Re: Updating SM To Older Version

[NoOp]

On 12/30/2014 12:38 AM, Ray_Net wrote:
> NoOp wrote on 30/12/2014 02:52:
>> On 12/28/2014 09:41 PM, HenriK wrote:
>>> Thanks to all who commented.  Unfortunately, I don't think I stated my 
>>> concerns
>>> very carefully.
>>>
>>> My existing SM 2.24 is installed in a different hard drive partition (F) 
>>> than
>>> the operating system (C).  I seem to remember that picking a new copy of SM 
>>> will
>>> try to install it only in the C partition.
>>>
>>> Is that correct or will pulling a copy of the v.2.30 installation file out 
>>> of
>>> the SM version list successfully overwrite the files in my v.2.24 existing
>>> installation without raising havoc with the existing profiles, mail 
>>> location, etc.
>>>
>>> If something goes terribly wrong, where are the instructions these days on
>>> installing SM in a HD partition of a user's choice?
>>>
>>> Thanks, in advance, for any and all advice and assistance.
>>>
>>>
>>> HenriK wrote:
 Is there someway to update an existing and older version of SM to a newer
 version other than the latest version?

 I want to go from v.2.24 to v.2.30 without changing anything else.  The 
 update
 screen appears to only allow going to the latest version, v.2.31, 
 something I
 don't want to do at this time.

 Thanks, in advance, for any and all advice and assistance.
>> 
>>
>> Download the zip file, extract to where you want to run it from, extract
>> it, and double-click seamonkey.exe. It will open up to your existing
>> profile. If not, then you adjust/move your profile:
>> 
>>
>>
> He can download the exe file without going thru a zip file extraction :-)

Well yes of course he can. However, the .exe file is an installer file &
if he merely wants to run SeaMonkey from a different partition, folder,
drive, etc., then the easiest & obvious way is to simply extract the zip
file to whatever folder/directory you want to run it from. Perhaps you
should take time to read:

"To install SeaMonkey by downloading the .zip file and installing
manually, follow these steps (normal users should NOT do that but use
the installer as described above): "

> 
> The 2.30 version can be found here:
> http://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases/2.30
> 

Sure it is... but that won't provide the zip file. Instead try:

http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/seamonkey/
  http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/seamonkey/releases/
 http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/seamonkey/releases/2.30/
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/seamonkey/releases/2.30/win32/
"Warning! The SeaMonkey version available for download from this page is
outdated and may suffer from known security vulnerabilities. This page
is only available for historic reference.
We strongly advise you to download the current release instead. "

But why the OP wants to use 2.30 instead of 2.31 is beyond me:

"SeaMonkey 2.30

Released October 15, 2014
Warning! The SeaMonkey version available for download from this page is
outdated and may suffer from known security vulnerabilities. This page
is only available for historic reference.
We strongly advise you to download the current release instead. "

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/seamonkey/
Fixed in SeaMonkey 2.31

2014-91 Privileged access to security wrapped protected objects
2014-89 Bad casting from the BasicThebesLayer to BasicContainerLayer
2014-88 Buffer overflow while parsing media content
2014-87 Use-after-free during HTML5 parsing
2014-86 CSP leaks redirect data via violation reports
2014-85 XMLHttpRequest crashes with some input streams
2014-84 XBL bindings accessible via improper CSS declarations
2014-83 Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:34.0 / rv:31.3)

Three of those fixes are rated as *Critical*. For those that don't
bother with security, *Critical* is:

"Vulnerability can be used to run attacker code and install software,
requiring no user interaction beyond normal browsing. "

And for the record & for those that seem to think staying with SeaMonkey
2.26.1 is OK:

# Fixed in SeaMonkey 2.30

2014-81 Inconsistent video sharing within iframe
2014-80 Key pinning bypasses
2014-79 Use-after-free interacting with text directionality
2014-78 Further uninitialized memory use during GIF rendering
2014-77 Out-of-bounds write with WebM video
2014-76 Web Audio memory corruption issues with custom waveforms
2014-75 Buffer overflow during CSS manipulation
2014-74 Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:33.0 / rv:31.2)

