On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 18:37:44 +0000, Paul Howarth wrote: > Beartooth wrote: [....] >> Need these things be? >> >> Is there a way I've missed to make "yum update firefox" work? Is there >> hope it will in FC5 -- or even FC6? > > "yum update firefox" works fine for me on FC4. > > Is the problem that you are seeing that firefox is not being updated to > version 1.5? The reason for that is that no official Fedora package for > Firefox 1.5 on FC4 has been released (at least not yet). That's why yum > doesn't pick it up. Oho! and also aha! So there *is* hope; I kinda thunkit ... Many thanks! [....] > As for why there isn't a Firefox 1.5 upgrade for FC4, I don't know the > answer. Gee, and I'd've sworn I saw some ballyhoo weeks and weeks ago to the effect that 1.5 was a big security fix. Worse, I *thought* what I read said it wasn't for once just another MS problem, but something *in* Firefox. Maybe I better go on avoiding it a while yet. What I have is 1.0.7. Thanks! Btw, in case the security hole does depend on MS -- is it worth installing a passel of extensions, and counting on 1.5 when it eventually appears to adopt and update them? If not, and if 1.5 is anywhere near the offing, I'll just wait, and do it after I get that. (I've been running that browser since about phoenix 0.4, and like it -- with lots of extensions; but I've had to go get them over again from scratch at least once, and life is too short to do it again without need.) -- Beartooth Staffwright, Neo-Redneck Linux Enthusiast A wanderstaff like an Elvish rope should be long, and strong, and light. And gentle to the hand.
