Closed Bug 8983 Opened 25 years ago Closed 16 years ago

Failure during AddDirectory() leads to partial install

Categories

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

Product:
Core Graveyard
Component:
Installer: XPInstall Engine
Type:
defect

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED WONTFIX
Milestone:
Future

People

(Reporter: ssu0262, Assigned: dveditz)

References

Details

If AddDirectory() returns a failure code but the user does FinalizeInstall()
anyway--there are times when this makes sense--then some of the files from the
AddDirectory() may be installed anyway.

We should not force the user to abort, we should instead back out the partial
items. This will mean building a temporary install item vector.
Target Milestone: M11
Blocks: 11020
Summary: Failure during AddDirectory() leads to partial install → [feature] Failure during AddDirectory() leads to partial install
Target Milestone: M11 → M15
setting target milestone to M15, per today's bug meeting.
Bulk move of XPInstall (component to be deleted) bugs to Installer: XPInstall
Engine
We can doc this -- if you get an error during AddDirectory() you'd better abort 
the install or you might get unexpected things installed
Summary: [feature] Failure during AddDirectory() leads to partial install → Failure during AddDirectory() leads to partial install
Target Milestone: M15 → M30
Taking advantage of new "Future" target milestone.
Target Milestone: M30 → Future
The xpinstall script engine has been removed from the trunk, bugs in it are obsolete.
Status: ASSIGNED → RESOLVED
Closed: 16 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
Depends on: 938643
No longer depends on: 938643
Product: Core → Core Graveyard
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