137958 - Installer overwrites existing items on desktop named "Mozilla" with application alias

Status: VERIFIED WONTFIX

(SeaMonkey :: Installer, defect)

Description

[Neil Green]

From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC; en-US; rv:1.0rc1) Gecko/20020416
BuildID:    2002041618

During the install process, if there is an existing folder named "Mozilla" on
the Desktop, the installer will overwrite it (and its contents) with the Mozilla
alias (shortcut).

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create a folder on the Desktop named "Mozilla"
2. Install Mozilla
3. Watch your newly created folder be obliterated without warning by the
application alias.

Actual Results:  User's existing data was wiped out.

Expected Results:  The alias should rename itself to "Mozilla alias" or similar
and leave existing data well alone.

Haven't tried this, but what would happen if the user tried to install the
Mozilla application folder to the Desktop? Would it too be destroyed by the
application alias?

Comment 1

[Daniel Veditz [:dveditz]]

->Syd

Comment 2

[qaz2]

Confirmed on 2002041814 on Mac OS 9.2.2.

Comment 3

[Grace Bush]

removing nsbeta1- for Buffy

Comment 4

[Grace Bush]

removing nsbeta1-, Mac Installer for Buffy

Comment 5

[Grace Bush]

removing nsbeta1- Mac bugs for Buffy

Comment 6

[Frankie]

Quoth Steve Dagley: "The Mac installer code was never Carbonized and there is no
intention to ever change that."

http://groups.google.com/groups?threadm=yahoo_com-77F6E8.09344011022003%40h-204-29-187-156.netscape.com
http://groups.google.com/groups?threadm=avkj4k%24ihs2%40ripley.netscape.com

Comment 7

[K'Trina Medina]

Verified wontfix