# Fixed in SeaMonkey 2.29.1

2014-73 RSA Signature Forgery in NSS

# Fixed in SeaMonkey 2.29

2014-72 Use-after-free setting text directionality
2014-71 Profile directory file access through file: protocol
2014-70 Out-of-bounds read in Web Audio aud

Re: Updating SM To Older Version

[Ray_Net]

NoOp wrote on 30/12/2014 02:52:

On 12/28/2014 09:41 PM, HenriK wrote:

Thanks to all who commented.  Unfortunately, I don't think I stated my concerns
very carefully.

My existing SM 2.24 is installed in a different hard drive partition (F) than
the operating system (C).  I seem to remember that picking a new copy of SM will
try to install it only in the C partition.

Is that correct or will pulling a copy of the v.2.30 installation file out of
the SM version list successfully overwrite the files in my v.2.24 existing
installation without raising havoc with the existing profiles, mail location, 
etc.

If something goes terribly wrong, where are the instructions these days on
installing SM in a HD partition of a user's choice?

Thanks, in advance, for any and all advice and assistance.


HenriK wrote:

Is there someway to update an existing and older version of SM to a newer
version other than the latest version?

I want to go from v.2.24 to v.2.30 without changing anything else.  The update
screen appears to only allow going to the latest version, v.2.31, something I
don't want to do at this time.

Thanks, in advance, for any and all advice and assistance.



Download the zip file, extract to where you want to run it from, extract
it, and double-click seamonkey.exe. It will open up to your existing
profile. If not, then you adjust/move your profile:




He can download the exe file without going thru a zip file extraction :-)

The 2.30 version can be found here:
http://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases/2.30

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Re: Updating SM To Older Version

[NoOp]

On 12/28/2014 09:41 PM, HenriK wrote:
> Thanks to all who commented.  Unfortunately, I don't think I stated my 
> concerns 
> very carefully.
> 
> My existing SM 2.24 is installed in a different hard drive partition (F) than 
> the operating system (C).  I seem to remember that picking a new copy of SM 
> will 
> try to install it only in the C partition.
> 
> Is that correct or will pulling a copy of the v.2.30 installation file out of 
> the SM version list successfully overwrite the files in my v.2.24 existing 
> installation without raising havoc with the existing profiles, mail location, 
> etc.
> 
> If something goes terribly wrong, where are the instructions these days on 
> installing SM in a HD partition of a user's choice?
> 
> Thanks, in advance, for any and all advice and assistance.
> 
> 
> HenriK wrote:
>> Is there someway to update an existing and older version of SM to a newer
>> version other than the latest version?
>>
>> I want to go from v.2.24 to v.2.30 without changing anything else.  The 
>> update
>> screen appears to only allow going to the latest version, v.2.31, something I
>> don't want to do at this time.
>>
>> Thanks, in advance, for any and all advice and assistance.
> 



Download the zip file, extract to where you want to run it from, extract
it, and double-click seamonkey.exe. It will open up to your existing
profile. If not, then you adjust/move your profile:



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Re: Updating SM To Older Version

[Daniel]

On 29/12/14 16:41, HenriK wrote:

Thanks to all who commented.  Unfortunately, I don't think I stated my
concerns very carefully.

My existing SM 2.24 is installed in a different hard drive partition (F)
than the operating system (C).  I seem to remember that picking a new
copy of SM will try to install it only in the C partition.

Is that correct or will pulling a copy of the v.2.30 installation file
out of the SM version list successfully overwrite the files in my v.2.24
existing installation without raising havoc with the existing profiles,
mail location, etc.

If something goes terribly wrong, where are the instructions these days
on installing SM in a HD partition of a user's choice?

Thanks, in advance, for any and all advice and assistance.


