296814 - XPInstall: refreshPlugins not working in install.js

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Core Graveyard :: Installer: XPInstall Engine, defect)

Description

[Karsten]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511 Firefox/1.0.4
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511 Firefox/1.0.4

Hello,

I'm trying to install a plugin in firefox. This plugin is unknown to the plugin
finder service.

The problem is, that calling refreshPlugins(true) in install.js doesn't work in
Firefox 1.0.4, but in Mozilla 1.7. The plugin is not redrawn. You need to reload
the page manually. And after reloading the page manually, the yellow information
bar is still shown and tells that there are additional plugins required.

code fom install.js:

errorCode = performInstall();
if (errorCode == SUCCESS) {
  alert("refresh");
  refreshPlugins(true); 
}


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:

Actual Results:  
The plugin is not shown after installing. You have to reload the page manually,
but there's no hint to do so.

Expected Results:  
refreshPlugin(true) should reload the page automatically after installing the
plugin.

Comment 1

[Robert Strong (they/them - no direct email)]

Do you also have an install.rdf? If so, the install.js will not be read.

Comment 2

[Karsten]

(In reply to comment #1)
> Do you also have an install.rdf? If so, the install.js will not be read.

No, I don't. I have only an install.js.

Comment 3

[Robert Strong (they/them - no direct email)]

This also affects seamonkey trunk.

Comment 4

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 5

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This bug has been automatically resolved after a period of inactivity (see above
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