277040 - XPInstall smoketest fails

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 272764

(SeaMonkey :: Installer, defect)

Description

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

found using 2005010405-trunk gtk2 bits (running on linux fc2). the following
smoketest fails:

http://testrunner.mozilla.org/test.cgi#22

when I click on the .xpi link (below), I get the software installation warning
dialog. then I click the Install button when it becomes active, but the file
smrtupdt.txt doesn't appear to get downloaded (installed) at all. I checked the
mozilla installation directory, my home dir, even my profile dir and desktop,
but it wasn't there.

http://www.mozilla.org/quality/smartupdate/xpis/acceptance/a_addfile_1.xpi

interestingly, this wasn't a problem with firefox, using 2005010307-trunk bits.

Comment 1

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

need to see if mozilla extensions are also affected --perhaps it might be only
this test...

Comment 2

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

hm, does anyone know of a Mozilla extension which is compatible with the 1.8 trunk?

Comment 3

[Asa Dotzler [:asa]]

Sarah, try
https://addons.update.mozilla.org/extensions/?os=Windows&application=mozilla

Comment 4

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

I had checked the extensions on that page, but they all came up with an
incompatibility message. :-\

Comment 5

[Marcia Knous [:marcia]]

On the mac, I was able to install the xpi, but not the first time I clicked on
the link. The first time I clicked on the link I got the open/save file dialog,
not the dialog that allows me to install the xpi. The second time I did get that
dialog and was able to install the xpi. I did check the Mozilla install
directory and the file is present.

Comment 6

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

out of curiosity, I checked a gtk1 (installer build from 20050102-trunk), and
this problem also occurs there.

Comment 7

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

addenda:

- forgot to note that in the failure case I don't the "file successfully
installed" dialog.

- this works with mozilla 1.7.5 (gtk1 installer).

Comment 8

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

Is this bug 272764?

Comment 9

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

> Is this bug 272764?

the odd thing is that tracy wasn't able to repro this on Windows, and marcia was
able to eventually get the file installed on Mac...

Comment 10

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

although if fixing bug 272764 ends up fixing this issue, that'd be dandy. :)

Comment 11

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

yep, looks like the fix for 272764 fixed this.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 272764 ***