Firefox update

[John Levin]

On 2 Oct 2004, at 11:41, Matt Zimmerman wrote:

> On Sat, Oct 02, 2004 at 11:32:06AM +0100, John Levin wrote:
>
>> I've tried updating through firefox itself, and got the error message:
>> "Firefox encountered problems when updating your software, and as a
>> result not all components could be updated."
>> Details:
>> "data: Downloading fix (Read only)"
>>
>> I'm not clear on the procedure for updating firefox - is it possible 
>> to
>> do so through the browser itself, or should I wait for synaptic to do
>> it's stuff? (Just checked synaptic, and the firefox fix isn't in there
>> right now.)
>
> Updating through firefox itself won't work for security reasons; an 
> updated
> package will be available through synaptic soon.
>
> https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1983
>
> -- 
>  - mdz
>

Should Firefox's update facility be disabled or tweaked to direct to 
synaptic? Should I file a bug (or add a comment to 1983)?
A FAQ enttry should be added - because even if it isn't frequently 
asked yet, I can see it becoming so.

John