187248 - [RFE] Detecting java with linux installer in order to skip bug like 187152.

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(SeaMonkey :: Installer, enhancement)

Description

[Frederic Bezies]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.3b) Gecko/20021231
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.3b) Gecko/20021231

I am writing this RFE for the reporter of bug 187152.

He wanted to know if it is possible to add to installer script a function to
verify there is a symlink already existing in plugins directory in order to skip
.so file copying in plugins directory.

This was the cause of bug 187152 and also of many more.

I am not using Linux, but it will be great for Linux/unix users.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
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I did not find any bug for this RFE.

I am sorry if there is already a bug filled for this.

Comment 1

[Frederic Bezies]

Changing severity to enhancement ! Oups ;-]

Comment 2

[Andrew Schultz]

> verify there is a symlink already existing in plugins directory in order to skip
> .so file copying in plugins directory.

I don't think I even understand this.  When the installer is finished, Mozilla
has a plugins directory containing a single file libnullplugin.so.  The
installer doesn't copy any plugins to the directory.

Comment 3

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

The linux installer is gone