1484846 - Export the city hash of the install path

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Core :: XPCOM, enhancement)

Description

[Dave Townsend [:mossop]]

Bug 1474285 will require a simple way to separate one install from another. The full file path could be used however this is unwieldy and can contain special characters that may not be usable in the ini file we'll ultimately write to. Luckily we already have a mechanism in tree for hashing the install path. It's only on Windows right now ans not exposed in a great way but it is simple to correct that.

Comment 1

[Dave Townsend [:mossop]]

Attachment: Bug 1484846: Expose a unique hash for the application install directory. r=froydnj

Profile-per-install uses a hash of the install directory to identify different
installs of Firefox. This exposes the existing cityhash generated hash from
nsXREDirProvider and makes it available on all platforms.

Comment 2

[Nathan Froyd [:froydnj]]

Comment on attachment 9002660 [details]
Bug 1484846: Expose a unique hash for the application install directory. r=froydnj

Nathan Froyd [:froydnj] has approved the revision.

Comment 3

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/8ffadc97369c
Expose a unique hash for the application install directory. r=froydnj

Comment 4

[Andreea Pavel [:apavel]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/8ffadc97369c