Bug #50347

ExtensionManager: Overwriting existing extensions with older versions without warning

Added by Paul A. Auwehla about 2 years ago. Updated 7 months ago.

Status:Closed Start date:2013-07-23
Priority:Must have Due date:
Assigned To:- % Done:

0%

Category:Extension Manager Spent time: -
Target version:-
TYPO3 Version:6.1 Is Regression:No
PHP Version: Sprint Focus:
Complexity:medium

Description

The ExtensionManager should not install extensions without prior warning.
The ExtensionManager is fetching dependencies if needed to install an extension. In this case ExtensionManager is fetching older versions and thus overwriting existing extensions.

This can lead to fatal errors, breaking the whole backend.

Then it is only possible to remove all cache files by hand and removing the extension entry in LocalConfiguration.php.


Related issues

related to Core - Feature #50501: The ability to just import/fetch/download an extension fr... Resolved 2013-07-28
related to Core - Bug #30749: EM always retrieves the latest version of an extension Closed 2011-10-10
related to TYPO3 CMS Usability Team - Feature #50582: Extension manager: extension import and installation conf... Resolved 2013-07-31

History

#1 Updated by Philipp Gampe about 2 years ago

  • Subject changed from ExtensionManager - Overwriting existing extensions with older versions without warning to ExtensionManager: Overwriting existing extensions with older versions without warning
  • Category set to Extension Manager
  • Status changed from New to Accepted
  • Complexity set to medium

This is related to #50501. There should be an intermediate dialog that displays changes before they are applied or at least a setting that stops from automatically fetching and installing extensions.

p.s.: I changed to topic and message a bit.

#2 Updated by Mathias Schreiber 7 months ago

  • Description updated (diff)
  • Status changed from Accepted to Closed
  • Is Regression set to No

Taken into account in #63909.
The issues are not linked on purpose, so the refactoring ticket does not get bloated with relations.

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