Comment 4 for bug 102684

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Alexander Sack (asac) wrote : Re: [Bug 102684] Don't ask me to restart Firefox when it's not running

On Wed, Apr 04, 2007 at 09:16:04AM -0000, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote:
> You have been subscribed to a public bug:
>
> Binary package hint: update-notifier
>
> Ubuntu Feisty, all updates installed
>
> When the latest updates finished installing, I was presented with a
> notification bubble inviting me to click on an icon to open an alert.
> (This was already a waste of time -- why not just open the alert?)
>
> The alert said: "Firefox restart required. Firefox has been upgraded (or
> reinstalled) and must be restarted. Please quit and restart your web
> browser now."
>
> It was impossible for me to do this, because Firefox wasn't running at
> the time. Ubuntu should be smart enough not to ask me to restart things
> that aren't running.
>

You only get asked if there is a firefox-bin process running. So in
case you run on a host with multiple users logged in firefox-bin might
still be running.

 - Alexander