Closed Bug 12235 Opened 25 years ago Closed 25 years ago

Should copy files, not aliases, into new profile directories

Categories

(Core Graveyard :: Profile: BackEnd, defect, P2)

PowerPC
Mac System 8.5
defect

Tracking

(Not tracked)

VERIFIED FIXED

People

(Reporter: sfraser_bugs, Assigned: gayatrib)

References

Details

If I create a new profile on Mac, the profile folder is created in the wrong place. Instead of being in <system disk>:Documents:Mozilla, it was created inside a folder with no name in the same directory as apprunner. This is bad. Also, when creating a new profile, the folder ends up with aliases of the files in the profile/default directory, which is wrong. The files should be copied, and not aliased (since files like bookmarks.html get modified at runtime, and we should never be modifying files that are in the tree (via alias)).
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 25 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
gfx text widget problem. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 12186 ***
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
Status: VERIFIED → REOPENED
Summary: New profile directories created in the wrong place → Should copy files, not aliases, into new profile directories
Resolution: DUPLICATE → ---
Please note the other issues noted here: Also, when creating a new profile, the folder ends up with aliases of the files in the profile/default directory, which is wrong. The files should be copied, and not aliased (since files like bookmarks.html get modified at runtime, and we should never be modifying files that are in the tree (via alias)).
Please note the other issues noted here: Also, when creating a new profile, the folder ends up with aliases of the files in the profile/default directory, which is wrong. The files should be copied, and not aliased (since files like bookmarks.html get modified at runtime, and we should never be modifying files that are in the tree (via alias)).
Assignee: selmer → gayatrib
Status: REOPENED → NEW
Gayatri, Looks like the recursive copy routine on the mac isn't doing the right thing. Can you look into this one? Thanks, Steve
Priority: P3 → P2
Target Milestone: M11
Blocks: 12696
Assignee: gayatrib → racham
Target Milestone: M11 → M12
Assignee: racham → gayatrib
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
Status: ASSIGNED → RESOLVED
Closed: 25 years ago25 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Thanks to Simon's help, this has been fixed.
build 1999100713
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
Component: Profile Manager → Profile Manager BackEnd
Moving all Profile Manager bugs to new Profile Manager Backend component. Profile Manager component to be deleted.
Product: Core → Core Graveyard
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