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_commands Which may lead to accidental cases of: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/System_maintenance#Partial_upgrades_are_unsupported -- Eli Schwartz Bug Wrangler and Trusted User
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