292930 - Firefox wants to import settings if started with option "-install-global-extension" or "-install-global-theme"

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Toolkit :: Add-ons Manager, defect)

Description

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User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; de-AT; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050319
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; de-AT; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050319

Install Firefox (do not upgrade --- make shure there is no profile and no
program directory). Then call "C:\Program files\firefox\firefox.exe
-install-global-extension <path to extension>".

Firefox will start, showing the "Import settings from"-Dialog. I'd expect
Firefox to install the extension, not requesting any user interaction.

The same is true if Firefox is called using "C:\Program
files\firefox\firefox.exe -install-global-theme <path to theme>". Again this
"Import settings from"-Dialog. Again I'd expect Firefox to install the given
theme without user interaction.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Deinstall any Firefox installation you have. Remove any profile.
2. Install Firefox
3. call firefox giving options "-install-global-extension <path to extension>"
or "-install-global-theme <path to theme>".
Actual Results:  
Firefox will show the "Import settings from"-Dialog.

Expected Results:  
Firefox should install the given extension/theme without user interaction. Since
the requested installation is global, no user profile is necessary.

The same problem exists for Thunderbird.

This bug is a showstopper deploying Firefox or Thunderbird in a company
environment. Firefox can not be installed including extensions/additional themes
without user interaction.

Comment 1

[Nickolay_Ponomarev]

While this is a valid concern, the whole extension system has been reworked for
Firefox 1.1 in bug 286034. You no longer need -install-global-*. Just unzip the
XPI file in <program folder>\extensions\