Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3031 mails)

[Aaron Kulkis <akulkis00@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Joe Sloan wrote:
> Basil Chupin wrote:
> > Wolfgang Woehl wrote:
> > > Freitag, 8. Februar 2008 Aaron Kulkis:
> > >
> > >  
> > > > Do you actually understand how silly you sound to anyone
> > > > who actually understands the Unix and Linux security model.
> > > >     
> > > Hi Aaron, just a short follow-up: see http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm for
> > > stuff about Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.12.
> > >
> > > opensuse and you and me have 2.0.0.10. Ok, update rule. opensuse will
> > > catch up, probably within days, and everything is fine again. There's
> > > a gap though. Maybe try and not get phished in the meantime, Aaron?
> > >   
> > Which is why I never use FF or TB as provided in openSUSE but always
> > install the ones directly from Mozilla.
>
> I use suse packages whenever available, but out of curiosity, how does
> installing an unmanaged tarball help?

I just download and ungzip/untar in /local, run the installer
script and install in /opt.

I really don't give a hoot about the browser RPM's, other than
having something to go to the Mozilla website to IMMEDIATELY
download the latest release.


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