[Bug 133370] Re: [gutsy] iceape addon's need root access to install properly

[Nikola M]

On iceape (And mozilla.org build - Seamonkey) it is default behavior to
install addons as root.

Addons are installed in system directory and available for all users in the system.
Some .xpi addons can be installed as user-only some dont.
Much addons ask you during install should it be installed in user dir or system dir, some dont.
Benefits from installing in system dir is that addons are wiped out on reinstall and shoud be installed again, 
presumably with newer versions (since iceape/sm) does not have  automatic upgrade.
It is also god behavior to have some addons installed for all users on system (more reasonable than need 
for all users to install basic addons separately). And larger setups with many users
benefit from this behavior.

Anyway, until Iceape/Seamonkey is released in 2.0 or so (with addons manager) this behavior is known 
for iceape and semonkey (on both linux and win32).

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[gutsy] iceape addon's need root access to install properly
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/133370
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