Closed
Bug 496728
Opened 16 years ago
Closed 16 years ago
Check for update over the command line
Categories
(Toolkit :: Application Update, enhancement)
Tracking
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VERIFIED
DUPLICATE
of bug 318855
People
(Reporter: asolkar, Unassigned)
Details
(Whiteboard: DUPEME)
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1b4) Gecko/20090423 Firefox/3.5b4
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1b4) Gecko/20090423 Firefox/3.5b4
On my Linux desktop, Firefox (nightly build) is installed in /opt directory with root privileges. This is used by more than one users. When I run Firefox, Help -> Check for Updates... menu is grayed out - because I do not have enough privileges I assume. I am reluctant on running Firefox as root just to update it.
Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install as root for multiple users to use
2. As a non-root user, try to update firefox (Help -> Check for Updates ...)
Actual Results:
(Help -> Check for Updates ...) is grayed out for a non-root user, since root installed Firefox. To update Firefox, root must start Firefox and update it via (Help -> Check for Updates ...)
Expected Results:
Wouldn't it be handy for firefox (and other mozilla apps) to have a command line argument to update Firefox? Something like 'sudo firefox --update'.
Updated•16 years ago
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Component: General → Application Update
Product: Firefox → Toolkit
QA Contact: general → application.update
Whiteboard: DUPEME
Version: unspecified → Trunk
Updated•16 years ago
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Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 16 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
Updated•16 years ago
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Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
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