Re: firefox showing wrong version

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

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/

> 
> > 
> > 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" 
> > 
> > 
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