49863 - File.copy unexpectedly returns -201 if file already exists

Status: VERIFIED INVALID

(Core Graveyard :: Installer: XPInstall Engine, defect, P3)

Description

[Jimmy Lee]

Build: 2000-08-22-08-M18(WIN), 2000-08-22-08-M18(LINUX)

1. From http://jimbob/trigger3.html, click on Acceptance drop-down and choose
   a_fileop_filecopy
2. Click Trigger case button
3. Click Install from confirmation dialog
4. Repeat steps 1-3.

RESULT:
Error message returned from install.log is -201 (UNEXPECTED ERROR).  The 
expected error message is -230 (ALREADY EXISTS).  This used to work.  This 
change may have been the result of the fix for Bug 45911 and/or Bug 45913.

EXPECTED RESULT:
Error -230.

Install.log:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
http://jimbob/jars/a_fileop_filecopy.xpi  --  08/22/2000 15:02:24
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

     Acceptance: a_fileop_filecopy
     -----------------------------

     ** addFile returns = 0
     [1/1]	Replacing: C:\Program Files\Netscape\Netscape 
6\components\filecopy.txt

     Install completed successfully
     The File Copy part
     ------------------

     ** fileSource pathway = C:\Program Files\Netscape\Netscape 
6\components\filecopy.txt
     ** fileTarget pathway = C:\Program Files\Netscape\Netscape 6\chrome\
     ** File.copy returns = 0
     [1/1]	Copy File: C:\Program Files\Netscape\Netscape 
6\components\filecopy.txt to C:\Program Files\Netscape\Netscape 6\chrome

     Install **FAILED** with error -201

     Install **FAILED** with error -201
     Finished Installation  08/22/2000 15:02:24

Comment 1

[Jimmy Lee]

I suspect this may be reproducible on Mac, but no working build has been 
released yet.

Comment 2

[Jimmy Lee]

Brain drain.  The expected behavior is that no error is returned since we now 
support copying over an existing file.  But this is already being tracked by Bug 
45913.  Let's pretend that this bug report never happened.  This should be 
marked INVALID.

Comment 3

[dbragg]

Per discussion with Jimmy, marking INVALID.

Comment 4

[Jimmy Lee]

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