Closed Bug 1251673 Opened 8 years ago Closed 6 years ago

Don't allow temporary installation of add-ons that require unpacking

Categories

(Toolkit :: Add-ons Manager, defect, P4)

Product:
Toolkit
Component:
Add-ons Manager
Type:
defect

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED WONTFIX

People

(Reporter: aswan, Unassigned)

Details

(Whiteboard: triaged) 

Temporary add-on installation isn't mean to handle add-ons that require unpacking.  Explicitly detect and throw an Error when this happens.
It isn't, I thought we accepted an xpi or an unpacked add-on?
(In reply to Andy McKay [:andym] from comment #1)
> It isn't, I thought we accepted an xpi or an unpacked add-on?

Add-ons can have "unpack" set to "true" in their install.rdf, it used to be the default a long time ago but is relatively uncommon now:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/Install_Manifests#unpack
Oh sorry, I thought it meant don't allow installation of add-ons that require unzipping. Thanks for the clarification.
Priority: -- → P4
Whiteboard: triaged
This only applies to bootstrapped extensions and other types which are no longer supported
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 6 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
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