On 12/9/19 11:01 AM, David Rosenstrauch wrote:
On 12/9/19 6:48 AM, Giancarlo Razzolini via arch-general wrote:
You should not upgrade the firefox package while it's open. That's a lesson I've learned when I've also lost a profile. Everytime you see firefox in the upgrade packages list, I suggest you close it and then upgrade.
IMHO, you really shouldn't upgrade any package while it's running. I always use "pacman -Syuw" to download all needed updates, then drop into single user mode to actually install everything with "pacman -Su". Seems like that would be a best practice to me.
You can use `checkupdates -d` to download packages using a temporary database, thus avoiding: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/System_maintenance#Avoid_certain_pacman... Which may lead to accidental cases of: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/System_maintenance#Partial_upgrades_are... -- Eli Schwartz Bug Wrangler and Trusted User