Firefox 1.0.3 Released

[tchung]

Here's what's new in Firefox 1.0.3:
* Several security fixes (http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html) .
* Fix to improve update process.

For more information, http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/releases/1.0.3.html

TAR version from Mozilla Project is available at:
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/1.0.3/

RPM version from Fedora Project should be available soon.

UPDATE 2005-04-19
RPM version is now available from Fedora Project:
http://fedoranews.org/blog/?p=610

Thomas Chung

[marcos]

Will this release be available from yum? If not, should I first uninstall my previous Firefox before installing this new one?

Thanks.

[marcos]

Sorry for the stupid question I've made. I had missed the end of Chung message saying that a RPM file will be available soon.

[nandowong]

is the memory hoggin issue fixed?

[floppy&noodle]

i've installed it but it still launches as 1.0.2, can't find any link or configure file to change that and firefox shell script under the 1.0.3 folder does nothing.....still launches 1.0.2. I wonder if this is just a patch to 1.0.2 but version number did not change......

[tchung]

i've installed it but it still launches as 1.0.2, can't find any link or configure file to change that and firefox shell script under the 1.0.3 folder does nothing.....still launches 1.0.2. I wonder if this is just a patch to 1.0.2 but version number did not change......

RPM version has not been released from Fedora Project yet.
We are expecting it will be released by Monday.

Thomas Chung

[tchung]

is the memory hoggin issue fixed?

Here is the list of Security Fixes in version 1.0.3:

http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html

Thomas Chung

[ianmac]

W00T!!! My favourite browser just got better!!!

[sjquinn]

i've installed it but it still launches as 1.0.2, can't find any link or configure file to change that and firefox shell script under the 1.0.3 folder does nothing.....still launches 1.0.2. I wonder if this is just a patch to 1.0.2 but version number did not change......
I observed the same behavior (installed 1.0.3, however 1.0.2 was still being called). Logged out and back in and 1.0.3 was then being called. As a newbie to linux I am just presuming that the rpm loading process is updating a shell that is setting an environment variable used to call Firefox. When I tried chasing down the environment varialble I ran into a dead end. In any event, as I mentioned logging out and back in may take care of it for you.

[floppy&noodle]

nope, didn't work for me.....i even rebooted the system still gets 1.0.2. I guess i'll wait for the rpm....

[sailor]

You may have both versions installed in different directories...you may want to update your icon to point to the new install...then remove the old firefox directory...the profile in your home directory will remain with your settings and bookmarks.

The installer will automatically detect the old version and let you remove it, if you are installing to the same directory.

[DaveW]

Got the new version in Redhat Updates today and it works like a charm. Shows right version too.

[Trendkill]

stupid question.. but where is the link to download the 1.0.3 rpm?

[tchung]

stupid question.. but where is the link to download the 1.0.3 rpm?

Here is the direct link:
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/3/i386/firefox-1.0.3-1.3.1.i386.rpm

You should really use "yum update" from your local mirror site.

Thomas Chung

[Trendkill]

oh ok.. if i knew you could just use yum to update it, thats fine as well..

any repositories i need to add to be able to update it via yum, apart from the default?

[tchung]

oh ok.. if i knew you could just use yum to update it, thats fine as well..

any repositories i need to add to be able to update it via yum, apart from the default?

Default yum configuration points to your local mirror sites where it might not have up-to-date yum repositories.

It should be a matter of time (a day or so) before your local mirror sites will have the latest firefox.

Thomas Chung

[Joker777]

Iam trying to install this 1.0.3 rpm but my system misses desctop-file-utils package. Any way around this????

[tchung]

Iam trying to install this 1.0.3 rpm but my system misses desctop-file-utils package. Any way around this????

If Firefox 1.0.3 requires desktop-file-utils, you should install it first.

# yum install desktop-file-utils

Thomas Chung