Slackware 1129 Published by

New mozilla-firefox packages are available for Slackware 14.2 and -current to fix security issues



Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-68.0.2esr-i686-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded.
This release contains security fixes and improvements.
For more information, see:
https://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefoxESR.html
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/68.0.2esr/releasenotes/
(* Security fix *)
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Where to find the new packages:
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Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
(http://osuosl.org) for donating FTP and rsync hosting
to the Slackware project! :):

Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://slackware.com for
additional mirror sites near you.

Updated package for Slackware 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-68.0.2esr-i686-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-68.0.2esr-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/xap/mozilla-firefox-68.0.2esr-i686-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/xap/mozilla-firefox-68.0.2esr-x86_64-1.txz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 14.2 package:
cf25d455083181a7739bf90b5bac6153 mozilla-firefox-68.0.2esr-i686-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
ed6879b97c71e456532bbf65c970f98e mozilla-firefox-68.0.2esr-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware -current package:
0f17302df3f144204af4c149191db52a xap/mozilla-firefox-68.0.2esr-i686-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
45f81eafab2c4f6d37fb21005676a9d0 xap/mozilla-firefox-68.0.2esr-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg mozilla-firefox-68.0.2esr-i686-1_slack14.2.txz
  Mozilla-Firefox (SSA:2019-226-02) Update for Slackware 14.2