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yes but how are you going to evaluate the the update...when you do beta testing you have to do this . the auto update is a new feature . if you have a sys that cant be done this way then you have no biz runing rc 1.5 and need to wait untill production release . <BR>
if you install it not from the stck and circumvent the install then your not testing the browser . do you see where i am coming from ?<BR>
On Fri, 2005-11-18 at 20:45 -0800, Michael A. Peters wrote:
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">On Fri, 2005-11-18 at 21:57 -0600, m_epling wrote:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> On Fri, 2005-11-18 at 21:46 -0600, Michael Favia wrote: </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > m_epling wrote:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > > i logged in as root lauched the browser and it did it</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > How many parts of that statement make me weak in the knees.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > -mf</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> cant be afraid its how ya learn . i broke more Linux installations</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> than i care to think about . i use to just reformat and reinstall .</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> then i started fixing what was broke . researching and fixing until i</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> was never afraid of root or anything but root will allow the browser</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> to update and it will be avalible to all the users that log on . don't</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> be afraid of your Linux ...take command and be extraordinary </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">The only Linux install I have ever had that I needed to re-install for</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">was the one where I forgot the root password, and didn't know about</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">booting into single or booting off of CD to edit /etc/shadow etc.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Running a web browser as root and then using the update button of the</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">browser to download code that then gets installed and executed as root</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">on your machine isn't learning.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Not wanting to do that isn't fear, its common sense.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">You want to make a newer version of firefox available for your users?</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Grab the src.rpm for current version, and edit it to build the new</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">version to install an rpm.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">How will your users like it if the auto updater has a bug that you just</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">ran as root, trashing your filesystem causing them to have loss of</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">service while you figure out what went wrong?</FONT>
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