On 1/11/06, Nancy Merckle <nancym@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, 10 Jan 2006, Adam Gibson wrote: > > > Steven Stern wrote: > >> Wong Kwok-hon wrote: > >>> On 1/9/06, Peter Gordon <admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>> > >>>> On Mon, 2006-01-09 at 05:06 +0800, Wong Kwok-hon wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> As Firefox 1.5 release for a while, would it present in update release > >>>>> to update the current 1.0.x ? > >>>> > >>>> As mentioned in various places on the forums [1][2] and mailing list > >>>> [3], Firefox 1.5 is in the Rawhide (development) tree, which you have > >>>> the option of enabling if you want to help test, debug, and develop > >>>> Fedora Core further[4]. (Please note that you should probably not do > >>>> this on a production box, as it can potentially be *very* unstable, > >>>> though there are those who use it as their primary system.) > >>>> > >>>> [1] http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=88274 > >>>> [2] http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=90232 > >>>> [3] http://redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2005-December/msg00638.html > >>>> [4] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Drafts/TestingGuide > >>>> -- > >>>> Peter Gordon (codergeek42) > >>>> GnuPG Public Key: 0xDA3634D7 > >>> > >>> > >>> So How long would it take in test ? > >>> > >>> Wong Kwok Hon > >>> > >> > >> I'll second Greg's suggestion. I unpacked the tarball from > >> mozilla.org/firefox into /usr/local and used DESKTOP -> PREFERENCES -> MORE > >> PREFERENCES -> PREFERRED APPLICATIONS to change the default browser from > >> "firefox" to "/usr/local/firefox/firefox %s". That's all it took. > >> > > > > I'll third it except I install to my home directory and add the manually > > installed firefox directory to the front of my $PATH in ~/.bashrc. Adding to > > the path allows me to easily run the newer firefox from the commandline. > > It was part of a yum update for me on FC4. > > Nancy U have added in your yum.conf ? Wong Kwok Hon
