TYPO3 Core

So far I can only find that it is hardcoded in sysext/em/res/js/em_components.js :

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Stores
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////

TYPO3.EM.LocationStore = new Ext.data.JsonStore({
fields : ['name', 'value'],
data : [ {name : 'Local (../typo3conf/ext/)', value: 'L'}
]
});

The values here should indeed be depending on the settings in localconf.php . If allowLocalInstall is disabled the Local option should also be removed, etc.

It seems that we need to add a method to tx_em_Connection_ExtDirectServer to build the list of locations and use this method for the store.

This is really annoying! I can't understand it...
This problem existed in v4.6.4 and is still present in 4.6.6.
It can't be that difficult to fix a missing value!?
Also I think, the drop down field in "Upload Extension [ from Computer ]" should not effect the installation process from the repository. It makes no sense and I searched 30 minutes until I found it in there :/

even if i hate global installs on linked sources this should be fixed

otherwise the global install should be simply removed from the installTool