Re: Upgrade downgrades Firefox

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On 02/21/2010 11:27 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> Marcel Rieux wrote:
>    
>> On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 11:51 PM, Patrick Bartek<bartek047@xxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
>>
>>      
>>> --- On Sat, 2/20/10, Marcel Rieux<m.z.rieux@xxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>        
>>>> I was running Firefox 3.6.? and
>>>> upgrades were available today. After
>>>> reboot, Firefox opened with version 3.5.8. I tried yum
>>>> update
>>>> firefox... and I apparently have the latest version!
>>>>
>>>>          
>>> What does 'yum info Firefox' report?  What version of Fedora are you using?
>>>
>>>        
>> yum info firefox
>> Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit
>> Installed Packages
>> Name       : firefox
>> Arch       : x86_64
>> Version    : 3.5.8
>> Release    : 1.fc12
>> Size       : 17 M
>> Repo       : installed
>> > From repo  : updates
>> Summary    : Mozilla Firefox Web browser
>> URL        : http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firefox/
>> License    : MPLv1.1 or GPLv2+ or LGPLv2+
>> Description: Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for
>>             : standards compliance, performance and portability.
>>
>> I was formerly running 3.6.? (whichever was current). Isn't it amazing
>> that everybody doesn't have the same problem?
>>
>>      
> This is probably because FF 3.5.8 is in the normal repository and FF
> 3.6.0 is in rawhide.  3.5.8 is the most current for F12.  If you install
> from rawhide you'll get 3.6.0.f13.
>
> You should check your yum.log to see what transpired and when.  FWIW,
> I've seen some folks download FF3.6 from mozilla and install it
> themselves.  i.e. non-RPM, forget what they did, and then wonder what
> happened.
>
>
>    
@Marcel

Here i have a question that from where did you got Firefox 3.6 was it 
from rawhide or from Mozilla [tar].

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