> According to wikipedia (not necessarily the most reliable source, but > it was the best I could find), the current ESR releases are > 38.7. and 45.0 ESR (I'm not sure, but I suppose that is identical to > 45.0). That implies 38.7.0 is the last 38 release. And the next > ESR after 45 will be 52.
I already kicked off -39 with -j1, just to see if some part of it doesn't work with parallel builds. "It's just machine cycles going to waste anyhow." > I've dropped my systems older than LFS-7.6 (glibc - I know you worked > around that using /tools - but also I was not looking forward to > upgrading systems where the openssl version reached EOL), but I used > to have several older releases and they mostly were able to build the > current release without too much difficulty. The only reason I upgrade is because some of the sites that have to work for me think it's great to use whatever is latest and greatest-- "necessary" never enters their minds. They want everybody to use Windows Internet Explorer (yeah, sure thing!), but they barely tolerate Firefox. > I know that you think you are safe because of your firewalling, but Safe is a relative term. Nobody's safe while browsers can use javascript! But I try to be prudent. No reason not to have a strict firewall. I think it's got 140-150 rules! (Varies with how many sites I blacklist, or muzzle.) I _could_ post it... > almost every new version of firefox includes vulnerability fixes. See > https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox/ > and please note the definition of Critical: Vulnerability can be used > to run attacker code and install software, requiring no user > interaction beyond normal browsing. And notice all it says is what they FIXED, not what's outstanding! But that's why I tried with the ESR. But it appears they've EOL'd -38. WTF, -45 *claims* to only need "GTK+ 2.18 or higher" https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/45.0/system-requirements/ maybe I'll give that a whirl after I see what -39 does -j1. > And yes, this rebuilding is a pain - it comes with being our own > sysadmin. Yeah, I can do that, but the aim is to be a computer USER! That's why I don't see the need to build the latest versions of LFS. I've been working on this one since New Years! -- Paul Rogers [email protected] Rogers' Second Law: "Everything you do communicates." (I do not personally endorse any additions after this line. TANSTAAFL :-) -- http://www.fastmail.com - Choose from over 50 domains or use your own -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
