firefox update

John Wendel john.wendel at metnet.navy.mil
Fri Jun 9 18:50:02 UTC 2006


Les Mikesell wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-06-09 at 10:59 -0700, John Wendel wrote:
> 
>> Just yum remove firefox, install the 1.5.0.4 tarball in /usr/local, 
>> and be happy.
>>
>> "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master--and if you use the 
>> program, he is your master.", RMS.
>>
>> "Every RPM package has a lord, a master--and if you use the package, 
>> he is your master.", Me.
> 
> Does the computer work for you, or do you work for the computer?
> If you aren't using someone else's packages, you end up working
> for the computer.
> 


Well, I'd didn't suggest that the OP build firefox from its sources 
<grin>. I won't argue your point, because it is obviously correct. But 
what the heck, I'm a geek, I love to "./configure && make && make 
install". And when I break things, I learn a lot.

Regards,

John




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