From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 22 20:06:23 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 96E5A106564A; Sat, 22 Oct 2011 20:06:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-announce@chthonic.com) Received: from www5.pairlite.com (www5.pairlite.com [64.130.10.15]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76CE68FC12; Sat, 22 Oct 2011 20:06:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from whisperer.chthonixia.net (cpe-66-65-69-148.nyc.res.rr.com [66.65.69.148]) by www5.pairlite.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D5F9E2E2BD; Sat, 22 Oct 2011 16:06:21 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2011 16:10:16 -0400 From: Joe Altman To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Message-ID: <20111022201016.GA41340@whisperer.chthonixia.net> References: <20111022005442.GA68656@whisperer.chthonixia.net> <97324B18-C763-4D11-AB7B-30B0DE98E601@FreeBSD.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <97324B18-C763-4D11-AB7B-30B0DE98E601@FreeBSD.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Cc: Subject: Re: Upgrading libxul, dependency on Firefox 3 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2011 20:06:23 -0000 On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 09:28:40PM +0200, Beat G?tzi wrote: > On Oct 22, 2011, at 2:54 AM, Joe Altman wrote: > > Greetings... > > > > I was running portupgrade on libxul and noticed it depends on Firefox > > 3.x. I cancelled the upgrade, because I thought FF3.x was insecure and > > therefore deprecated while FF7 was recommended and secure. > > > > My questions: > > > > 1) is the dependency libxul has for FF3 a security problem? > > libxul doesn't depend on FF3. Got it. Thanks, and best regards, Joe