67914 - execute() isn't handling multiple arguments (2nd param)

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Core Graveyard :: Installer: XPInstall Engine, enhancement)

Description

[David Epstein]

bug found on Linux. 2001-02-06-08 commercial build.
1. Go to http://jimbob/trigger3.html
2. Enter http://jimbob/jars/f_execute_2_unix_args.xpi in the URL field. Install
script uses execute() to accept multiple string arguments (like '"one" "two"
...') and passes them into a customized Linux program 'mparse'. mparse takes
these arguments, assigns them using argv[], and prints them out (to the console)
in reverse order.
3. Press Trigger. Then OK
4. Check the console.
Result: String isn't parsed into separated arguments. Accepted as one string
with double quotes around each input.

The input word = "This" "is" "a" "short" "sentence"
The input sentence =  "This" "is" "a" "short" "sentence"
The output word = "This" "is" "a" "short" "sentence"
The output sentence =  "This" "is" "a" "short" "sentence"

Expected: Parsed out into separate arguments:

The input word = This
The input word = is
The input word = a
The input word = short
The input word = sentence
The input sentence =  This is a short sentence
The output word = sentence
The output word = short
The output word = a
The output word = is
The output word = This
The output sentence =  sentence short a is This

In the install script, I not only tried single quotes around the arguments, but
escape characters, using an array (which just put in commas between the args).

Comment 1

[David Epstein]

The executable and source code is found in 
http://jimbob/cracked/f_execute_2_unix_args

Comment 2

[Daniel Veditz [:dveditz]]

Don has moved to another group. Install bugs -> syd

Comment 3

[Xiaobin Lu]

Any progress on this? Actually we wish it would be fixed in the future because 
it prevents us from using silient install.

Comment 4

[Daniel Veditz [:dveditz]]

This bug is marked "Future", an indication no one is working on it. However this
is unix specific, maybe there's a different bug for Windows.

Comment 5

[Jimmy Lee]

Does http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=104152 help?

Comment 6

[Xiaobin Lu]

It does not work for Windows too. So I think it is reasonable to mark it as ALL
platform and maybe mark another bug as DUP of this one.

Comment 7

[Daniel Veditz [:dveditz]]

That's not helpful. File execution is ultimately platform specific code and the
chances are we'll have to fix it in multiple places, leaving the opportunity to
miss a fix or testing the fix on one or more platforms if they're lumped into
one bug.

bug 104152 is marked FIXED, so if you think it's still broken please reopen it.
I can guarantee no one's trying to fix a bug they think is already fixed.

Comment 8

[Xiaobin Lu]

Yes, it has been fixed in Mozilla 0.9.7 or later for Windows. Check the 
platform back to Linux. Thanks, Dan!