[Bug 338785] Re: [MASTER] Updates while firefox is running cause various problems until restart

[Micah Gersten]

** Description changed:

  Workaround: if you see this, ensure that you properly restarted firefox.
  unfortunately only way to be sure is to re-login or restart your system
  
  ===
  Summary:
  After updating firefox to 3.0.7, i'd got assertion failed on startup, and later if i try to access any website
  Assertion is showed in GUI window.
  Error text:
  ASSERT: *** Search: _installLocation: engine has no file!
- Stack Trace: 
+ Stack Trace:
  0:ENSURE_WARN(false,_installLocation: engine has no file!,2147500037)
  1:()
  2:()
  3:()
  4:epsGetAttr([object Object],hidden)
  5:()
  6:()
  7:currentEngine()
  8:get_currentEngine()
  9:updateDisplay()
  10:init()
  11:([object XULElement],6)
  
- 
  LANG=C apt-cache policy firefox-3.0
  firefox-3.0:
-   Installed: 3.0.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1
-   Candidate: 3.0.7+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1
-   Version table:
-      3.0.7+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1 0
-         500 http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/main Packages
-  *** 3.0.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1 0
-         500 http://ru.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main Packages
-         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
-      3.0.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu2 0
-         500 http://ru.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
+   Installed: 3.0.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1
+   Candidate: 3.0.7+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1
+   Version table:
+      3.0.7+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1 0
+         500 http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/main Packages
+  *** 3.0.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1 0
+         500 http://ru.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main Packages
+         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
+      3.0.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu2 0
+         500 http://ru.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
  
  Note: At this moment i were downgraded firefox version, installed were:
  3.0.7+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1
+ 
+ WORKAROUND (If Firefox won't quit):
+ 1. killall -HUP firefox
+ or
+ 2. restart your computer

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[MASTER] Updates while firefox is running cause various problems until restart
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/338785
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