JDK-6175102 : xpi installer is broken as a result of 5.0 jinstall arg changes
Type:Bug
Component:install
Sub-Component:install
Affected Version:5.0u1
Priority:P4
Status:Closed
Resolution:Fixed
OS:generic
CPU:generic
Submitted:2004-10-06
Updated:2013-06-04
Resolved:2004-10-12
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We made several changes to the jinstall.exe file in Tiger. The Mozilla autoinstall XPI file uses jinstall. It is still invoking jinstall with the old arguments, therefore the xpi installation is failing.
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Comments
EVALUATION
Fixed in 1.5.0_01 and 1.6.0.
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07-10-2004
SUGGESTED FIX
We need to give the /installurl= argument before passing the xml file to jinstall.
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http://j2se.east.sun.com/www/webrevs/billyh/
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