84701 - install: upgrade deletes non-mozilla files

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 69153

(SeaMonkey :: Installer, defect)

Description

[Andrew Goldstein]

From Bugzilla Helper:
BuildID:    20010607

I attempted to upgrade to 0.9.1 on a box running Redhat 7.1 using the "x86 
Talkback enabled Full Installer." In my home directory, I su'ed into root, and 
ran the installer. Since Redhat 7.1 installs an older version of Mozilla 
in /usr/bin (which I upgraded to 0.9 a few weeks ago) I changed the default 
install directory to /usr/bin.

The Mozilla installer displays a dialog that reads:
"An older installation of Mozilla was detected. Please choose to delete the 
directory contents of your current Mozilla installation by hitting the 'Delete' 
button. Alternatively, please hit the 'Cancel' button and choose a different 
destination directory."

Granted, I got what was coming to me, since the dialog states that 
the "directory contents" of the current Mozilla installation will be deleted, 
but I assumed that it meant the *Mozilla related* files would be deleted, esp. 
since most install programs do not delete files that are not owned by the 
package being installed. This (IMHO) is a bad idea, especially since many 
people breeze through those "nag" windows that setup program pop up.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
0. Install an old version of Mozilla, if necessary. (I would suggest that you 
do not use /usr/bin, which is where Redhat 7.1 installs Mozilla.)
1. Create a new file in the directory where the old version of Mozilla is 
installed.
2. Run the "x86 Talkback enabled Full Installer"
3. Advance through the installer until you reach the step that reads "Please 
select the setup type you wish to install."
4. Click the "Change..." button to change the Destination Directory.
5. Select the directory where the older version of Mozilla is installed, then 
dismiss the "Select a directory" window.
6. Click the Next > button
7. When the dialog that reads "An older installation of Mozilla was detected. 
Please choose..." appears, click the Delete button.
8. When the installation completes, list the files in the installation 
directory. The file you created in step 1 has been deleted.

Actual Results:  All files in /usr/bin (where Redhat 7.1 installs Mozilla by 
default) were deleted.

Expected Results:  All *Mozilla-related* files in /usr/bin should have been 
deleted.

Comment 1

[Bradley Baetz (:bbaetz)]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 69153 ***

Comment 2

[Grace Bush]

vfy