In Firefox 60 ESR it looks like the same result can be achieved as well though slightly different according to the documentation (with the help of an ini file): https://dxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-esr60/source/browser/installer/windows/docs/FullConfig.rst
Best regards philipp Am Di., 30. Okt. 2018 um 22:45 Uhr schrieb Alex (US), Nicole L < [email protected]>: > It looks like the /RemoveDistributionDir=false isn’t valid for 60 ESR > according to > https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/browser/installer/windows/installer/FullConfig.html > > > > Is there any plans to include it in 60 ESR? > > > > Nikki Alex > > > > *From:* Enterprise [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of > *Felipe > Gomes > *Sent:* Monday, October 29, 2018 2:38 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Cc:* Mozilla.org <[email protected]>; Hoang (US), Victor T < > [email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [Mozilla Enterprise] policies.json file deleting upon > firefox upgrade > > > > 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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