272855 - Installation fails from missing xpcom_core.dll

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Firefox :: Installer, defect)

Description

[Tracy Walker [:tracy]]

seen on Windows Firefox trunk build 2004-12-02-12-trunk

-Use the installer bits and go through default selections in the setup dialogs.
As soon as the installation begins it throws a dialog about missing
xpcom_core.dll.  Attempt to reinstall as suggested by the dialog results in the
same missing file.

Comment 1

[Tracy Walker [:tracy]]

Attachment: Dialog thrown at beginning of installation

Comment 2

[Tracy Walker [:tracy]]

Attachment: 2nd dialog

Dialog uncovered when dismissing missing dll dialog

Comment 3

[Jon Henry]

Dupe of bug 272851 (or vice-versa)? Either way, I can confirm seeing this as well.

Comment 4

[Bill Mason]

*** Bug 272851 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 5

[Bill Mason]

(In reply to comment #3)
> Dupe of bug 272851 (or vice-versa)? Either way, I can confirm seeing this as well.

I duped my bug to this one since this one has the screenshots of the problem.

Comment 6

[Darin Fisher]

you probably just need to re-add xpcom_core.dll to the firefox packaging manifests.

Comment 7

[Bill Gianopoulos [:WG9s]]

This no longer occurs in latest tinderbox builds.

Comment 8

[Tracy Walker [:tracy]]

Verified fixed with windows FF Trunk build 2004-12-03-06-trunk

Comment 9

[marja]

Because of this bug it seems that I cannot install my .xpi that has a .jar 
file and an xpcom component in any of the current windows firefox/mozilla 
downloads.

When are the downloads compiled again? Or is there something else to do?

Comment 10

[Derek Davenport]

I'm getting this, or something similar, when trying to install Firefox 1.0.1 on
Windows 2000.
http://derekdev.com/mozilla/error1.png
http://derekdev.com/mozilla/error2.png

Here's how the installer looks
http://derekdev.com/mozilla/error3.png