Bug 388647

Summary:	mozextension.eclass: Add new function for installing extensions in new standard install location
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Shubhadeep Chaudhuri <shubhadeepc>
Component:	Eclasses	Assignee:	Mozilla Gentoo Team <mozilla>
Status:	UNCONFIRMED ---
Severity:	enhancement	Keywords:	PATCH
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Installing_extensions
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	mozextension.eclass.patch mozextension.eclass.patch

Description Shubhadeep Chaudhuri 2011-10-27 09:02:48 UTC

Created attachment 290989 [details, diff]
mozextension.eclass.patch

The mozextenions eclass hasn't been updated since 2007. The xpi_install function must be changed or a new install function must be added to the eclass to utilize the new standard install location for extensions which is /usr/lib/mozilla/extensions/<appid>. 

This feature has been implemented a long time back and is documented here:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Installing_extensions

Mozilla bug entry requesting the feature:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=311008

Attached a patch which modifies xpi_install to do just this.

Comment 1 Shubhadeep Chaudhuri 2011-10-27 10:56:37 UTC

Created attachment 291003 [details, diff]
mozextension.eclass.patch

Corrected patch

Comment 2 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2011-10-27 17:52:21 UTC

eclass lacks a maintainer tag.

Comment 3 Jory A. Pratt gentoo-dev

2011-10-31 12:29:38 UTC

Actually the patch is incorrect, appid does not need to be included it is the emid that is used to install. I will have to double check this to make sure we do not break enigmail before I am comfortable committing this to the tree.