302114 - installer deletes full directory

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 281235

(Firefox :: Installer, defect)

Description

[comrade]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050716 Firefox/1.0.6
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050716 Firefox/1.0.6

i don't generally start a message on the offensive, but in this case, **** you
guys.  if your installer detects a previously installed version, it prompts you
to remove it before re-installing (upgrading).  in my case my previous version
was installed in /usr/local/bin, and when i said yes to the prompt, instead of
simply deleting the firefox binary from that dir, it rmed my entire
/usr/local/bin/directory.  you ****.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.install firefox to a directory you care about
2.upgrade or reinstall
3.say yes to remove old version and cry when it takes EVERYTHING out with it

Actual Results:  
i **** cried because i lost everything in /usr/local/bin (which is where a
lot of my binaries are.)

Expected Results:  
not deleted my ****

n/a

Comment 1

[Jaime Mitchell (use [e-mail] for email)]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 281235 ***

Comment 2

[Worcester12345]

(In reply to comment #1)
> 
> *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 281235 ***

...but it's not a dataloss bug...

Comment 3

[Worcester12345]

Sorry.

Make that:

...but it is no longer considered a dataloss bug, despite your (and others') experience to the contrary...