7884 - Unable to uninstall .xpi packages

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 161508

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

Description

[Jimmy Lee]

Build: 6/9/99 SeaMonkey build

1. Trigger http://jimbob/jars/a_adduninstall.jar to set up package

      Install.StartInstall("Acceptance: a_adduninstall", "a_uninstall", vi, 0);
      f = Install.GetFolder("Program", "uninstall_dir");
      err = Install.AddSubcomponent(regName, vi, jarSrc, f, jarSrc, true);

2. Trigger http://jimbob/jars/a_uninstall.jar to uninstall package

      err2 = Install.Uninstall("a_uninstall");

RESULT:
a_adduninstall.jar appears to trigger successfully.  The component is installed
as expected.  The Uninstall registry appears correct.

Triggering a_uninstall.jar results in err2 = -213 (no such component).  The
Install.log indicates that the installscript aborts.  The package is not
uninstalled.  The Uninstall registry for the installed component is not removed.

EXPECTED RESULT:
Triggering a_uninstall.jar results in the package being uninstalled.  The
Uninstall registry is updated with this node removed.  The Install.log reflects
a successful uninstall.

Comment 1

[Cathleen]

setting target milestone to M10
reassign to dveditz

Comment 2

[Doug Turner (:dougt)]

I have made numberous bug fixes which might cause some of these bugs to go away.
 I am going to mark them as FIXED so that they may be verified.

Comment 3

[Jimmy Lee]

Build 7/30/99

No changes seen.  This is still a problem.

Comment 4

[leger]

Clearing Fixed resolution due to reopen.

Comment 5

[Cathleen]

depends on bug 9590

Comment 6

[leger]

Bulk move of XPInstall (component to be deleted) bugs to Installer: XPInstall
Engine

Comment 7

[Cathleen]

uninstall is not part of beta 1 requirement.

Comment 8

[Cathleen]

put on helpwanted 
uninstall in xpinstall/smartupdate is out.

Comment 9

[Daniel Veditz [:dveditz]]

Parcelling out Cathleen's bugs

Comment 10

[leger]

Adding [nsbeta2-] since this is an identified feature which was cut.  Per 
today's beta2 XP Install status review.

Comment 11

[Daniel Veditz [:dveditz]]

Changing fictional "M30" to reality

Comment 12

[Daniel Veditz [:dveditz]]

Adding nsbeta2 keyword to bugs with nsbeta2 triage value in status field so the 
queries don't get screwed up

Comment 13

[Keyser Sose]

*** Bug 50948 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 14

[Jesse Ruderman]

See also bug 58706, which covers uninstalling themes.

Comment 15

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

*** Bug 71177 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 16

[Chad Austin]

kerz:  We'd really like this for the media player, especially since installing
the media player increases browser startup time (and new window time) quite a bit.

Comment 17

[Ben Liblit]

The OS should be changed from "Windows NT" to "All".  No matter what platform
you are using, if you can install a package you should be able to uninstall it
as well.

I'd make the change myself, but I'm not sexy enough.

Comment 18

[Daniel Veditz [:dveditz]]

Yes, this is a cross-platform bug.

(Why would media player affect new window time?)

Comment 19

[Daniel Veditz [:dveditz]]

*** Bug 96409 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 20

[Christopher Aillon (sabbatical, not receiving bugmail)]

Nominating

Comment 21

[Dan Mellem]

I'm not sure if there's a method for showing the packages (about:xpi?) but that
should probably be a portion of the uninstaller.

Comment 22

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

*** Bug 138358 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 23

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

*** Bug 139523 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 24

[R.K.Aa.]

*** Bug 139970 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 25

[Syd Logan]

Currently working on a requirements document for this.

Comment 26

[Henrik Gemal]

is this dupe of bug 161508 ?
whats the difference?

Comment 27

[Christian :Biesinger (don't email me, ping me on IRC)]

marking as dup of bug 161508  because that bug actually has a patch

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 161508 ***

Comment 28

[Braden]

A bug can't be both a duplicate of and blocked by the same bug.

Comment 29

[Simon Paquet [:sipaq]]

verified duplicate