Re: firefox showing wrong version

["Mick Timony-3" <user=1504@nabble.blu.org>]

 It looks like 2.0.0.11 is available for your system (and so is or was 
2.0.0.6). I'd open a bug report as this is confusing and other users are 
bound to encounter the same problems. 


On Sat, 2007-12-08 at 17:50 -0500, Scott Ehrlich wrote: 
> On Sat, 8 Dec 2007, Mick Timony wrote: 
> 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Sat, 2007-12-08 at 16:45 -0500, Scott Ehrlich wrote: 
> >> On Sat, 8 Dec 2007, Mick Timony wrote: 
> >> 
> >>> 
> >>> I presume you've stopped are restarted Firefox since upgrading? 
> >> 
> >> Correct.   Since the mozilla.org-supplied version has proven to work, I've 
> >> completely removed the distro-supplied one. 
> >> 
> >> Scott 
> > 
> > I know that with Debian they used to backport fixes for Firefox on 
> > stable version of the distro but didn't change the verison number. I 
> > wonder if Ubuntu is doing the same. 
> > 
> > What does the following display: 
> > 
> > apt-cache show firefox 
> > 
> > Maybe you should open a bug report? 
> > 
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/
> 
> I'm not sure how to decipher whether or not it's a bug, but here are the 
> results: 
> 
> Package: firefox 
> Priority: optional 
> Section: web 
> Installed-Size: 26024 
> Maintainer: Alexander Sack <[hidden email]> 
> Architecture: i386 
> Version: 2.0.0.11+2nobinonly-0ubuntu0.7.10 
> Replaces: libnss3 
> Provides: www-browser 
> Depends: fontconfig, psmisc, debianutils (>= 1.16), libatk1.0-0 (>= 
> 1.13.2), libc6 (>= 2.6-1), libcairo2 (>= 1.4.0), libfontconfig1 (>= 
> 2.4.0), libfreetype6 (>= 2.3.5), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.2.1), libglib2.0-0 (>= 
> 2.14.0), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libhunspell-1.1-0 (>= 1.1.5-1), 
> libjpeg62, libnspr4-0d (>= 1.8.0.10), libnss3-0d (>= 1.8.0.10), 
> libpango1.0-0 (>= 1.18.2), libstdc++6 (>= 4.2.1), libx11-6, libxcomposite1 
> (>= 1:0.3-1), libxcursor1 (>> 1.1.2), libxdamage1 (>= 1:1.1), libxext6, 
> libxfixes3 (>= 1:4.0.1), libxft2 (>> 2.1.1), libxi6, libxinerama1, 
> libxrandr2 (>= 2:1.2.0), libxrender1, libxt6, zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-1) 
> Recommends: ubufox 
> Suggests: firefox-gnome-support (= 2.0.0.11+2nobinonly-0ubuntu0.7.10), 
> latex-xft-fonts 
> Conflicts: libnss3 
> Filename: 
> pool/main/f/firefox/firefox_2.0.0.11+2nobinonly-0ubuntu0.7.10_i386.deb 
> Size: 9184670 
> MD5sum: 71aa20c61601afd9652e0901b41f96b0 
> SHA1: e8eb6178f62af26b2ff76e079f42d60906bd90a3 
> SHA256: 6a708052e2bc19a3b14de41114498987d47d8fd99404aa42583b561e68891ff8 
> Description: lightweight web browser based on Mozilla 
>   Firefox is a redesign of the Mozilla browser component, similar to 
>   Galeon, K-Meleon and Camino, but written using the XUL user interface 
>   language and designed to be lightweight and cross-platform. 
>   . 
>   This browser was previously known as Firebird and Phoenix. 
> Bugs: mailto:[hidden email] 
> Origin: Ubuntu 
> Task: ubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-desktop-kde, 
> xubuntu-desktop, gobuntu-desktop 
> 
> Package: firefox 
> Priority: optional 
> Section: web 
> Installed-Size: 26008 
> Maintainer: Alexander Sack <[hidden email]> 
> Architecture: i386 
> Version: 2.0.0.6+2nobinonly-0ubuntu1 
