Where is the Firefox update feature?

Matthew Miller mattdm at mattdm.org
Wed Jun 22 19:57:41 UTC 2005


On Wed, Jun 22, 2005 at 11:59:03AM -0700, Hoffmann wrote:
> I realized that in FC4 there is no update feature on
> Firefox. I mean, I didn't see any 'Software Update'
> botton into Firefox 1.0.4. So, how could we fix
> security issue by updating that browser? All we need
> to do is to update Firefox by using yum?

Yes, update it using yum -- the update feature is braindead.

There's no way to update themes and plugins -- the baby got thrown out with
the bathwater. Okay, sure, it's an ugly baby, but it's the only one we've
got. See <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=136080>.


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