HenriK wrote:

Is there someway to update an existing and older version of SM to a newer
version other than the latest version?

I want to go from v.2.24 to v.2.30 without changing anything else.
The update
screen appears to only allow going to the latest version, v.2.31,
something I
don't want to do at this time.

Thanks, in advance, for any and all advice and assistance.


Henrik, if you want to install SeaMonkey to anywhere except somewhere on 
the C:\ HD, it is my belief that you *must* do a CUSTOM installation and 
then tell SM where you want it installed. Do *not* just let SM install 
itself, else it will install to the C:\.


No great problem!

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Re: Updating SM To Older Version

[HenriK]

Thanks to all who commented.  Unfortunately, I don't think I stated my concerns 
very carefully.


My existing SM 2.24 is installed in a different hard drive partition (F) than 
the operating system (C).  I seem to remember that picking a new copy of SM will 
try to install it only in the C partition.


Is that correct or will pulling a copy of the v.2.30 installation file out of 
the SM version list successfully overwrite the files in my v.2.24 existing 
installation without raising havoc with the existing profiles, mail location, etc.


If something goes terribly wrong, where are the instructions these days on 
installing SM in a HD partition of a user's choice?


Thanks, in advance, for any and all advice and assistance.


HenriK wrote:

Is there someway to update an existing and older version of SM to a newer
version other than the latest version?

I want to go from v.2.24 to v.2.30 without changing anything else.  The update
screen appears to only allow going to the latest version, v.2.31, something I
don't want to do at this time.

Thanks, in advance, for any and all advice and assistance.


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Re: Updating SM To Older Version

[EE]

Geoff Welsh wrote:

Ant wrote:

Is there someway to update an existing and older version of SM to a
newer version other than the latest version?

I want to go from v.2.24 to v.2.30 without changing anything else.
The
update screen appears to only allow going to the latest version,
v.2.31,
something I don't want to do at this time.

Thanks, in advance, for any and all advice and assistance.


ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/seamonkey/releases/ ... Avoid bs for
betas. If
you want v2.26.1, then use
ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/seamonkey/releases/2.26.1/ ...


And, to make sure that SM doesn't keep trying to update you to the
latest version, go to Edit->Preferences->Advanced->Software Installation
and, under the SeaMonkey headers, de-select the "Automatically download
and install updates".


Good idea and call. I always disable this feature. Now, if I could
disable the darn reminder!


mine never reminds me.

I'm pretty sure one of the "app.update.xyz" preferences in about:config
is why, but IDR/IDK which one it isthere's like 30 of them

GW
(on a OSX v10.6 Mac with SM2.23 right now)


In about:config I set app.update.auto, app.update.enabled, and 
app.update.silent all to false, and I am never nagged or automatically 
updated.


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Re: Updating SM To Older Version

[Ant]

On 12/25/2014 9:10 PM, Paul B. Gallagher wrote:
...

And, to make sure that SM doesn't keep trying to update you to the
latest version, go to Edit->Preferences->Advanced->Software Installation
and, under the SeaMonkey headers, de-select the "Automatically download
and install updates".


Good idea and call. I always disable this feature. Now, if I could
disable the darn reminder!


It's right there in the same panel:
"Automatically check for updates"

If it doesn't check, it won't nag.


Hmm, they're unchecked. I just noticed this only happesn on my office's 
64-bit W7 EE SP1 machine though. Not on my XP Pro SP3 machine. Hmm!

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Re: Updating SM To Older Version

[Paul B. Gallagher]

Ant wrote:

Is there someway to update an existing and older version of SM to a
newer version other than the latest version?

I want to go from v.2.24 to v.2.30 without changing anything else.  The
update screen appears to only allow going to the latest version,
v.2.31,
something I don't want to do at this time.

Thanks, in advance, for any and all advice and assistance.


ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/seamonkey/releases/ ... Avoid bs for betas. If
you want v2.26.1, then use
ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/seamonkey/releases/2.26.1/ ...


