[Bug 274468] Re: Have firefox ask user to exit firefox *BEFORE* updating.

With Firefox 4 (natty), Firefox now handles much better the deletion of all its files out from under it, so this is much less of an issue. This can probably be closed now. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 274468] Re: Have firefox ask user to exit firefox *BEFORE* updating.

I agree that this is not a duplicate of #270303. ** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 270303 MASTER - firefox (intrepid/jaunty): your browser has been updated and needs to be restarted -- Have firefox ask user to exit firefox *BEFORE* updating. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/274468

[Bug 274468] Re: Have firefox ask user to exit firefox *BEFORE* updating.

There is an older bug report about some problems that show up because firefox is updated while it is running: Bug 252548 -- Have firefox ask user to exit firefox *BEFORE* updating. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/274468 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 274468] Re: Have firefox ask user to exit firefox *BEFORE* updating.

** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided = Wishlist -- Have firefox ask user to exit firefox *BEFORE* updating. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/274468 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 274468] Re: Have firefox ask user to exit firefox *BEFORE* updating.

I see one problem with this feature. What if you are in the middle of something when you start updating (multitasking) This is one reason why we prompt you after to restart. ** Package changed: firefox (Ubuntu) = firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu) Status: New =

[Bug 274468] Re: Have firefox ask user to exit firefox *BEFORE* updating.

In response to John Vivirito's comment #9 - obviously the prompt to close *BEFORE* executing the update would have minimal impact on multitasking. Imagine you have 9 updates, and firefox is, say, 7th of 9. The prompt would only trigger on launch of the 7th update, the firefox one, in a similar

[Bug 274468] Re: Have firefox ask user to exit firefox *BEFORE* updating.

I wonder what makes Firefox so special as for updating. I have not had similar problems with other software. Anyway, I guess Ubuntuzilla could be a workaround and would let you get updates sooner after their release. -- Have firefox ask user to exit firefox *BEFORE* updating.

[Bug 274468] Re: Have firefox ask user to exit firefox *BEFORE* updating.

With regards to comment #11 - the idea of halting an application while updating it is not unusual for daemons. Databases, whatever. In this case the concept is the same. There are a number of resources on the file system referenced by the application and the profile and the profile data stores

[Bug 274468] Re: Have firefox ask user to exit firefox *BEFORE* updating.

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 270303 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/270303 After reviewing bug #270303 I argue this close as duplicate was invalid. bug #270303 was more about notification message issues, not about the more general issue of people ending up with corrupt profiles

[Bug 274468] Re: Have firefox ask user to exit firefox *BEFORE* updating.

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 270303 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/270303 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 270303 MASTER - firefox (intrepid): your browser has been updated and needs to be restarted -- Have firefox ask user to exit firefox *BEFORE* updating.

[Bug 274468] Re: Have firefox ask user to exit firefox *BEFORE* updating.

Those two bug report are likely linked to this update/localstore.rdf issue: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubufox/+bug/270303 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubufox/+bug/289365 -- Have firefox ask user to exit firefox *BEFORE* updating.

[Bug 274468] Re: Have firefox ask user to exit firefox *BEFORE* updating.

First off, this has been happening for a very very long time in mozilla, it seems unlikely the injection of ubuntu help will resolve things any time soon (although I could be wrong - certainly sqllite has taken over in other portions of the mozilla profile). Secondly, I don't see this as just a

[Bug 274468] Re: Have firefox ask user to exit firefox *BEFORE* updating.

I'd like to emphasise that this issue is not typical, but there often seem to be a few after each update. Also, there are some people who managed to miss the informational notice, then get panicky when their browser starts causing weird errors. This would also avoid that behaviour. -- Have

[Bug 274468] Re: Have firefox ask user to exit firefox *BEFORE* updating.

Elaboration, it'd be nice if perhaps it opened up one of those handy dialogs on install, asking the person to exit firefox, and telling them that firefox would be shut down for all users (there might be others on the machine) after they hit Next. They hit Next, a kill is issued, the install

[Bug 274468] Re: Have firefox ask user to exit firefox *BEFORE* updating.

I was talking with Derek on IRC about this, where I agreed, and I've had a change of heart regarding this issue after reading this: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Corrupt_localstore.rdf It seems like that an update is not the only way localstore can get corrupted, and it looks like the ff people