566699 - Binary path failure in update scripts

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Mozilla QA Graveyard :: Mozmill Automation, defect)

Description

[u279076]

Every once in a while, when running update scripts, I see a failure due to incorrectly formatted binary paths.

Installing firefox-3.6.en-US.exe => c:\firefox\
Setting update channel to 'beta'...
Binary path does not exist c:\firefox\/firefox.exe
Uninstalling c:\firefox\
Removing old installation at c:\firefox\

RESULT:
*  => , minor, , unknown type, beta, 2010-05-18, '''FAIL'''
**  ID:
**  ID:
** Passed 0 :: Failed 0 :: Skipped 0

This is not reliably reproducible, but does happen from time to time.  It should be noted that this does not affect the update testing we are attempting to test.  It merely appears as an extra, ghost update path which fails.

Comment 1

[u279076]

Today, I saw it happen once on Windows 7.  I just ran "./update_win7.sh beta minor" for 3.6.x -> 3.6.4build4 updates.  When I reran the command, I did not get the error.

Comment 2

[u279076]

Due to it's unreproducibility, I'm setting this to UNCONFIRMED.

I think it would be safe to resolve WORKSFORME after a few release cycles using the new scripts and not seeing this bug.

Comment 3

[Henrik Skupin [:whimboo][⌚️UTC+1]]

Move of Mozmill related project bugs to newly created components. You can
filter out those emails by using "Mozmill-Tests-to-MozillaQA" as criteria.

Comment 4

[Henrik Skupin [:whimboo][⌚️UTC+1]]

It has never been reported again. Closing out as WFM for now. If it happens again please make sure to attach the log file to the bug for better debugging purposes.