Sheri Steeves wrote:
> Hi,
> I am having problems getting my plugin to auto-update like
> SmartUpdate does in Netscape 4.76.
see bug http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=62916
>
> I am running Netscape 6 [ Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0;
> en-US; m18) Gecko/20010131 Netscape 6/6.01 ]
>
> I can install the plugin from the xpi file on a clean machine, but
> when I change the version number and try to update the plugin, then I
> run into three problems:
>
> a) The call to InstallTrigger.getVersionInfo dies in the Javascript.
>
it's not InstallTrigger.getVersionInfo(). It's just InstallTrigger.getVersion()
>
> b) Calls to InstallTrigger.compareVersion ALWAYS return -4, even if
> the versions are EXACTLY the same, and so the plugin is always
> updating even when it does not need to.
>
A patch to fix this was just checked in last night. See bug
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=85564
>
> c) Calls to InstallTrigger.compareVersion using a null version string
> reult in ALWAYS updating as well, at least so far in my testing.
>
> Anyone have these problems? Anyone know of a workaround??
>
> TIA.
>
> Sheri.
>
> I have converted the code to use XPInstall instead of SmartUpdate
> Trigger class. Currently, with my version of Netscape 6 [ Mozilla/5.0
> (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; m18) Gecko/20010131 Netscape
> 6/6.01 ] I can install the plugin using my .xpi file
> Sheri Steeves
> Macadamian Technologies
> Visit us at http://www.macadamian.com
>
> If you must choose between two evils, pick the one you've never tried before.
