30928 - need to specify component name for registry in install script

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(SeaMonkey :: Installer, defect, P3)

Description

[Cathleen]

We need to specify the component names in the install script in order to 
registrer that component in the version registry.

Comment 1

[Phil Peterson]

per PDT, what's the user impact to this? Why do we need to fix htis before 
beta1?

Comment 2

[Sean Su]

The impact is that Netcenter (and other web sites) will not be able to tell if 
the user has installed the Browser, Mail&News, FullCircle, SpellChecker, 
Net2Phone, or NIM.  They will proabably only be able to tell whether 
Netscape6 has been installed or not, but not distinguish between the 
individual components.  The Netscape registry (mozver.dat) will inaccurately 
reflect what the user installed on the system.

Comment 3

[Daniel Veditz [:dveditz]]

I should also add that this is simply changing blank strings in the install 
scripts (for example, "" to "browser" for browser.xpi) and are not compiled 
into the product.

Comment 4

[leger]

Putting on PDT+ radar for beta1.  Must fix by 03/10.

Comment 5

[Sean Su]

this has been fixed, and should show up in today's build.

To verify the fix:
1) locate and delete (or rename) c:\windows\mozver.dat
2) run today's installer (you can quit mozilla at the end of the installer if 
you want).
3) run communicator 4.x
4) goto http://slip/softupdate/BiggerRegToy.html
5) at the bottom of the page, in the File name: edit field, enter:
   c:\windows\mozver.dat (or wherever the file is at)
6) click on the Open Registry File button
7) enter the following in the Subkey: edit field at the top of the page:
   version registry/mozilla.org/mozilla
8) click on the Child Nodes button.  You should get the following list of 
components:
   XPCom
   Browser
   Mail
   Instant Messenger
   Quality Feedback Agent
   Spell Checker
9) for each on the components listed above, do the following:
   a) enter the following in the Subkey: edit field:
        version registry/mozilla.org/mozilla/[component name]
   b) click on the Open Node button at the top of the page
   c) then click on the Dump open key at the bottom of the page
      You should see two entries for each key, a Path entry and a Version entry.

The Path and the Version entries is what the fix to this bug will set (in 
addition the the component names listed in step 8).

Comment 6

[Grace Bush]

build 200030909
thanks for the steps 

Comment 7

[Samir Gehani]

This is XP.  Have the Mac fix in hand.

Comment 8

[chris hofmann]

lets take this change on the beta branch on Tuesday.

Is the change checked in on the trunk?

Comment 9

[Samir Gehani]

Fix in mozilla trunk and commercial nscp_beta1_BRANCH.  Still need to check in 
to commercial trunk (currently closed).

Comment 10

[Samir Gehani]

Reopening to resolve for Mac verification.

Comment 11

[Samir Gehani]

Resolving for verification.  (I hate this new requirement to comment on every 
change made to a bug.  That's what "View Bug Activity" is for in the first place 
-- to track trivial changes!)

Comment 12

[Grace Bush]

beta branch build 
ftp://sweetlou/products/client/seamonkey/macos/8.x/ppc/2000-03-27-23-M15-nb1b/