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New mozilla-firefox packages are available for Slackware 14.1 and -current to fix security issues



Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-38.2.1esr-i486-1_slack14.1.txz: Upgraded.
This release contains security fixes and improvements.
For more information, see:
http://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefoxESR.html
(* 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 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-38.2.1esr-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-38.2.1esr-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/xap/mozilla-firefox-40.0.3-i586-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/xap/mozilla-firefox-40.0.3-x86_64-1.txz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 14.1 package:
11f9bb7e7534069502b437b68188f607 mozilla-firefox-38.2.1esr-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
96c5025994f65a19bcff40621c38985a mozilla-firefox-38.2.1esr-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware -current package:
66de00a34effa218153525508e032a76 xap/mozilla-firefox-40.0.3-i586-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
f728ead33569eec7f545b50bcc355231 xap/mozilla-firefox-40.0.3-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg mozilla-firefox-38.2.1esr-i486-1_slack14.1.txz


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