Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:11:20 +0800 (CST) From: Denny Lin <dennylin93@cnmc32.hs.ntnu.edu.tw> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/141636: [PATCH] Updated info about Firefox in Handbook Message-ID: <20091215121120.8E6CA6FC45D@mx.hs.ntnu.edu.tw> Resent-Message-ID: <200912151220.nBFCK1e2095786@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 141636
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: [PATCH] Updated info about Firefox in Handbook
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: update
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Tue Dec 15 12:20:01 UTC 2009
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Denny Lin
>Release: FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE-p4 amd64
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD cnmc32.hs.ntnu.edu.tw 7.2-RELEASE-p4 FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE-p4 #0: Mon Oct 26 19:41:45 CST 2009 root@cnmc32.hs.ntnu.edu.tw:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/cnmc32 amd64
>Description:
Replace info about Firefox 2.X with 3.5.X and 3.0.X since Firefox 2.X is no longer supported and has multiple vulnerabilities.
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
--- handbook-desktop-chapter.sgml begins here ---
--- doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/desktop/chapter.sgml.orig 2009-12-15 20:00:57.000000000 +0800
+++ doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/desktop/chapter.sgml 2009-12-15 20:07:35.000000000 +0800
@@ -179,10 +179,10 @@
<para>Install the package by typing:</para>
- <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg_add -r firefox</userinput></screen>
+ <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg_add -r firefox35</userinput></screen>
- <para>This will install <application>Firefox</application> 2.X,
- if you want to run <application>Firefox</application> 3.X,
+ <para>This will install <application>Firefox</application> 3.5.X,
+ if you want to run <application>Firefox</application> 3.0.X,
use instead:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg_add -r firefox3</userinput></screen>
@@ -190,12 +190,17 @@
<para>You can also use the Ports Collection if you
prefer to compile from source code:</para>
- <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/www/firefox</userinput>
+ <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/www/firefox35</userinput>
&prompt.root; <userinput>make install clean</userinput></screen>
- <para>For <application>Firefox</application> 3.X, in the
+ <para>For <application>Firefox</application> 3.0.X, in the
previous command replace <literal>firefox</literal> with
<literal>firefox3</literal>.</para>
+
+ <para>Firefox 2.X is no longer supported and has multple
+ vulnerabilities. Please consider using
+ <filename role="package">www/firefox35</filename> or
+ <filename role="package">www/firefox3</filename> instead.
</sect2>
<sect2 id="moz-java-plugin">
--- handbook-desktop-chapter.sgml ends here ---
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