347176 - Attempting to launch Firefox during software update installation leaves application in inconsistent state

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 312010

(Toolkit :: Application Update, defect)

Description

[Thomas Whaples]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727)
Build Identifier: 

I clicked an icon to launch Firefox while the Firefox software update installer was still active. (Hey, it was right next to my icon for PuTTY. I slipped.)

Opening Firefox failed, with a message about a missing DLL. The software update also failed, because it could not update some files (presumably opened by Firefox proper). When I returned to Firefox after the aborted install the software update informed me I should be looking for updates to Firefox version (null). When I attempted to search for these updates, Firefox failed to respond. 

Since I was busy, I just went and installed Firefox 1.5.0.6 as a fresh download rather than attempt to test more or record specific version information.

Reproducible: Didn't try

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install Firefox 1.5.0.5
2. Let Firefox ask you to update software to 1.5.0.6. Accept.
3. While installer is running, click a shortcut to launch Firefox.



Expected Results:  
When attempting to launch Firefox, a message informing me that it was busy being upgraded would have been appropriate.

Comment 1

[Steve England [:stevee]]

Dupe of/related to bug 312010? (Fixed for firefox 2)

Comment 2

[Nick Thomas [:nthomas] (UTC+12)]

Yes, and null handling made much more robust for Fx2 in bug 302348

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 312010 ***