176478 - Installer deleted all files in Destination Directory

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 69153

(SeaMonkey :: Installer, defect)

Description

[john]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20020823
Build Identifier: http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla/releases/mozilla1.2b/mozilla-i686-pc-linux-gnu-1.2b-sea.tar.gz


I just installed 1.2beta on my intel linux box.  I downloaded the installer to
/tmp, su - to root and gunzipo,untared and ran ./mozilla-installer

It wanted to install to /usr/local/mozilla - I wanted it to go to /usr/bin so I
used the "Change" button to set the Destination Dir to /usr/bin.

Installer then notified me of an older install - I could delete the old install
or cancel and pick a different dir.  I told it to delete the old version.  I
found it wierd that it took *some time* to delete the old install - then I found
out that it deleted everything in /usr/bin.

I'd suggest that it maybe shouldn't do this - ever .  I can't seem to think of
anytime that anyone would want this.


Reproducible: Didn't try

Steps to Reproduce:
1. I downloaded the installer to /tmp, su - to root and gunzipo,untared and ran
./mozilla-installer

2.It wanted to install to /usr/local/mozilla - I wanted it to go to /usr/bin so
I used the "Change" button to set the Destination Dir to /usr/bin.
3.Installer then notified me of an older install - I could delete the old
install or cancel and pick a different dir.  I told it to delete the old
version.  I found it wierd that it took *some time* to delete the old install -
then I found out that it deleted everything in /usr/bin.

Actual Results:  
Install completed.  The following was on STD out in my terminal window:
================================
./mozilla-installer
Warning: MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME not set.
[root@linux_tools1 mozilla-installer]# /usr/bin//mozilla: dirname: command not found
Cannot find mozilla runtime directory. Exiting.

==================================

I have hardly no commands in /usr/bin - here's a list of /usr/bin:

========================================================
[meierjo@linux_tools1 mozilla-installer]$ ls /usr/bin
chrome/       libgtkembedmoz.so*  libmozz.so*         libplds4.so*    
libxpcom.so*             regchrome*       searchplugins/
components/   libgtksuperwin.so*  libmsgbaseutil.so*  libprldap50.so* 
libxpistub.so*           regExport*       xpicleanup*
defaults/     libgtkxtbin.so*     libnspr4.so*        libsmime3.so*    mozilla*
                registry
icons/        libjsj.so*          libnss3.so*         libsoftokn3.so* 
mozilla-bin*             regxpcom*
install.log   libldap50.so*       libnssckbi.so*      libssl3.so*     
mozilla-xremote-client*  res/
libgkgfx.so*  libmozjs.so*        libplc4.so*         libxlibrgb.so*   plugins/
                run-mozilla.sh*
[meierjo@linux_tools1 mozilla-installer]$

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Expected Results:  
maybe not deleted /usr/bin/* (?)

Comment 1

[Patrick]

I know there's a but out on this

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 69153 ***

Comment 2

[K'Trina Medina]

Verified as a dupe of bug 69153