Anders Johansson wrote:
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> For 10.3 you can use > > http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/mozilla/openSUSE_10.3/ > > as a repository for it > [...]
When you install Firefox 3.0 from this repo, how are ongoing security updates handled? Does Yast and YOU push out updates, or we one check the repo manually from time to time for updates?
The online update won't look at it, because there are no patchinfo files, so you have to check it yourself manually
Just do "zypper lu -t package" to see what's available across all your repos, or, to just get the updates from one repository, do "zypper lu -t package -r <repository number>" where the number is the one listed on the left when you do "zypper sl"
Or do it through the YaST GUI :)
Anders
I suspected as much. Thanks for clearing this up. In the case of Firefox, checking the repo manually is normally not a problem. So many other machines get firefox updates I usually know when one is out. This may not be the case for smaller less used packages. I any case I know what to do now.
Does anyone know if opensuse plans on adding Firefox 3 to opensse 10.3, or leaving it at 2.x?
Jim
Jim, read the very beginning of the msg you replied to (or the top of this msg) :-) .
Ciao.
Hi Basil,
I believe I read the messages, but perhaps I missed something. My last question was not about updates for now, I understand that if I'm using 10.3 and update to Firefox 3 from the opensuse/mozilla repo, I will have to keep checking that repo periodically for updates. Understood. What my last question was does anyone know if opensuse plans on upgrading their base Firefox package from 2.x to 3.x for 10.3 in the coming months, similar to what they did from Firefox 1.5 to 2.0 on Suse 10.0 eventually (although that was due to security issues IIRC).
Sorry Jim, but you have me absolutely confused :-) .
If you are running 10.3 and are using the version of FF installed by openSUSE (ie, not a "roll-your-own" downloaded from Mozilla.org) and you have YaST2 setup up to do your upgrades, or have smart setup to do same, then -- as is indicated in the text above as written by someone other than me -- you will have your FF upgraded by YaST2 (or whatever) with openSUSE 10.3 installed.
If you are asking, indirectly, if FF will continue to be upgraded while you are running openSUSE 10.3 then as far as I know the answer is YES. It is openSUSE v10.0 which has ceased to be supported as announced recently (?3 months ago?).
Ciao.
Sorry if I'm confusing this. From what I understood from the above replies, when running 10.3, to upgrade Firefox to v.3, I added the opensuse/repo as listed. But the reply says that YOU updates will not be pushed out for this version of FF (on 10.3), I'll have to check that repo periodically to get further (future) firefox updates. No problem there, I just need to remember to manually update firefox from now on. If I didn't add that repo to upgrade to FF 3, I would still have FF2.x and updates for that version would automatically be pushed out by YOU. My second question was I was simply wonder if opensue would push out FF3 to all users at some point in the (near) future, thus giving all the automatic updates for FF3 as well. Once I get my machines updated to opensuse 11.0 it won't matter, they already pushed FF3 out to that via online update. Jim -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org