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

[Matthew Phelps]

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 à 19:49, Matthew Phelps a écrit :
> >>>>> 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