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firefox-3.0 package

  1. Bug #338785
  2. Comment #15

Comment 15 for bug 338785

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Zoubidoo (zoubidoo) wrote : Re: [MASTER] Update to Firefox causes errors

I too have observed this problem several times. For me, the problems occurs at every firefox upgrade.
It looks like a packaging problem.

When firefox is upgraded with apt-get, a firefox restart is required. But *between* the upgrade and the (firefox) restart, firefox behaves abnormally. It is not always practical to restart firefox immediately, e.g. the user might be writing an email or filling in a form. Errors include: assertion failed when a URL is entered in the URL bar, right click not giving context-sensitive menus (e.g. save image when over an image). Expected behaviour: Firefox should continue to work normally.

For further details see my bug report:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/365434