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If the "blocking" parameter is not passed to
    Install.execute(executable, args, blocking)
then the app occasionally doesn't run.  If either true or false is passed, i.e.,
the blocking param value is specified then the API works consistently.  Thus far
only observed on Linux.
Bug 66840 claims, that this error prevents the Java runtime from running on
Linux. As such I'd say, the bug deserves upping severity.
My claim in the above cited bug (bug 66840) is that this bug (bug 68356)
prevents the jre.xpi from *installing* completely.  If the symlink is made as
described in that bug (bug 66840) then the JRE works for me in Mozilla on Linux.
 (Other bugs about JRE not running on Linux for some users should be separately
filed for attention from the appropriate partis.  Thanks.)
FYI
I installed mozilla 2001022108 (tar.gz) on Linux (RedHat 7.0) today.
I then went to java.sun.com and as usual installed the jre.xpi via the dialog.

It said: jre.xpi installed succesfully. Moz didn't work but after making the
symlink in mozilla/plugins it did work! But the start-up toke some time, and all
the plugins were registered twice.


/Richard
Review Don's patch (in my tree).  r=sgehani

Awaiting sr before checking in for Don.
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
sr=dveditz--not that I can :-)
you know this stuff better than I do Dan. don't sell yourself short. =)

sr=mscott anyway.
Fix checked in for dbragg.
Status: ASSIGNED → RESOLVED
Closed: 23 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
*** Bug 70570 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Build: 2001-03-14-08-Mtrunk (LINUX)

Looks good to me.  Marking Verified!
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
Product: Core → Core Graveyard
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