docs/141636: [PATCH] Updated info about Firefox in Handbook

Denny Lin dennylin93 at cnmc32.hs.ntnu.edu.tw
Tue Dec 15 12:20:02 UTC 2009


>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 at 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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