Comment 13 for bug 77859

wiki.ubuntu.com/FirefoxNewVersion for those on Dapper systems.

On 1/16/07, Ivailo Stoyanov <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> > I just want to confirm an interim solution for folks who
> > desperately need to admin mailman lists:
>
> > sudo aptitude install firefox/dapper
>
> IMHO, a better approach, that doesn't sacrifice the latest security
> enhancements, is to manually install the official Firefox build from
> Mozilla.org following the instructions posted at Daniel Robitaille's
> blog[1]. When the fixed FF appears in the Dapper updates, one has just
> to remove the symlink /usr/local/bin/firefox and start using the native
> FF build.
>
> According to the numerous posts at ubuntuforums.org, the crash doesn't
> affect only mailman lists, but also other login pages -- a situation
> that the current official FF build manages without any complaints, so
> far.
>
> [1] http://robitaille.wordpress.com/2006/12/29/how-to-install-firefox-
> from-mozillaorg-via-the-command-line-in-ubuntu/
>
> --
> Firefox: saved passwords causes crash with Mailman admin page
> https://launchpad.net/bugs/77859
>

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