We investigated this issue on bugzilla: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1502188
The conclusion there was that these reports were probably using setup.exe to update Firefox. In short, if Firefox updates itself, it keeps the distribution dir. If someone uses setup.exe to install a new version, that's called a "pave-over" install that deletes that dir. However, this is just the default behavior, and setup.exe has a command-line flag for this: /RemoveDistributionDir=false I'm waiting for Victor to confirm in the bug if that's what was happening. Hope that helps! Felipe (Does someone want to post this information to the SUMO request mentioned by Philipp?) On Thu, Oct 25, 2018 at 12:24 PM Philipp Madersbacher < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi, there was this recent similar support request, so it may well be a > general issue: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1237979 > Would you mind getting a bug report on file for this through > https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Firefox&component=Enterprise%20Policies > ? > > Thank you! > > Am Do., 25. Okt. 2018 um 17:09 Uhr schrieb Hoang (US), Victor T < > [email protected]>: > >> Hello, >> >> >> >> Has anyone else noticed or experienced an occurrence where updating >> Firefox deletes the policies.json file from the distributions directory (in >> the Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\distribution\policies.json)? >> >> >> >> I’ve recently been testing this out by manually adding the policies.json >> file into version 60.2 and updating to 60.3 but when I check in C:\Program >> Files\Mozilla Firefox\distribution\policies.json, it disappears and I need >> to put it back in manually. On a side note, I’ve tested to see whether or >> not the same issue occurs upgrading from 52.8 to 60.2 and it seems to exist >> as well. >> >> >> >> Is this behavior abnormal? If not then is there a way around this to have >> the policies.json stay on the browser? >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> Victor >> _______________________________________________ >> 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" >> > _______________________________________________ > 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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