Closed Bug 736203 Opened 12 years ago Closed 6 years ago

Locked directory causes addon to seem installed twice, neither instance functioning.

Categories

(Toolkit :: Add-ons Manager, defect)

defect
Not set
normal

Tracking

()

RESOLVED INACTIVE

People

(Reporter: Fallen, Unassigned)

Details

I don't have the exact error message at hand (sorry), but here are some steps to reproduce (from memory):

* Install an addon
* Use something like MozillaBuild to enter the extension's directory and therefore lock it from being deleted
* Upgrade the addon by installing a new version

Results:

* The addon is installed twice, one being in a "to-be upgraded after restart" and the other being enabled but not functioning.
* Some error message about not being able to delete a file, or move it from extensions.stage to extensions or similar.

While the STR may seem uncommon, I've had reports from some users that this has been happening with Lightning. I don't know how they locked their extension directory, but they at least had the same final result as I had using the above steps by coincidence.

Expected would be that the addons manager can recover from this state and tries to remove the locked directory later on,
Per policy at https://wiki.mozilla.org/Bug_Triage/Projects/Bug_Handling/Bug_Husbandry#Inactive_Bugs. If this bug is not an enhancement request or a bug not present in a supported release of Firefox, then it may be reopened.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 6 years ago
Resolution: --- → INACTIVE
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