Firefox 4 no longer unpacks XPI files by default

Bug #731046 reported by James Henstridge
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Bindwood
Fix Released
Medium
James Henstridge

Bug Description

When installing from an XPI, Firefox 4 no longer unpacks extensions by default. This is a problem since we want to execute a script stored in the extension's directory. Apparently we can force Firefox to unpack the extension with the <em:unpack> element in the install.rdf file:

https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Install_Manifests#unpack

This probably isn't an issue if Bindwood is installed from an Ubuntu package, so isn't necessarily a blocker for the next release.

Related branches

Changed in bindwood:
milestone: none → 2.0
Changed in bindwood:
status: New → Fix Committed
Changed in bindwood:
assignee: nobody → James Henstridge (jamesh)
Changed in bindwood:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
importance: Undecided → Medium
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