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firefox-3.5 package

  1. Bug #383484
  2. Comment #18

Comment 18 for bug 383484

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Ken Arnold (kenneth-arnold) wrote :

This is partially a bug in firefox-3.0 also: it puts files directly in common directories (/usr/lib/firefox-addons) and symlinks in the version-specific directories (/usr/lib/firefox-3.*). So if the firefox-3.5 were to provide those files also, they would conflict with firefox-3.0 files.

To make the two packages peacefully coexist without being mutually dependent, the situation should be reversed: install the search plugins in the version-specific directories, and if necessary, use the alternatives mechanism to manage a symlink from the common directory.

The same situation applies for the /usr/bin/firefox (no version) symlink.

(I've also resolved the issue on my system using an approach like comment #15 (by Bubbels).)