1055330 - Modify file structure of Thunderbird.app to allow for OSX v2 signing

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1074002

(Thunderbird :: Build Config, defect)

Description

[Josiah Bruner [:jsbruner]]

[Copy of what was said in bug 1047584 (The Fx version)]
"For OSX v2 signatures, we need to modify the structure of our .app bundle. In particular, we need to move all non-code files out of Contents/MacOS and into Contents/Resources. This applies recursively to any .app bundles packaged by the top-level .app bundle as well (crashreporter.app, updater.app etc.). Also, any directory under Contents/MacOS will be interpreted as bundle. Since we have many directories there that aren't bundles (like browser, defaults etc.) we need to move those to Resources as well.

Note: although we could sign individual non-code files under Contents/MacOS, these would create xattrs that are not straightforward to package in MARs and deploy during an update. There is no alternative to moving any non-bundle directory out of Contents/MacOS however."

Comment 1

[Philipp Kewisch [:Fallen][📱📆]]

This will be interesting for companies shipping with Lightning globally installed. IIRC Benjamin said the global install location is not very well supported.

Comment 2

[Nomis101]

Will it be sufficient to port the changes from Bug 1047584 to TB or do we need some additional modifications?

Comment 3

[Josiah Bruner [:jsbruner]]

We'll probably need additional stuff as well (I'm thinking mdimporter here). For the most part though a port is fine.

I've already started the patch, so I guess I'll take the bug.

Comment 4

[Josiah Bruner [:jsbruner]]

Attachment: WIP

This is a WIP patch that probably won't even build, it's for reference only.

Comment 5

[Josiah Bruner [:jsbruner]]

Robert has more in another bug, so I'm duping this one.