346181 - Can't quit if Bonecho.app file is moved while Bonecho is running

Status: NEW

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Deb Richardson [:dria] (plz NEEDINFO)]

I did this totally by accident, but it turns out you can't quit Bonecho if you move the Bonecho.app file while it's running.  I tested another OS X application (iBank) for this behaviour, but the quit worked fine there.

Comment 1

[Mark Mentovai]

Yeah, I bet.  I also bet you can't quit older versions (Firefox/DeerPark) either.  I'm sure this is cross-platform - well, maybe not on Windows, which enforces locks on open files, but this probably happens at least on other Unixish systems.  I don't know if there's much we can do here.  We depend on many files in the bundle, some of which may not be open or may be closed at arbitrary (from the user's perspective) times.

The Finder is smart enough to keep you from renaming an open app bundle, but it's not smart enough to keep you from moving one.  Silly Finder.  You can log a bug report with Apple about this (bugreporter.apple.com).

Comment 2

[Mark Mentovai]

On Linux, if you move the enclosing folder, you can close browser windows, but you'll still be left with the vestiges of a hidden (now visible but tiny) window.

Windows is so incredibly stupid about this.  It'll actually start moving the folder, but stop when it reaches an open file, leaving you with your program spread across two unusable folders.  If you try to quit, you'll hit an assertion/crash.  (But at least the program stops...)

Comment 3

[timeless]

actually, on windows, at least in theory, it should depend on how much you have in your xul cache :).

Comment 4

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

This bug is part of a query for Firefox bugs that have Status set to NEW, but have version field set to 2.0 or older and have not changed in over 800 days.

http://tiny.cc/forgottennewbugs

If you still see this bug, or if it is still valid with Firefox 3.6.10 or a firefox 4 nightly build, please update the version field and steps to reproduce.

Comment 5

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

Frankie, can you reproduce?
(There's no response to comment 4, but worth making sure I suppose)

Comment 6

[Frankie]

Bone Cho?

I grabbed my running copy of Firefox.app (3.6.13) and moved it to a different folder, then pressed Cmd-Q. The browser window saved & closed, but the app was unable to exit. I had to use Force Quit.

In my limited testing (about a dozen items), most Mac apps either quit gracefully even when moved, or throw an Admin password dialog when you attempt to move them (all Apple preinstalls or from the App Store). One old PowerPC app crashed on quit when moved.

Technically, Firefox could be made to handle this better, but it's a corner case that should never come up in ordinary use.