262935 - cryptic message when attempting to install .xpi patch...

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Toolkit :: Add-ons Manager, defect)

Description

[chris hofmann]

Attempting to install the recent security path on brendan's two linux laptops gets

"unable to install  ..../security/patch.xpi
Read only"

and the installation aborts, make you think that ftp file permissions are
incorrect...

in turns out that the diagnostic was really reporting at file permisission
problem on the local system.  when brendan made effective and real user id's
root, then install happened with out error.

Comment 1

[Robert Strong (they/them - no direct email)]

This should only affect non Extension Manager xpi's and in the case of this
security patch it was initially packaged with incorrect permissions as well that
affected Linux users. Also, Firefox no longer distributes patches using xpi's.

When attempting to install into a location where I don't have access I received
the following message:
Deer Park could not install the file at

<path and file name for xpi file>

because: Access denied

Is this acceptable?

Comment 2

[Robert Strong (they/them - no direct email)]

*** Bug 307897 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3

[Robert Strong (they/them - no direct email)]

Based on the new error of access denied in comment #1 and lack of activity resolving -> wfm. All that is really needed to prevent this from ever happening is simply testing the xpi to see if it can be installed before distributing it.