Re: A few general questions from a Debian newbie
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Scott wrote:
> I was absolutely blown away by this:
>
> The latest official Debian Sarge package for Firefox is for v 1.04!
> http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla-firefox/
>
> I'm rather surprised to see this. Why?
>
> Firefox is currently @ 1.07 and every "point" release since 1.0 has been
> due to security issues.
Following the link you gave, I get to a file such as
mozilla-firefox_1.0.4-2sarge5_i386.deb, I'm not entirely sure what the
'-2' part means, but the 'sarge5' refers to this being the fifth
security update the the 1.0.4[-2] package.
At least, that's how I understand it :)
HTH
- -ol
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I will live forever, or die trying.
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