No malicious recursive deletion of invalid addons
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This is not for tech support! Please do not post tech support questions in the "Development" board!
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No malicious recursive deletion of invalid addons
When I link my development addon to the extension directory, and accidentally use the wrong ID for a filename, it'd be a really nice feature if Palemoon just deleted the link, instead of following the link, deleting all files recursively including the .git directory so that all my work has been lost, then deleting the link. I'd call it a bug, but there's no way that wasn't intentional. Just more malicious code inherited from Firefox, I think.
Re: No malicious recursive deletion of invalid addons
There is no way for a simple file deletion call to know if something is a filesystem link or an actual folder. Removing the folder for the extension recursively if in unpacked state, when removing the extension, is indeed by design.
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