firefox "about:" returns version 1.9

Bug #247020 reported by John Gilbert
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Medium
Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: firefox

In Ubuntu 8.04.1, type "about:" in url, it shows that it's version 1.9.
If you use the menu bar -> Help -> About Mozilla Firefox, it shows version 3.0.

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Michael Rooney (mrooney) wrote :

Son of a gun, you are right! Of note is that the About dialog from the Help menu gets it right. I think the version of Gecko is 1.9, so it might just be pulling the wrong version.

Changed in firefox:
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → Confirmed
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theanalogkid (mlyszczek) wrote :

This also happens on Intrepid Ipex, with Firefox 3.0.

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Connor Imes (ckimes) wrote :

This bug is a duplicate of bug #194894

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John Vivirito (gnomefreak) wrote : Re: [Bug 247020] Re: firefox "about:" returns version 1.9

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Mike Rooney wrote:
> Son of a gun, you are right! Of note is that the About dialog from
> the Help menu gets it right. I think the version of Gecko is 1.9,
> so it might just be pulling the wrong version.
>
> ** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium
> Status: New => Confirmed
>
Its the version of xulrunner-1.9 that it is showing.

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Sincerely Yours,
    John Vivirito

https://launchpad.net/~gnomefreak
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