Description of problem: I find a lot of dirs in /usr/lib: /usr/lib/firefox-2.0.0.10 /usr/lib/firefox-2.0.0.3 /usr/lib/firefox-2.0.0.9 /usr/lib/firefox-2.0.0.12 /usr/lib/firefox-2.0.0.4 /usr/lib/firefox-3.0.1 /usr/lib/firefox-2.0.0.13 /usr/lib/firefox-2.0.0.5 /usr/lib/firefox-3.0.5 /usr/lib/firefox-2.0.0.14 /usr/lib/firefox-2.0.0.8 rpm -qf /usr/lib/firefox-... shows that they are not belonging to some RPM package, so I guess a firefox update does not remove the previous version. I think this comes from a running firefox during "yum update" is called. Similar happens with /usr/lib/thunderbird-... Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 3.0.7 and lower How reproducible: Seems to happen after each firefox update during a running firefox. Steps to Reproduce: 1.Update firefox during firefox is running 2. 3. Actual results: /usr/lib/firefox-<previous version> remains. Expected results: /usr/lib/firefox-<previous version> has been removed. Additional info:
The important thing to know is what's inside the directories that are left behind
For example /usr/lib/firefox-3.0.1 ls -laR firefox-3.0.1 firefox-3.0.1: total 148 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2008-09-28 10:49 . drwxr-xr-x 241 root root 139264 2009-03-18 08:35 .. drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2008-09-25 08:54 updates firefox-3.0.1/updates: total 12 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2008-09-25 08:54 . drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2008-09-28 10:49 .. drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-09-25 08:54 0 firefox-3.0.1/updates/0: total 8 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-09-25 08:54 . drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2008-09-25 08:54 ..
The effect of remaining old firefox /usr/lib/firefox-... directories is independent from a running firefox during update. I could see this when updating from firefox-3.0.7 to firefox-3.0.8 without firefox running.
It may be a discussion about firefox installation dir. It looks pointless to change firefox dir for each upgrade when xulrunner install dir remains stable (xulrunner-1.9).
I think this could be related to the same problem that causes other errors like some applications don't opening links anymore. My pidgin is a example, when i click on a link, nothing happens. I tried to discover why and verified that it's because it references an old firefox installation directories. Is anyone also experiencing this?
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