Closed Bug 58499 Opened 24 years ago Closed 15 years ago

RFE: if not running installer as root, don't default install in /usr/local/bin

Categories

(SeaMonkey :: Installer, enhancement, P1)

Product:
SeaMonkey
Component:
Installer
Platform:
x86
Linux
Type:
enhancement

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED INVALID
Milestone:
Future

People

(Reporter: sspitzer, Assigned: slogan)

Details

can we add code to the installer to do this:

if running installer as root,
	default install to /usr/local
else
	default install to $HOME/mozilla (or what ever.)
updating severity and summary.
Severity: normal → enhancement
Summary: if not running installer as root, don't default install in /usr/local/bin → RFE: if not running installer as root, don't default install in /usr/local/bin
The [General] section in the config.ini could have two keys in place of "Default
Location" something like:

[General]
Root Default Location=/usr/local/netscape
End User Default Location=[HOME]/netscape

This means adding the ability to generically resolve special targets like [HOME]
etc.   It'd probably be best resolved /after/ calling the ini parser.
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
Target Milestone: --- → Future
QA Contact: gemal → gbush
Priority: P3 → P1
Over to Syd for installer bug triage
Assignee: sgehani → syd
Status: ASSIGNED → NEW
Product: Browser → Seamonkey
Linux installer has been discontinued on Trunk => INVALID.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 15 years ago
Resolution: --- → INVALID
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