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Re: Mozilla products in Debian



On Monday 13 December 2010 20:11:19 Camaleón wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Dec 2010 19:57:50 +0000, Lisi wrote:
> > On Sunday 05 December 2010 15:32:17 Camaleón wrote:
> >> On Sun, 05 Dec 2010 13:14:12 +0000, Lisi wrote:
> >> > On Sunday 07 November 2010 23:24:17 Camaleón wrote:
> >> >> - What is the current status of Iceweasel in Lenny? - Are all the
> >> >> recent bugs of Firefox -that can affect 3.0 branch- fixed/
> >> >> backported to Iceweasel 3.0.6?
> >> >> - Does 3.0.6 versioning number follow the upstream numbering?
> >> >
> >> > I have Lenny, and Iceweasel 3.5.15.  Any updating has been done by
> >> > aptitude.
> >>
> >> Then you should have "backports" repository enabled ;-)
> >>
> > :-/
> >
> > I was under the (mis?)apprehension that things were only installed from
> > backports if I specifically asked for them, i.e. "-t lenny-backports"
> > was added to aptitude, and were only updated if already installed.
>
> Iceweasel 3.5.x is only available for Lenny by means of the "backports"
> repo so... could it be that you installed that way and then forgot it or
> maybe you tweaked the backports repo pinning settings under your "/etc/
> apt/preferences" file? :-?

Yes, the possibility that my memory had failed me occurred to me after I had 
posted.  Given the state of my memory these days, anything is possible. :-(

I haven't altered the pinnings.  I'm still not confident enough to do that.

Lisi



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