CentOS - Jul 2018 - Firefox 60 crashes when trying to save an image [OT]

On 07/17/2018 05:51 PM, Johnny Hughes wrote:
> On 07/15/2018 03:00 PM, Kay Schenk wrote:
>> On Sun, Jul 15, 2018 at 12:13 PM, Leon Fauster via CentOS <centos at
centos.org
>>> wrote:
>>
>>> Am 15.07.2018 um 20:03 schrieb Nicolas Kovacs <info at
microlinux.fr>:
>>>>
>>>> Le 15/07/2018 ? 19:49, Matthew Phelps a ?crit :
>>>>> This is a known issue. See
>>>>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1596852 for a
patch to the
>>>>> /usr/bin/firefox wrapper script.
>>>>
>>>> On a side note, I've been using Firefox since version 0.99
around 2003,
>>>> when it wasn't even called Firefox but something like
Firebird or
>>> Phoenix.
>>>
>>>
>>> Netscape? :-)
>>>
>>>
>>>> I've tested this new version, and I'm seriously
considering moving to a
>>>> different browser. Over the years, I have developed a zero
tolerance
>>>> policy for applications that have to be potty-trained again at
every
>>>> major release.
>>>
>>> Why not directing this to somewhere under
https://lists.mozilla.org/
>>> listinfo ?
>>>
>>>
>>>> Now I'm hesitating between Seamonkey browser + mail or the
>>>> Chromium/Thunderbird pair. My only issue is getting Seamonkey
mail
>>>> synchronized with my OwnCloud contacts.
>>>
>>> This (tampering) is symptomatic for the current state of linux as a
>>> work-/desktopstation.
> 
>>
>> ?I'm having the same problem as stated in the original thread -- re
saving
>> images. BAH!
>>
>> Also, I can't seem to "undo" the fonts FF 60.1 wants to
use and I'll
>> invietigate that further at some point.?
>>
>> So far, I am not happy with this new version.
>>
>>
> 
> You would like it even less if you had to build all the toolsets to get
> it to build in the first place :)
> 
> 
The good news seems to be that so far all the bugs found are also
upstream (redhat source) bugs and not introduced by the CentOS build
process .. so they are being worked on upstream.




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On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 6:55 PM Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org>
wrote:
> On 07/17/2018 05:51 PM, Johnny Hughes wrote:
> > On 07/15/2018 03:00 PM, Kay Schenk wrote:
> >> On Sun, Jul 15, 2018 at 12:13 PM, Leon Fauster via CentOS <
> centos at centos.org
> >>> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Am 15.07.2018 um 20:03 schrieb Nicolas Kovacs <info at
microlinux.fr>:
> >>>>
> >>>> Le 15/07/2018 ? 19:49, Matthew Phelps a ?crit :
> >>>>> This is a known issue. See
> >>>>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1596852
for a patch to
> the
> >>>>> /usr/bin/firefox wrapper script.
> >>>>
> >>>> On a side note, I've been using Firefox since version
0.99 around
> 2003,
> >>>> when it wasn't even called Firefox but something like
Firebird or
> >>> Phoenix.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Netscape? :-)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> I've tested this new version, and I'm seriously
considering moving to
> a
> >>>> different browser. Over the years, I have developed a zero
tolerance
> >>>> policy for applications that have to be potty-trained
again at every
> >>>> major release.
> >>>
> >>> Why not directing this to somewhere under
https://lists.mozilla.org/
> >>> listinfo ?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Now I'm hesitating between Seamonkey browser + mail or
the
> >>>> Chromium/Thunderbird pair. My only issue is getting
Seamonkey mail
> >>>> synchronized with my OwnCloud contacts.
> >>>
> >>> This (tampering) is symptomatic for the current state of linux
as a
> >>> work-/desktopstation.
> >
> >>
> >> ?I'm having the same problem as stated in the original thread
-- re
> saving
> >> images. BAH!
> >>
> >> Also, I can't seem to "undo" the fonts FF 60.1 wants
to use and I'll
> >> invietigate that further at some point.?
> >>
> >> So far, I am not happy with this new version.
> >>
> >>
> >
> > You would like it even less if you had to build all the toolsets to
get
> > it to build in the first place :)
> >
> >
>
> The good news seems to be that so far all the bugs found are also
> upstream (redhat source) bugs and not introduced by the CentOS build
> process .. so they are being worked on upstream.
>
>
>
Update is out now upstream:

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2018:2218


-- 
Matt Phelps
System Administrator, Computation Facility
Harvard - Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
mphelps at cfa.harvard.edu, http://www.cfa.harvard.edu

On 07/18/2018 09:37 AM, Matthew Phelps wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 6:55 PM Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org>
wrote:
> 
>> On 07/17/2018 05:51 PM, Johnny Hughes wrote:
>>> On 07/15/2018 03:00 PM, Kay Schenk wrote:
>>>> On Sun, Jul 15, 2018 at 12:13 PM, Leon Fauster via CentOS <
>> centos at centos.org
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Am 15.07.2018 um 20:03 schrieb Nicolas Kovacs <info at
microlinux.fr>:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Le 15/07/2018 ? 19:49, Matthew Phelps a ?crit :
>>>>>>> This is a known issue. See
>>>>>>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1596852
for a patch to
>> the
>>>>>>> /usr/bin/firefox wrapper script.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On a side note, I've been using Firefox since
version 0.99 around
>> 2003,
>>>>>> when it wasn't even called Firefox but something
like Firebird or
>>>>> Phoenix.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Netscape? :-)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> I've tested this new version, and I'm seriously
considering moving to
>> a
>>>>>> different browser. Over the years, I have developed a
zero tolerance
>>>>>> policy for applications that have to be potty-trained
again at every
>>>>>> major release.
>>>>>
>>>>> Why not directing this to somewhere under
https://lists.mozilla.org/
>>>>> listinfo ?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Now I'm hesitating between Seamonkey browser + mail
or the
>>>>>> Chromium/Thunderbird pair. My only issue is getting
Seamonkey mail
>>>>>> synchronized with my OwnCloud contacts.
>>>>>
>>>>> This (tampering) is symptomatic for the current state of
linux as a
>>>>> work-/desktopstation.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> ?I'm having the same problem as stated in the original
thread -- re
>> saving
>>>> images. BAH!
>>>>
>>>> Also, I can't seem to "undo" the fonts FF 60.1
wants to use and I'll
>>>> invietigate that further at some point.?
>>>>
>>>> So far, I am not happy with this new version.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> You would like it even less if you had to build all the toolsets to
get
>>> it to build in the first place :)
>>>
>>>
>>
>> The good news seems to be that so far all the bugs found are also
>> upstream (redhat source) bugs and not introduced by the CentOS build
>> process .. so they are being worked on upstream.
>>
>>
>>
> Update is out now upstream:
> 
> https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2018:2218
> 
> 
I am building it now .. this build should be straight forward and
released in a couple of hours (after build, sign, and passing our CI
Suite t_functional (https://ci.centos.org/view/CentOS-Core/).

All the build requirements are the same that are already in place for
the last Firefox 60 build.



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