Closed Bug 284907 Opened 20 years ago Closed 20 years ago

Firefox installs extensions that lack an install.rdf

Categories

(Toolkit :: Add-ons Manager, defect)

Product:
Toolkit
Component:
Add-ons Manager
Version:
1.7 Branch
Platform:
x86
Windows 2000
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
major

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED INVALID

People

(Reporter: Bugzilla-alanjstrBugs, Assigned: bugs)

References

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Details

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050225 Firefox/1.0.1 (MOOX M2)
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050225 Firefox/1.0.1 (MOOX M2)

I installed bugxula and can't find the listing on the extensions panel.  I went
back and investigated the XPI and found that it had no install.rdf.  Firefox
should never let me install something that lacks a manifest.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Version: unspecified → 1.0 Branch
It is intentional that you can install extensions which only include a install.js.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 20 years ago
Resolution: --- → INVALID
Its intentional that you let people break the browser?
Backwards compatibility, see if this wouldn't have been, you couldn't have
installed Bugxula :)
Yes, I installed Bugxula, it wasn't compatible, and I had to blow away my whole
profile to get rid of it.
Product: Firefox → Toolkit
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