[Mozilla Enterprise] policies.json file deleting upon firefox upgrade

[Philipp Madersbacher]

In Firefox 60 ESR it looks like the same result can be achieved as well
though slightly different according to the documentation (with the help of
an ini file):
https://dxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-esr60/source/browser/installer/windows/docs/FullConfig.rst

Best regards
philipp

Am Di., 30. Okt. 2018 um 22:45 Uhr schrieb Alex (US), Nicole L <
nicole.l.alex at boeing.com>:

> It looks like the /RemoveDistributionDir=false isn’t valid for 60 ESR
> according to
> https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/browser/installer/windows/installer/FullConfig.html
>
>
>
> Is there any plans to include it in 60 ESR?
>
>
>
> Nikki Alex
>
>
>
> *From:* Enterprise [mailto:enterprise-bounces at mozilla.org] *On Behalf Of *Felipe
> Gomes
> *Sent:* Monday, October 29, 2018 2:38 PM
> *To:* philipp.madersbacher at gmail.com
> *Cc:* Mozilla.org <enterprise at mozilla.org>; Hoang (US), Victor T <
> victor.t.hoang at boeing.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [Mozilla Enterprise] policies.json file deleting upon
> firefox upgrade
>
>
>
> We investigated this issue on bugzilla:
> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1502188
>
>
>
> The conclusion there was that these reports were probably using setup.exe
> to update Firefox. In short, if Firefox updates itself, it keeps the
> distribution dir.  If someone uses setup.exe to install a new version,
> that's called a "pave-over" install that deletes that dir.
>
>
>
> However, this is just the default behavior, and setup.exe has a
> command-line flag for this: /RemoveDistributionDir=false
>
>
>
> I'm waiting for Victor to confirm in the bug if that's what was happening.
>
>
>
> Hope that helps!
>
> Felipe
>
>
>
> (Does someone want to post this information to the SUMO request mentioned
> by Philipp?)
>
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 25, 2018 at 12:24 PM Philipp Madersbacher <
> philipp.madersbacher at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi, there was this recent similar support request, so it may well be a
> general issue: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1237979
>
> Would you mind getting a bug report on file for this through
> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Firefox&component=Enterprise%20Policies
> ?
>
>
>
> Thank you!
>
>
>
> Am Do., 25. Okt. 2018 um 17:09 Uhr schrieb Hoang (US), Victor T <
> victor.t.hoang at boeing.com>:
>
> Hello,
>
>
>
> Has anyone else noticed or experienced an occurrence where updating
> Firefox deletes the policies.json file from the distributions directory (in
> the Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\distribution\policies.json)?
>
>
>
> I’ve recently been testing this out by manually adding the policies.json
> file into version 60.2 and updating to 60.3 but when I check in C:\Program
> Files\Mozilla Firefox\distribution\policies.json, it disappears and I need
> to put it back in manually. On a side note, I’ve tested to see whether or
> not the same issue occurs upgrading from 52.8 to 60.2 and it seems to exist
> as well.
>
>
>
> Is this behavior abnormal? If not then is there a way around this to have
> the policies.json stay on the browser?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Victor
>
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