163514 - Need a deletekeyrecursive function in xpinstaller

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Core Graveyard :: Installer: XPInstall Engine, defect)

Description

[Syd Logan]

Instead of this:

     [362/474]  Delete Registry Key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\NETSCP6.EXE\DefaultIcon []
     [363/474]  Delete Registry Key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\NETSCP6.EXE\shell\open\command
[]
     [364/474]  Delete Registry Key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\NETSCP6.EXE\shell\open []
     [365/474]  Delete Registry Key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\NETSCP6.EXE\shell []


Should be able to do this:

Delete Registry Key Recursive:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\NETSCP6.EXE\shell []

It is evil that we are expecting installer scripts to know what all the subkeys
are below a directory and delete them one by one. If they try deleting a subkey
that still has children, they will get an error return (and possible abort)
because the Win registry doesn't allow that. Instead, an installer should be
able to delete a single subkey and all subkeys below it are deleted as well.

Comment 1

[Sean Su]

over to me.

Comment 2

[Samir Gehani]

Installer triage team: nsbeta1-

Comment 3

[Dave Townsend [:mossop]]

install.js is no longer supported