upgrade firefox question

[Bob Smith]

>Of course.  I have an installation from tarball of gcc 2.95.3 in
>/usr/local for exactly that reason.  But there seems to be a tendency on
>the part of some users to grab the tarball first and ask questions later.
>That seems to me to defeat the whole point of having RPMs to begin with.
>So unless there is a good reason not to, I try to recommend RPMs over
>tarballs whenever possible (and checkinstall when it's not possible).
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Absolutely true.  If your purpose is to maintain a consistent approach 
for maintenance and upgrades, use RPMs where ever and whenever 
possible.  Saves alot of headaches... :-)

-Bob