betterbird: lock the ask to be the default mail client off, so it never shows at a start (hq issue 345)
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Betterbird's own default asks at every start with a window to become the default for mail, news, feeds and
calendar files. The policy locks mail.shell.checkDefaultClient off, which wins over a profile's own value, and
betterbird_check says when a node would still ask.
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jochen
2026-10-12 20:17:38 +02:00
parent 23ea0f431f
commit 481e44cdaa
5 changed files with 117 additions and 4 deletions
@@ -172,3 +172,60 @@ func TestTheUserJSDescriptionSaysAdoption(t *testing.T) {
}
}
}
// Betterbird never asks at its start to be the default mail client: the module's policy locks
// mail.shell.checkDefaultClient off, and the check says so when it is on (novox/hq issue 345).
func TestTheDefaultClientAskIsLockedOffAndTheCheckSaysWhenItIsOn(t *testing.T) {
f := newFake(t)
f.betterbird()
f.placedByTheMesh()
links(t, nil)
asks := func() string {
t.Helper()
c, err := f.Check()
if err != nil {
t.Fatal(err)
}
for _, x := range c.Findings {
if strings.Contains(x.What, "asks at its start") {
return x.What + " | " + x.Do
}
}
return ""
}
if got := asks(); got != "" {
t.Fatalf("the module's policy locks the ask off, yet: %s", got)
}
unlocked := `{"policies": {"DisableAppUpdate": true, "ExtensionSettings": {"owl@beonex.com": {"installation_mode": "force_installed",
"install_url": "file:///opt/betterbird/owl/owl.xpi", "updates_disabled": true}}}}`
if why := policyProblem([]byte(unlocked)); !strings.Contains(why, defaultClientPref) {
t.Fatalf("a policy that leaves the ask on is said: %q", why)
}
f.write(policyFile, unlocked)
if got := asks(); !strings.Contains(got, "default mail client") || !strings.Contains(got, "push the module") {
t.Fatalf("the ask on is a finding with its remedy: %q", got)
}
f.write(policyFile, `{"policies": {"DisableAppUpdate": true, "Preferences": {"mail.shell.checkDefaultClient": {"Value": false, "Status": "default"}},
"ExtensionSettings": {"owl@beonex.com": {"installation_mode": "force_installed", "install_url": "file:///opt/betterbird/owl/owl.xpi", "updates_disabled": true}}}}`)
if why := policyProblem(mustRead(t, f, policyFile)); !strings.Contains(why, "locked") {
t.Fatalf("a default the profile can override is not a lock: %q", why)
}
f.write(profileDir+"/prefs.js", `user_pref("mail.shell.checkDefaultClient", true);`+"\n")
if got := asks(); got == "" {
t.Fatal("a profile that turned the ask back on over an unlocked default is a finding")
}
f.write(policyFile, unlocked)
f.write(profileDir+"/prefs.js", `user_pref("mail.shell.checkDefaultClient", false);`+"\n")
if got := asks(); got != "" {
t.Fatalf("a profile with the ask off does not ask: %s", got)
}
}
func mustRead(t *testing.T, f *fake, p string) []byte {
t.Helper()
raw, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(f.Root, p))
if err != nil {
t.Fatal(err)
}
return raw
}