Bug Fix Advisory firefox bug fix update

Advisory: RHBA-2008:0783-5
Type: Bug Fix Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2008-07-25
Last updated on: 2008-07-25
Affected Products: Red Hat Desktop (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)
OVAL: N/A

Details

An updated firefox package that fixes several bugs is now available.

Mozilla Firefox is an open source Web browser.

This updated package fixes the following bugs:

* the default "/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/" plug-ins directory was ignored.
In this updated, Firefox detects installed plug-ins.

* a spelling mistake in the firefox spec file, which caused "man firefox"
to display an X pixmap image instead of the correct manual page, has been
resolved.

* it was not possible to start Firefox by running the "firefox -g -d gdb"
command. In this updated package, Firefox can be started in a debugger from
the terminal.

* the Firefox start page always redirected to "en-US/index.html", instead
of displaying the correct localized version. The correct localized start
page is now displayed.

Users of firefox are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which
resolves these issues.


Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188

Updated packages

Red Hat Desktop (v. 4)

SRPMS:
firefox-3.0.1-3.el4.src.rpm     86c1f04aec1706ffcbd13ca85d8909d6
 
IA-32:
firefox-3.0.1-3.el4.i386.rpm     b0e8686a7814705fb342ebf27cfbd13e
 
x86_64:
firefox-3.0.1-3.el4.x86_64.rpm     e6f14d68041cb9eaa62feae390adf840
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
firefox-3.0.1-3.el4.src.rpm     86c1f04aec1706ffcbd13ca85d8909d6
 
IA-32:
firefox-3.0.1-3.el4.i386.rpm     b0e8686a7814705fb342ebf27cfbd13e
 
IA-64:
firefox-3.0.1-3.el4.ia64.rpm     30553c7a634bc174d79ee8698a541638
 
PPC:
firefox-3.0.1-3.el4.ppc.rpm     01072b27544df34857dd6e2bf86086be
 
s390:
firefox-3.0.1-3.el4.s390.rpm     049682e2a1b89a6785fee72a294c11a3
 
s390x:
firefox-3.0.1-3.el4.s390x.rpm     e21d6e5504aa5a8b5c0227152f99f1c9
 
x86_64:
firefox-3.0.1-3.el4.x86_64.rpm     e6f14d68041cb9eaa62feae390adf840
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4)

SRPMS:
firefox-3.0.1-3.el4.src.rpm     86c1f04aec1706ffcbd13ca85d8909d6
 
IA-32:
firefox-3.0.1-3.el4.i386.rpm     b0e8686a7814705fb342ebf27cfbd13e
 
IA-64:
firefox-3.0.1-3.el4.ia64.rpm     30553c7a634bc174d79ee8698a541638
 
x86_64:
firefox-3.0.1-3.el4.x86_64.rpm     e6f14d68041cb9eaa62feae390adf840
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
firefox-3.0.1-3.el4.src.rpm     86c1f04aec1706ffcbd13ca85d8909d6
 
IA-32:
firefox-3.0.1-3.el4.i386.rpm     b0e8686a7814705fb342ebf27cfbd13e
 
IA-64:
firefox-3.0.1-3.el4.ia64.rpm     30553c7a634bc174d79ee8698a541638
 
x86_64:
firefox-3.0.1-3.el4.x86_64.rpm     e6f14d68041cb9eaa62feae390adf840
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

456408 - firefox uses wrong plugin directory
456409 - firefox man page is an X pixmap image
456411 - "firefox -g -d gdb" no longer works with firefox 3
456416 - HTML/index.html always redirects to en-US/index.html



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