Open Bug 1818606 Opened 2 years ago Updated 5 months ago

[MSIX] Make installation hash depend on package family name and not version for MSIX installations

Categories

(Firefox :: Installer, defect)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
Installer
Type:
defect

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People

(Reporter: nalexander, Unassigned)

References

(Blocks 1 open bug)

Details

(Whiteboard: [fidedi-tikka])

Over in Bug 1818484, it was observed that MSIX builds are producing lots of Update-$HASH files. This will be because the installation directory includes the package version, which changes frequently. We'll need to make the installation hash depend only on the package family name, which doesn't include the version.

Severity: -- → S3

We talked about this bug briefly in our team meeting today. I thought I should make a note of one thing that we discussed. Normally, we would get rid of these files in the uninstaller. But, generally, MSIX installations don't run the uninstaller when removed. So, when we do this, we might also want to consider ways to clean these files up when Firefox is removed.

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