I'll verify the issue is happening with my system:

HP PA-8600 552mhz (2 cpu's)

at the #gen stage in /usr/sbin/update-mozilla-firefox-chrome:

firefox-bin -register >/dev/null 2>&1 ||...

I remove the redirects to /dev/null to allow firefox to output.  No change
in behavior is offered, firefox.bin simply doesn't print errors at
this stage.

Next: strace:

strace firefox-bin -register ||...

Last actions by firefox are brk(0x220000) = 0x220000
brk(0) =0
write(9, (binary data), 148) = 148
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, NULL, [RTMIN], 8) =0
rt_sigsuspend([] <unfinished...>
--- SIGRTMIN (Unknown signal 37) @ 0 (0) ---
<...rt_sigsuspend resumed>) =-1 EINTR (Interrupted system call)
rt_sigreturn(0) =-1 EINTER (Interrupted system call)
waitpid(5431, NULL, __WCLONE) =5431
exit_group(1) =?

At this point, firefox-bin -register exits with returncode 1.  I dug, and
found no open() for fd 9.  Apparently a child process opens it and returns
the handle to this process(?).  Tracing firefox of course is a nightmare,
and I'm forced to give up.

Firefox ignores or never reaches the -debug and -safe-mode flags.  Unable to
continue. :(

-David


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