231799 - Mozilla always asks to be the default browser when it already is after nightly build upgrade

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

Description

[Dean Moncaster]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7a) Gecko/20040121
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7a) Gecko/20040121

After installing mozilla nightly build for the first time it correctly asks to
be the default browser. I click yes, then upon installing a newer nightly build
the next day mozilla then reasks to be the default browser even though it should
already be the default browser as yes was clicked the day before.

Is this the correct behaviour?

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.install mozilla
2.make default browser
3.install newer mozilla
4. run mozilla
Actual Results:  
it asks to be default browser

Expected Results:  
Realised it already was the default browser and not ask upon every upgrade.

Comment 1

[Christian :Biesinger (don't email me, ping me on IRC)]

hm, did you install the new nightly into the same directory?

Comment 2

[Dean Moncaster]

Yes, everytime i overwrite the old nightly build path just so that nothing 
changes between a normal upgrade (i wouldn't usually use 3 different versions 
of mozilla stable build) and every time i load the new build for the first time 
it asks to be the default browser even though it already is as i chose yes from 
the day befores nightly build.

Is this the wanted behaviour??

Comment 3

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 4

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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