Security Updates in Slackware64-14.2
Ed Fletcher via slackware <[email protected]> Tue, 7 Nov 2017 19:42:23 -0400
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I just did an install of Slackware 64 14.2 on a spare box. I'd looked at slackware64-14.2/FILELIST.TXT on my local mirror and saw mozilla-firefox-52.4.0esr-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz as one of the listed files. So I checked a couple of other security updates and they were included too. This led me to believe that I would have an up-to-date and secure install. However, when I finished and fired up Firefox, I found that I had 45.2.0 instead of the newer version. So I checked slackware64-14.2/source/FILE_LIST and, sure enough, it lists mozilla-firefox/firefox-45.2.0esr.source.tar.xz. And slackware64-14.2/slackware64/FILE_LIST says v45 also. A bit more checking confirmed that none of the security updates are installed. So what is the FILELIST.TXT in the main directory telling me? And do I have to install 16 or 17 months worth of security updates? Because I'd rather switch to Slackware64-current and save myself the work. Thanks for reading, Ed -- Ed Fletcher "Where it is a duty to worship the sun it is pretty sure to be a crime to examine the laws of heat." - Christopher Morley -- slackware mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/slackware