288962 - Running SETUP.EXE from SAMBA share yields "Error: File not found INSTALL.INI"

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 137380

(Thunderbird :: Installer, defect)

Description

[Stefan Kanthak]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows NT 5.0)
Build Identifier: 

I placed the unpacked files of the Thunderbird 1.0.2 Windows Installer onto a 
SAMBA share. Running SETUP.EXE yields "Error: File not found INSTALL.INI" and
installation aborts.
With Thunderbird 1.0 this error did NOT show!

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Unpack Thunderbird Setup 1.0.2.exe to SAMBA share
2. Doubleclick SETUP.EXE
3. See error dialog box



Expected Results:  
Install Thunderbird

See 137380 too!
The same error was introduced in Firefox 1.0.2!

Comment 1

[Justin Wood (:Callek)]

*** Bug 288963 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 2

[Matt Skerritt]

(In reply to comment #0)
> User-Agent:       Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows NT 5.0)
> Build Identifier: 
> 
> I placed the unpacked files of the Thunderbird 1.0.2 Windows Installer onto a 
> SAMBA share. Running SETUP.EXE yields "Error: File not found INSTALL.INI" and
> installation aborts.
> With Thunderbird 1.0 this error did NOT show!
> 
> Reproducible: Always
> 
> Steps to Reproduce:
> 1. Unpack Thunderbird Setup 1.0.2.exe to SAMBA share
> 2. Doubleclick SETUP.EXE
> 3. See error dialog box
> 

I get the same error, but in this case, I call the setup.exe from the command
line. (still after uncompressing the files in the 'Firefox Setup 1.0.2.exe' or
the equivalent Thunderbird exe.

After selecting a a typical install, I get

"Error uncompressing file \server\share\path\to\xpcom.xpi"

just after it starts to copy the files.

Looks like it's stripping the first backslash off the path name there. The
problem can be avoided by mapping a drive first. ... ie

net use x: \\server\share
x:\path\to\setup.exe
net use /delete x:

works just fine. Unfortunately attempting to call the exe with
\\\\server\share\path\to\setup.exe  doesn't work :(

Also, when doing a silent install (with setup.exe -ms) the setup just fails with
no output.

Comment 3

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 4

[Stefan Kanthak]

I can still reproduce this error, it shows in every version 1.0.* of FF and TB
since I first reported it.
Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4, the Rollup Package and all security hotfixes,
Samba 2.2.11-0.1 on Debian 3.0r6, FF 1.0.6 or 1.0.7, TB 1.0.6 (localized german
builds).
It shows whether I access the Samba server via UNC path (actually
"\\DEBIAN\PUBLIC\Windows\Mozilla\Firefox 1.0.7\") or via a mapped drive
(actually "P:\Windows\Mozilla\Firefox 1.0.7\").

Comment 5

[Stefan Kanthak]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 137380 ***