1048921 - figure out how to transform mac builds from old style -> new style in mars

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Release Engineering :: Release Requests, defect)

Description

[[e-mail] (:bhearsum)]

After bug 1047738 lands, we'll be putting distribution/ in .app/MozResources rather than .app/Contents/MacOS/distribution. We'll also be moving channel-prefs.js. Neither of these files is normally touched by a mar, so we'll need to do something special to rearrange them.

Is there some way we can move existing files around, without shipping new contents?

Comment 1

[Robert Strong (they/them - no direct email)]

channel-prefs.js will be handled in bug 1047728 and will be handled using our current capabilities in the updater.

A solution for distribution/ will need to be developed and though I haven't decided on a solution we'll come up with something.

Comment 2

[Nick Thomas [:nthomas] (UTC+12)]

Smells a like a "MOVE-IF <source> <destination>" instruction added to the updater. Such a thing would require a watershed, to get an updater on disk that understands the new instruction (ie got to ship support in a release, and use it in the next one).  Or maybe a post-update task hardcoded into the app, which wouldn't need a watershed. I'll stop trespassing on rstrong's patch now.

There are too many partners & variations for us to build & test custom mar files IMO.

Comment 3

[Robert Strong (they/them - no direct email)]

(In reply to Nick Thomas [:nthomas] from comment #2)
> Smells a like a "MOVE-IF <source> <destination>" instruction added to the
> updater. Such a thing would require a watershed, to get an updater on disk
> that understands the new instruction (ie got to ship support in a release,
> and use it in the next one).  Or maybe a post-update task hardcoded into the
> app, which wouldn't need a watershed. I'll stop trespassing on rstrong's
> patch now.
Agreed on both scores. I haven't decided on which path to take and feel free to "trespass"!

> There are too many partners & variations for us to build & test custom mar
> files IMO.
Agreed wholeheartedly and I wouldn't do that to you guys.

Comment 4

[[e-mail] (:bhearsum)]

11:47 <@bhearsum> rstrong: does https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1048921 need to be addressed still?
11:48 < rstrong> bhearsum: no... it is already handled
11:48 <@bhearsum> ah, ok
11:48 <@bhearsum> is it a WONTFIX then?
11:48 < rstrong> bhearsum: sure
11:48 <@bhearsum> thanks!