XPost: alt.os.linux.mageia   
   From: TJ@noneofyour.business   
      
   On 10/12/2012 08:56 PM, Bit Twister wrote:   
   > On Fri, 12 Oct 2012 20:53:18 -0400, TJ wrote:   
   >>   
   >> Maybe, maybe not. Mine, updated through the Mozilla update process,   
   >> reports itself as 16.0.1.   
   >   
   > IIRC, you are running a 32 bit install.   
   >   
   Yes.   
      
   > My experience is clicking on the mozilla download buttons on their web   
   > page will serv up 32 bit tar balls.  :(   
   >   
   >   
   I updated by clicking on "Help," then "About Thunderbird." That checks   
   for an update and begins downloading if there is one, after which I can   
   install it then or it will be installed the next time I open   
   Thunderbird. Firefox works the same way.   
      
   I have the vendor's versions installed to my user's /home directory, and   
   have root place a link to each startup script named something other than   
   "firefox" or "thunderbird" in /usr/bin, and I change my defaults   
   accordingly. That way they can update and operate separate from   
   Mageia's, and anything that depends on Mageia's versions seems to be   
   unaffected.   
      
   I used to install the vendor's versions in /usr/lib the way   
   Mandriva/Mageia does, but that way the auto-update function doesn't work   
   and I had to do the update manually because I have zero script-writing   
   skills. Not something I'd do if I had any user on this computer but me.   
   And yes, I know it leaves me open to a security breach, but I like   
   living on the edge.   
      
   TJ   
      
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