ZiGGi <ziggiman_REMOVE_ME_hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi NG!
>
> I'm pretty new to Gentoo but must admit that I am really impressed!
>
> I've been googling a small issue I've run into but can't seem to find
> the answer even though it is most likely really simple...
>
> I've got my entire system up and running and is now installing misc
> applications. The current issue is connected to firefox. 'emerge
> --pretend mozilla-firefox' shows that it will install Firefox 1.0.8.
> Firefox have moved to 1.5.x a while ago. 'emerge sync' does not change
> anything. Why is it that emerge is trying to build an "old" version?
> Some "stable"/"unstable" issue?

This was asked here just a few weeks ago. The answer now is the same as it
was then:

It's an unstable POS? :-P
Seriously, there's so many known bugs with Firefox that I really hope it
won't be marked stable any time soon.

<URL:
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?short_desc_type=allwordssubstr&short_d esc=Firefox&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug _status=REOPENED&bug_status=VERIFIED&bug_severity= blocker&bug_severity=critical&bug_severity=major&b ug_severity=normal>

Popularity should never pressure maintainers into marking a package as
stable, if it really isn't; people who really want an unstable package can
set ~arch for that package.

Regards,
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