Thank you for the info! I will leave that code alone :) Nick
On Wed, Nov 1, 2017 at 2:22 AM, <mka...@mozilla.com> wrote: > On Tuesday, October 31, 2017 at 12:10:21 AM UTC-5, Nicholas Nethercote > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I was just looking at the extensions/pref/autoconfig/ directory and > trying > > to understand what it does. > > > > As far as I can tell, the code is there to allow custom deployments with > > particular prefs set, as described at > > https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox/Enterprise_ > deployment#Configuration > > > > It's initialized by modules/libpref/Preferences.cpp if a > > "general.config.filename" pref is found: > > http://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/rev/1ebd2eff44617df3b82eea7d2f3ca1 > b60cc591a0/modules/libpref/Preferences.cpp#3907-3920 > > > > There is also some MozHarness code relating to it here: > > http://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/source/testing/ > mozharness/mozharness/mozilla/firefox/autoconfig.py > > > > Just to check: is this still supported functionality? > > > > Thanks. > > > > Nick > > Yes, this is very much supported functionality. It is our primary means of > enterprise customization right now. > > The reason there are very few tests is because when it was first > developed, it wasn't possible to write tests that involved putting down > files before startup. There are some tests now: > > http://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/source/extensions/ > pref/autoconfig/test/unit > > Mike Kaply > _______________________________________________ > dev-platform mailing list > dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform > _______________________________________________ dev-platform mailing list dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
