341844 - Attempting to launch FireFox while updating through the automatic downloader/updater causes a crash and update errors

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Toolkit :: Application Update, defect)

Description

[runningferret]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.4) Gecko/20060508 Firefox/1.5.0.3
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.4) Gecko/20060508 Firefox/1.5.0.3

Auto-downloaded 1.5.0.4, and the dialog prompted to update from 1.5.0.3.  Choose update now.  While the update was being applied, I launched FireFox again.  An error popped up, the installer crashed, and a new installer prompting me to install the (null) version of FireFox popped up.  Subsequent update searches find no new software(possibly due to how far the install actually got).  The "FireFox has been updated!" page was shown when I opened FireFox after the crash, though About still tells me I have 1.5.0.3

Reproducible: Didn't try

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Install 1.5.0.3
2.Wait for autodownload of 1.5.0.4 patch
3.Apply patch immedately.
4.While patch is installing, attempt to open FireFox again

Actual Results:  
Installer crashed and FireFox did not update.  FireFox cannot find updates, as it thinks the 1.5.0.4 patch successfuly installed when it did not.

Expected Results:  
Error and say that FireFox cannot be opened while a patch is installing.

Comment 1

[Dave Townsend [:mossop]]

Can you go to help - about and see what version is listed there. You build identifier is a bit strange, everything except the Firefox/1.5.0.3 suggests that you are running Firefox 1.5.0.4.

Comment 2

[runningferret]

The text directly below "Firefox" is:
version 1.5.0.3.
The long string at the bottom is:
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.4) Gecko/20060508 Firefox/1.5.0.3

Comment 3

[Adam Guthrie]

Fixed by bug 312010.