On Thu, Mar 9, 2017 at 10:42 AM, Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org> wrote:> > .. .> > > > For the record, I just checked and the released SRPM for EL7 has the > proper variables and sources and actually builds on EL6. It uses gtk2 > from el6 to build. > > They obviously felt more comfortable instead released the older one on > EL6 this cycle, but I suspect that the newer 52.x ESR version will be > released during the next cycle. > >Indeed, the latest RHEL 6 update for firefox is the 52.1.0 ESR release: RHSA-2017:1104 Critical: firefox security update Summary: An update for firefox is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Critical. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. Mozilla Firefox is an open source web browser. This update upgrades Firefox to version 52.1.0 ESR. -- Matt Phelps System Administrator, Computation Facility Harvard - Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics mphelps at cfa.harvard.edu, http://www.cfa.harvard.edu
Hello Phelps,, On Thu, 20 Apr 2017 09:18:28 -0400 "Phelps, Matthew" <mphelps at cfa.harvard.edu> wrote:> On Thu, Mar 9, 2017 at 10:42 AM, Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org> wrote: > > > For the record, I just checked and the released SRPM for EL7 has the > > proper variables and sources and actually builds on EL6. It uses gtk2 > > from el6 to build. > > > > They obviously felt more comfortable instead released the older one on > > EL6 this cycle, but I suspect that the newer 52.x ESR version will be > > released during the next cycle. > > > > > Indeed, the latest RHEL 6 update for firefox is the 52.1.0 ESR release: > > > > RHSA-2017:1104 Critical: firefox security update > > > Summary: > > An update for firefox is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. > > Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact > of Critical. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which > gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from > the CVE link(s) in the References section. > > Mozilla Firefox is an open source web browser. > > This update upgrades Firefox to version 52.1.0 ESR.Sorry for jumping into this topic from nowhere.. does this mean that we could get a Firefox v52 running on a CentOS 6? Regards, -- wwp -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 198 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20170420/ea9e9989/attachment-0001.sig>
wwp wrote:>>> >>> They obviously felt more comfortable instead released the older one on >>> EL6 this cycle, but I suspect that the newer 52.x ESR version will be >>> released during the next cycle. >>> >>> >> Indeed, the latest RHEL 6 update for firefox is the 52.1.0 ESR release: >> >> This update upgrades Firefox to version 52.1.0 ESR. > > Sorry for jumping into this topic from nowhere.. does this mean that we > could get a Firefox v52 running on a CentOS 6?Yes, not 'could' but 'will' ... James Pearson