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Mike On Mon, Dec 3, 2018 at 4:35 AM Alexandre Gauvrit <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi there, > > I have tried to deploy the beta Firefox MSI and found several things : > > - Installation goes well when doing it manually. > - Overwriting an exisiting *.exe installation goes well, no conflicts > > If I try to install it silently/automatically using a deployment tool I > have several issues with the *.msi file properties : > > - "ProductCode" property must be equal to the registry uninstallkey > 'Mozilla Firefox 65.0a1 x64 fr', not to a random UID (or maybe you want to > change that behavior and use UID ?) > - "ProductVersion" property must be equal to actual Mozilla Firefox > version, not "0.0.0.0" > - "ProductLanguage" must be filled with a correct value like 1033 / > 1036 etc. > > On why those properties must be correctly filled : > > - it's easier for deployment tools to retrieve version > number/uninstallkey from the MSI file as it's a standard to have it set > correctly in MSI files > - it allows deployment tools to verify the good status of installation > after the installation by checking these values in registry > > Here is the current Firefox MSI properties Json output : > > {'DESKTOP_SHORTCUT': 'true', > 'EXTRACT_DIR': '__DEFAULT__', > 'INSTALL_DIRECTORY_NAME': '__DEFAULT__', > 'INSTALL_DIRECTORY_PATH': '__DEFAULT__', > 'INSTALL_MAINTENANCE_SERVICE': 'true', > 'Manufacturer': 'Mozilla', > 'OPTIONAL_EXTENSIONS': 'true', > 'PREVENT_REBOOT_REQUIRED': 'false', > 'ProductCode': '{1294A4C5-9977-480F-9497-C0EA1E630130}', > 'ProductLanguage': '0', > 'ProductName': 'Mozilla Firefox 65.0a1 x64 fr', > 'ProductVersion': '0.0.0.0', > 'REMOVE_DISTRIBUTION_DIR': 'true', > 'START_MENU_SHORTCUT': 'true', > 'TASKBAR_SHORTCUT': 'true', > 'UpgradeCode': '{3118AB4C-B433-4FBB-B9FA-8F9CA4B5C103}'} > > Final question, is '-ms' argument really necessary ? Do you keep it for > legacy purpose or just for fun ? > > Cheers > > Alexandre > On 28/11/2018 14:53, Romain Testard wrote: > > Hi all, > > We recently started to make MSI installers (wrappers of the full exe > installer) available as part of our build/release process in order to help > make Windows enterprise deployments simpler. These are now available on > Nightly and will be riding the trains to release with Firefox 65 (will also > be available on our next ESR). > > You can find documentation here > <https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-customization-msi-installers> > (https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-customization-msi-installers) > that helps understand how to customize Firefox installations with the MSI > installers and it would be great if people on this list who find MSI > installers valuable on their deployments could start testing it. Feedback > can be provided on this list if valuable for all, on bugzilla > <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Firefox&component=Installer> > for technical issues or directly to me otherwise. > > Thanks for your help! > Romain > > _______________________________________________ > Enterprise mailing > [email protected]https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/enterprise > > To unsubscribe from this list, please visit > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/enterprise or send an email to > [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe" > > -- > *Alexandre GAUVRIT, administrateur systèmes et réseaux / RSSI / DPO* > Tranquil IT > 12 avenue Jules Verne (Bât. A) > 44230 Saint Sébastien sur Loire (FRANCE) > tel: +33 (0) 240 975 755 > *Retrouvez-nous sur les réseaux :* > [image: twitter] <https://twitter.com/TRANQUIL_IT> [image: linkedin] > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/3108003/> [image: youtube] > <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl45FZItnoOlXsaWUa3UrTw> > ------------------------------ > [image: Tranquil IT] <https://tranquil.it> > _______________________________________________ > Enterprise mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/enterprise > > To unsubscribe from this list, please visit > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/enterprise or send an email to > [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe" >
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