Changes between Version 101 and Version 102 of firefox
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- 09/07/2021 06:02:08 PM (2 years ago)
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v101 v102 9 9 You can also tell firefox to use a profile which it warns is old, either by invoking it from a term in xorg using 'MOZ_ALLOW_DOWNGRADE=1 firefox' or by invoking it as 'firefox --allow-downgrade'. The latter invocation has been troublesome in the past but appears to work since 68.2.0 and can be used from a desktop 'launcher'. 10 10 11 For 9 2.0esr, firefox seems to want to create a new profile when coming from 78esr, but using 'firefox -P' allows it to use the existing profile. If you have created redundant profiles, or wish to rename profiles, 'about:profiles' will open the profile manager to permit this.11 For 91.0esr, firefox seems to want to create a new profile when coming from 78esr, but using 'firefox -P' allows it to use the existing profile. If you have created redundant profiles, or wish to rename profiles, 'about:profiles' will open the profile manager to permit this. 12 12 13 13 == Which version should I use ? == … … 24 24 25 25 == Dependencies for 78-ESR series == 26 27 This information will be removed when legacy firefox-78 is removed from the books. 26 28 27 29 Although the book is tested with its latest versions of the dependencies ''' it should be possible to use older versions of some packages''': … … 63 65 64 66 Not a change to the build process, but in 90.0 the ability to use ftp links was removed. 65 If this bothers you, consider using firefox-legacy (currently 78.1 3.0) as a short-term workaround until you find an alternative (current seamonkey and falkon permit this, but seamonkey tends to lag behind the firefox vulnerability fixes, while seamonkey requires qtwebengine which is a heavy overhead).67 If this bothers you, consider using firefox-legacy (currently 78.14.0 - does not work on glibc-2.34) as a short-term workaround until you find an alternative (current seamonkey and falkon permit this, but seamonkey tends to lag behind the firefox vulnerability fixes, while seamonkey requires qtwebengine which is a heavy overhead). 66 68 67 69 == Problems with 91.0 failing to build == 68 70 69 On a couple of systems (one fairly recent, one BLFS-10. with necessary updates) 91.0 fail s to build - a python test on libgkrust.a reports71 On a couple of systems (one fairly recent, one BLFS-10. with necessary updates) 91.0 failed to build - a python test on libgkrust.a reported 70 72 {{{ 71 73 TEST-UNEXPECTED-FAIL | check_networking | libgkrust.a | … … 73 75 }}} 74 76 75 This happens with both clang and gcc. 76 77 As a workaround until you can update those systems successfully, consider updating to firefox-legacy as a short-term workaround. 77 This happened with both clang and gcc. 78 78 79 79 There is now a patch in BLFS which fixes that problem. 80 80 81 == Dependencies for the latest release ==82 81 83 This is an attempt to help people who want to keep using the latest upstream release, and will be updated from time to time. It is also a store of important changes which will need to be addressed when the book moves to the next ESR version. 84 85 Once 91.0esr is settled in the book, much of the information above will be removed. 86 87 == Dependencies for 91.0 == 82 == Dependencies for 91.0esr series == 88 83 89 84 cbindgen needs to be >= 0.19.0 … … 91 86 icu needs to be 69.1 92 87 93 The node.js version now tests for v10.23.1, but node v10 is no longer maintained. Tested with v14.17.488 The node.js version now tests for v10.23.1, but node v10 is no longer maintained. Tested with the latest version of node.js in the book. 94 89 95 90 nspr needs to be >= 4.32.0 … … 100 95 101 96 102 == Dependencies for 92.0beta==97 == Dependencies for the latest release == 103 98 104 nss now needs to be >= 3.69 99 This is an attempt to help people who want to keep using the latest upstream release, and will be updated from time to time. It is also a store for any changes which will need to be addressed when the book moves to the next ESR version. 105 100 106 other minimum versions unchanged. 101 == Dependencies for 92.0 (latest upstream stable) == 107 102 108 Note: with 92.0b3 libstdc++.a was required. This appears to have been fixed by the time 92.0b7 was released. 103 nss now needs to be >= 3.69.1 109 104 110 This version does compile on glibc-2.34, it has a slightly differnet fix from the patch BLFS uses for 91.0esr. 105 other minimum versions unchanged. 106 107 108 == Dependencies for 93.0beta == 109 110 nss now needs to be >= 3.70 111 112 other minimum versions unchanged 111 113 112 114 [wiki:GraphicalWebBrowsers Up][[br]]
