[TYPO3-core] RFC #15794: Bug "File -> List shown even though extension not installed : Bug: "Close window and check dependencies" doesn't work anymore"

[Jeff Segars]

On 12/1/10 11:25 AM, Ernesto Baschny [cron IT] wrote:
> Hi Soren,
>
> thanks for finding that uglyness. But the solution seems like a "hack".
> It would be better if the new sysext register themselves in $TBE_MODULES
> just like any other extension would do, without the
> t3lib/stddb/tables.php having to do that "dirty job".
>
> I just took a look at it, and it seems the extensions already register
> themselves as modules, so we just need to get rid of the hardcoded
> values in t3lib/stddb/tables.php.
>
> Then we are sometimes left with an "empty" top level menu (File without
> Filelist installed). This was made so that extensions like "ll-xml"
> still work. So a tiny fix when detecting which top level menu to still
> display is needed (in typo3/classes/class.modulemenu.php).
>
> Attached patch does both things.
>
> To test simply uninstall File>Filelist or Web>Info or Web>Access and see
> the modules disappearing from the menu.
>
> One uglyness is left: The "Workspaces" module adds its module
> "before:info". If you uninstall the "Web>Info" extension, then
> Workspaces is placed on TOP of the Web module. But this is out of scope
> of *this* issue. :)
>
> Cheers,
> Ernesto

Haven't investigated why yet, but my module menu is completely gone when 
uninstalling filelist and applying the patch.  If filelist remains 
installed and the patch is applied, then the module menu functions normally.

More details to come :)