And, to make sure that SM doesn't keep trying to update you to the
latest version, go to Edit->Preferences->Advanced->Software Installation
and, under the SeaMonkey headers, de-select the "Automatically download
and install updates".


Good idea and call. I always disable this feature. Now, if I could
disable the darn reminder!


It's right there in the same panel:
"Automatically check for updates"

If it doesn't check, it won't nag.

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Re: Updating SM To Older Version

[Geoff Welsh]

Ant wrote:

Is there someway to update an existing and older version of SM to a
newer version other than the latest version?

I want to go from v.2.24 to v.2.30 without changing anything else.  The
update screen appears to only allow going to the latest version,
v.2.31,
something I don't want to do at this time.

Thanks, in advance, for any and all advice and assistance.


ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/seamonkey/releases/ ... Avoid bs for betas. If
you want v2.26.1, then use
ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/seamonkey/releases/2.26.1/ ...


And, to make sure that SM doesn't keep trying to update you to the
latest version, go to Edit->Preferences->Advanced->Software Installation
and, under the SeaMonkey headers, de-select the "Automatically download
and install updates".


Good idea and call. I always disable this feature. Now, if I could
disable the darn reminder!


mine never reminds me.

I'm pretty sure one of the "app.update.xyz" preferences in about:config 
is why, but IDR/IDK which one it isthere's like 30 of them


GW
(on a OSX v10.6 Mac with SM2.23 right now)
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Re: Updating SM To Older Version

[Ant]

Is there someway to update an existing and older version of SM to a
newer version other than the latest version?

I want to go from v.2.24 to v.2.30 without changing anything else.  The
update screen appears to only allow going to the latest version, v.2.31,
something I don't want to do at this time.

Thanks, in advance, for any and all advice and assistance.


ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/seamonkey/releases/ ... Avoid bs for betas. If
you want v2.26.1, then use
ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/seamonkey/releases/2.26.1/ ...


And, to make sure that SM doesn't keep trying to update you to the
latest version, go to Edit->Preferences->Advanced->Software Installation
and, under the SeaMonkey headers, de-select the "Automatically download
and install updates".


Good idea and call. I always disable this feature. Now, if I could 
disable the darn reminder!

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Re: Updating SM To Older Version

[Daniel]

On 26/12/14 06:33, Ant wrote:

On 12/25/2014 11:04 AM PT, HenriK typed:


Is there someway to update an existing and older version of SM to a
newer version other than the latest version?

I want to go from v.2.24 to v.2.30 without changing anything else.  The
update screen appears to only allow going to the latest version, v.2.31,
something I don't want to do at this time.

Thanks, in advance, for any and all advice and assistance.


ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/seamonkey/releases/ ... Avoid bs for betas. If
you want v2.26.1, then use
ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/seamonkey/releases/2.26.1/ ...


And, to make sure that SM doesn't keep trying to update you to the 
latest version, go to Edit->Preferences->Advanced->Software Installation 
and, under the SeaMonkey headers, de-select the "Automatically download 
and install updates".


HTH

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Re: Updating SM To Older Version

[Ant]

On 12/25/2014 11:04 AM PT, HenriK typed:


Is there someway to update an existing and older version of SM to a
newer version other than the latest version?

I want to go from v.2.24 to v.2.30 without changing anything else.  The
update screen appears to only allow going to the latest version, v.2.31,
something I don't want to do at this time.

Thanks, in advance, for any and all advice and assistance.


ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/seamonkey/releases/ ... Avoid bs for betas. If 
you want v2.26.1, then use 
ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/seamonkey/releases/2.26.1/ ...

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Updating SM To Older Version

[HenriK]

Is there someway to update an existing and older version of SM to a newer 
version other than the latest version?


I want to go from v.2.24 to v.2.30 without changing anything else.  The update 
screen appears to only allow going to the latest version, v.2.31, something I 
don't want to do at this time.


Thanks, in advance, for any and all advice and assistance.
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