On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 11:24 AM, James G. Sack (jim) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Carl Lowenstein wrote:
>>
>> Installing directly from firefox-3.0.1.tar.bz2 downloaded from
>> mozilla.com gave me back a working Firefox.
>> I suppose I should look at bug trackers just on principle.
>
> Maybe you have just found another vote against using server-oriented
> distros for desktop/workstation use?
Well, maybe. Firefox-3.0.1 has just come to Fedora 9. Along with 13
other things. When I try to update all but firefox, I get the
interesting message:
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Transaction Check Error:
package xulrunner-1.9-1.fc9.x86_64 (which is newer than
xulrunner-1.9-0.60.beta5.fc9.i386) is already installed
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Looking around to see what is installed:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] yum]$ grep xulrunner /var/log/rpmpkgs
xulrunner-1.9-1.fc9.x86_64.rpm
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Looking around to see what is available:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] yum]$ yum list xulrunner
Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit
Installed Packages
xulrunner.x86_64 1.9-1.fc9 installed
Available Packages
xulrunner.x86_64 1.9.0.1-1.fc9 updates
xulrunner.i386 1.9.0.1-1.fc9 updates
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] yum]$ sudo yum update xulrunner
Wants to install some 71 i386 packages, including:
xulrunner i386 1.9-0.60.beta5.fc9 fedora 8.9 M
This is using a desktop-oriented package on a desktop computer. :-)
Just tried one at a time updating things. The packages with problems are::
devhelp
firefox
xulrunner
yelp
Each of them wants to bring in a set of 71 i386 packages. I said No.
carl
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