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

[Johnny Hughes]

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 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
> 
> 

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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