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> You probably don’t want Firefox to update automatically, without your knowledge. A Firefox upgrade means you must immediately restart the browser. If this hap
by GekkePrutser 5y ago
> You probably don’t want Firefox to update automatically, without your knowledge. A Firefox upgrade means you must immediately restart the browser. If this happens in the background while you’re doing something important, it can easily ruin your day.
No not really?
If I update it here on FreeBSD it stays working and it prompts me to restart the browser when I'm ready so it can start using the latest version which just got installed.
- Izkata 5y agoFirefox can upgrade in the background in two ways: Through its own internal mechanism, or (as Ubuntu did it pre-snap) with apt using unattended-upgrades. It's the unattended-upgrades one that does it without confirmation and blocks you from doing anything until you restart firefox.
- adhesive_wombat 5y agoOn Arch, it's 50:50 on if it will prompt for a restart, or just start having crashing tabs.