> Replaces: libnss3 
> Provides: www-browser 
> Depends: fontconfig, psmisc, debianutils (>= 1.16), libatk1.0-0 (>= 
> 1.13.2), libc6 (>= 2.6-1), libcairo2 (>= 1.4.0), libfontconfig1 (>= 
> 2.4.0), libfreetype6 (>= 2.3.5), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.2.1), libglib2.0-0 (>= 
> 2.14.0), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libhunspell-1.1-0 (>= 1.1.5-1), 
> libjpeg62, libnspr4-0d (>= 1.8.0.10), libnss3-0d (>= 1.8.0.10), 
> libpango1.0-0 (>= 1.18.2), libstdc++6 (>= 4.2.1), libx11-6, libxcomposite1 
> (>= 1:0.3-1), libxcursor1 (>> 1.1.2), libxdamage1 (>= 1:1.1), libxext6, 
> libxfixes3 (>= 1:4.0.1), libxft2 (>> 2.1.1), libxi6, libxinerama1, 
> libxrandr2 (>= 2:1.2.0), libxrender1, libxt6, zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-1) 
> Recommends: ubufox 
> Suggests: firefox-gnome-support (= 2.0.0.6+2nobinonly-0ubuntu1), 
> latex-xft-fonts 
> Conflicts: libnss3 
> Filename: pool/main/f/firefox/firefox_2.0.0.6+2nobinonly-0ubuntu1_i386.deb 
> Size: 9176026 
> MD5sum: 92d8cfbe05b154e6cea8bbaaac9c21d9 
> SHA1: c19331b2ac6f55a618a0163894d9286145cdeb8a 
> SHA256: 35cabd9328368900c7587085a1c18680223b41c1cb6eb7a81c6c3a47d368161f 
> Description: lightweight web browser based on Mozilla 
>   Firefox is a redesign of the Mozilla browser component, similar to 
>   Galeon, K-Meleon and Camino, but written using the XUL user interface 
>   language and designed to be lightweight and cross-platform. 
>   . 
>   This browser was previously known as Firebird and Phoenix. 
>   . 
>   This is a build of a random development version (aka trunk). It is ment 
> for preview 
>   and not for production use. 
> Bugs: mailto:[hidden email] 
> Origin: Ubuntu 
> Task: ubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-desktop-kde, 
> xubuntu-desktop, gobuntu-desktop 
> 
> 
> Scott 
> 
> > 
> >> 
> >>> 
> >>> On Sat, 2007-12-08 at 08:20 -0800, Kristian Erik Hermansen wrote: 
> >>>> On Dec 8, 2007 4:03 AM, Scott Ehrlich <[hidden email]> wrote: 
> >>>>> On my Ubuntu Gutsy system with a recent apt-get update/apt-get upgrade: 
> >>>> 
> >>>> Just an FYI.  I have not run the standard 'upgrade' option to APT in 
> >>>> about 3 years.  I found it only necessary to always use 
> >>>> dist-upgrade... 
> >>>> $ sudo aptitude update 
> >>>> $ sudo aptitude dist-upgrade 
> >>> dist-upgrade is supposed to be used to upgrade from one version of a 
> >>> distro to a newer version. For inexperienced users dist-upgrade is 
> >>> likely to bork (break) their system. Most users should use safe-upgrade 
> >>> as it will install any security fixes and leave you with a nice stable 
> >>> system. 
> >>>> -- 
> >>>> Kristian Erik Hermansen 
> >>>> "I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious." 
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> -- 
> >>> Mick Timony 
> >>> -- 
> >>> 
> >>> I thought there was something fishy about the butler.  Probably a Pisces, 
> >>> working for scale. 
> >>>                -- Firesign Theatre, "The Further Adventures of Nick Danger" 
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >> 
> > -- 
> > Mick Timony 
> > -- 
> > 
> > One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to 
> > do and always a clever thing to say. 
> >                -- Will Durant 
> > 
> >