> I'm not using the latest version; I could never figure out how to > install it into my Mandriva 2005LE desktop. > Is there not a way to just update the certs? There should be.
Besides tar-x on the firefox tarball, it will probably be necessary to use an updated version of GTK - which i have done to run Firefox-3.0 on Debian Etch - Fx-3.0.x runs great; Fx-3.5b hits additional errors. As for updating the certs only, I agree that it should be possible. Offhand I dont see which directory, but i'm sure you can search and find. I know I've installed some certs by hand in /usr/lib/ssl/certs/ (for OpenSSL, for the benefit of Lynx); and I assume similar could be done for Firefox. As for where to get the certs files, either a newer version of Fx (short of installing the whole thing), or files from the ca-certificates package of a modern distro. Re the subthread of old distros: If a handful of members of a LUG list don't want to upgrade a whole OS every 2-3 years, imagine what non-techies think. This is a substantial concern to me as we offer Linux-installation services to non-techie people. Randall
