264386 - Older version entries in registry not removed when version changes

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(SeaMonkey :: Installer, defect, P2)

Description

[lohphat]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8a5) Gecko/20041014
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8a5) Gecko/20041014

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Mozilla] contains references to older versions
which should have been removed when newer version installed.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
See desc. and attachment https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=161575

Actual Results:  
older version entries not removed

Expected Results:  
removed the entries

Comment 1

[OstGote!]

WFM on WinNT4. Only the installed versions are in my registry. I always use the
uninstaller to uninstall installer versions.

Comment 2

[OstGote!]

*** Bug 284071 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3

[fejesjoco]

(In reply to comment #1)
> WFM on WinNT4. Only the installed versions are in my registry. I always use the
> uninstaller to uninstall installer versions.

i never uninstall manually, just install a new version, and that installer does
the job, but not completely well, it seems.

Comment 4

[bugzillaspambox]

*** Bug 294357 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 5

[bugzillaspambox]

I marked bug 294357 as duplicate of this one, but you should still have a look
on it if you are going to solve it.

Comment 6

[Masayuki Nakano [:masayuki] (he/him)(JST, +0900)]

Attachment: Patch rv1.0

Comment 7

[Benjamin Smedberg]

Comment on attachment 184018 [details] [diff] [review]
Patch rv1.0

(dveditz might be a better sr for this patch)

Comment 8

[Masayuki Nakano [:masayuki] (he/him)(JST, +0900)]

Comment on attachment 184018 [details] [diff] [review]
Patch rv1.0

Oops. Sorry. I missed superreviewer.

Comment 9

[Asa Dotzler [:asa]]

Comment on attachment 184018 [details] [diff] [review]
Patch rv1.0

not blocking 1.8b2

Comment 10

[Mike Shaver (:shaver emeritus)]

Comment on attachment 184018 [details] [diff] [review]
Patch rv1.0

Please re-request approval after dveditz' review.

Comment 11

[Daniel Veditz [:dveditz] (OOO: back Aug 26)]

Comment on attachment 184018 [details] [diff] [review]
Patch rv1.0

sr=dveditz

Comment 12

[Masayuki Nakano [:masayuki] (he/him)(JST, +0900)]

Comment on attachment 184018 [details] [diff] [review]
Patch rv1.0

The risk is low.

Comment 13

[Masayuki Nakano [:masayuki] (he/him)(JST, +0900)]

checken-in.