Add a new config file entry, NoUpdateProcessList that specifies processes that should not be updated when running

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/etc/PackageKit.conf.in b/etc/PackageKit.conf.in
index 1d31631d1..5a43da5f1 100644
--- a/etc/PackageKit.conf.in
+++ b/etc/PackageKit.conf.in
@@ -247,6 +247,23 @@ TransactionKeepFinishedTimeout=5
 # operations (such as GetUpdates) and full speed operations (such as
 # InstallPackages) take longer. If this is a concern, then set this to FALSE.
 #
 # default=true
 UseIdleBandwidth=true
 
+# Processes that cannot be updated when they are running
+#
+# Some processes do not cope well when they are upgraded when the binary is
+# running. These include things like firefox, where updating causes the original
+# instance to misbehave as some components are not locked in memory.
+#
+# Applications can be added here that do not cope well with being updated.
+#
+# NOTE: you should not list applications here that the user has no permission
+# or cannot shutdown without the session exploding. For instance, listing
+# /sbin/dbus-daemon or /usr/sbin/haldaemon would be a really bad idea.
+#
+# Seporate entries can be seporated with the ';' character.
+#
+# default=/usr/lib/*/firefox
+NoUpdateProcessList=/usr/lib/*/firefox
+