Jeff
Disabled by choice because updates directly from mozilla.org to the
firefox system binares are NOT going to work when applied to fedora
builds. The updates mozilla.org offers only work when applied to
binaries produced by mozilla.org. You do a rebuild with any patches or
any different compiler options and you get a different binary...so
whatever binary diffs mozilla.org hands you can not be applied
correctly. I can not fathom how you can fail to understand the
inherent limitations of a binary diff feature that binary diffs are
only valid when applied to the specific binary they were generated
against.
OK I wasn't sure if it was a binary diff or if selected files and bits
of chrome were being replaced (I assumed the latter). I appreciate that
a binary patch wouldn't work.
The update method is still a good one, would it be hard for Fedora to
patch the in-house Firefox to use a Fedora server with the correct
binary patches? Then Firefox could do whatever clever things it does to
make sure that a user's extensions are still in order.
If you dont want to use the fedora built binaries you are free to
uninstall the rpm and use the mozilla builds. Have fun.
I do sometimes use the Mozilla binaries but find it hard to remove the
Fedora ones (I can't remember off the top of my head what dependencies
keep them; some help browser).
-Cam
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