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I believe that only happens when a Linux package manager updates Firefox while it's running.

by NoahKAndrews 4y ago

TillE 4y ago
Probably. Never seen anything like that on Windows or macOS.
- OscarCunningham 4y ago
  I get 'Firefox needs to restart' all the time on MacOS.
  - eropple 4y ago
    Right, but it doesn't auto-update and kill your session.
    - cassianoleal 4y ago
      Yeah it does. It might be possible to disable it though but as far as I'm aware it's enabled by default.
      - ThePowerOfFuet 4y ago
        No, it prompts first.
        pasc1878 4y ago
        It is a preference you can set.
        cassianoleal 4y ago
        It is a preference. I’m not sure what the default is, but the recommended is to have it done without prompting.
- smeagull 4y ago
  Happens on Mac all the time.
  - deathanatos 4y ago
    … Firefox on my work macOS is presently has an emblem on the hamburger menu, and if you open the menu: "Update available — restart now". I've been delaying for days? weeks? at this point. Clicking it causes the browser to disappear for ~20 seconds, +10s for the UI to become available.
- micahdeath 4y ago
  Happens on Windows
  - kibwen 4y ago
    Never once in my experience, and I haven't configured it otherwise.
- godshatter 4y ago
  Whenever firefox on Windows at work starts to act flaky (won't let me open a new tab, stutters, locks up for a while) it's probably going to update when I close it down in frustration and open it again.
- solarkraft 4y ago
  I have (macOS).
eikenberry 4y ago
How can this happen when Linux package managers don't auto-update (without help)? I mean if you don't want Firefox updated while you are using it you just just don't update it. If your distro has some sort of auto-update by default (do any do this?, I thought available update notifications was the standard) then disable it and get control of that back. Auto-updating packages is an anti-pattern (ie. bad).
mjw1007 4y ago
It can also happen if you have two copies of 'stock' Firefox running (with different profiles) and one of them runs the update.
deathanatos 4y ago
… it doesn't, and I've just run `pacman -S` to check. (& it didn't.) (It does cause some tabs to message that a browser restart is required. Even so … this is really the first I hit this, as I'm usually doing updates when it is opportunistic to do so, such as right before a reboot (so any kernel updates happen).)

I believe that only happens when a Linux package manager updates Firefox while it's running.

TillE 4y ago

Probably. Never seen anything like that on Windows or macOS.

OscarCunningham 4y ago
I get 'Firefox needs to restart' all the time on MacOS.
- eropple 4y ago
  Right, but it doesn't auto-update and kill your session.
  - cassianoleal 4y ago
    Yeah it does. It might be possible to disable it though but as far as I'm aware it's enabled by default.
    - ThePowerOfFuet 4y ago
      No, it prompts first.
      - pasc1878 4y ago
        It is a preference you can set.
        cassianoleal 4y ago
        It is a preference. I’m not sure what the default is, but the recommended is to have it done without prompting.
smeagull 4y ago
Happens on Mac all the time.
- deathanatos 4y ago
  … Firefox on my work macOS is presently has an emblem on the hamburger menu, and if you open the menu: "Update available — restart now". I've been delaying for days? weeks? at this point. Clicking it causes the browser to disappear for ~20 seconds, +10s for the UI to become available.
micahdeath 4y ago
Happens on Windows
- kibwen 4y ago
  Never once in my experience, and I haven't configured it otherwise.
godshatter 4y ago
Whenever firefox on Windows at work starts to act flaky (won't let me open a new tab, stutters, locks up for a while) it's probably going to update when I close it down in frustration and open it again.
solarkraft 4y ago
I have (macOS).

eikenberry 4y ago

How can this happen when Linux package managers don't auto-update (without help)? I mean if you don't want Firefox updated while you are using it you just just don't update it. If your distro has some sort of auto-update by default (do any do this?, I thought available update notifications was the standard) then disable it and get control of that back. Auto-updating packages is an anti-pattern (ie. bad).

mjw1007 4y ago

It can also happen if you have two copies of 'stock' Firefox running (with different profiles) and one of them runs the update.

deathanatos 4y ago

… it doesn't, and I've just run `pacman -S` to check. (& it didn't.) (It does cause some tabs to message that a browser restart is required. Even so … this is really the first I hit this, as I'm usually doing updates when it is opportunistic to do so, such as right before a reboot (so any kernel updates happen).)