1076395 - Ensure we have enough information in update requests to detect 32bit Mozilla apps running on 64bit windows

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Toolkit :: Application Update, defect)

Description

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

This is to allow the possibility of updating 32bit Firefox users to 64bit, if they are running a 64bit flavour of windows. 

It's quite possible we are already OK here, from bug 668436 landing in Firefox 9.0. Eg this from Windows 8:

https://aus3.mozilla.org/update/3/Firefox/33.0/20140929180120/WINNT_x86-msvc/en-US/beta/Windows_NT%206.2.0.0%20(x64)/default/default/update.xml

where we can key off the WINNT_x86-msvc BUILD_TARGET, and 'x64' in OS_VERSION. Filing so the windows experts can consider any edge cases.

Comment 1

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

In the url
https://aus4.mozilla.org/update/3/Firefox/35.0a1/20141001030205/WINNT_x86-msvc/en-US/nightly/Windows_NT%206.3.0.0%20(x64)/default/default/update.xml?force=1

WINNT_x86-msvc shows it is 32 bit Firefox
Windows_NT%206.3.0.0%20(x64) shows it is Windows 6.3.0.0 64bit

So, we are good to go.