Bug 133649 - firefox: general scariness in files and directory layout
Summary: firefox: general scariness in files and directory layout
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Status: CLOSED CANTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: firefox
Version: rawhide
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Christopher Aillon
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2004-09-25 17:40 UTC by Zack Cerza
Modified: 2018-04-11 11:25 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2007-02-09 16:44:43 UTC
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rpm -q --qf "[%{FILEMODES:perms} %{FILENAMES}\n]" firefox (27.92 KB, text/plain)
2004-09-25 17:42 UTC, Zack Cerza
no flags Details

Description Zack Cerza 2004-09-25 17:40:20 UTC
So I'm looking for firefox's changelog. Not in /usr/share/doc/firefox,
so I rpm -ql it. /usr/lib64/firefox is apparently where 90% of
firefox's files go, so I look there. An ls --color=auto shows the .so
files being the same color as the README.txt - the color of executables.

I found the changelog now, via 'man rpm' - but this just struck me as
odd. An attachment will show you what I mean.

I don't have access to an i386 box right now so I don't know if
they're affected.

Comment 1 Zack Cerza 2004-09-25 17:42:42 UTC
Created attachment 104322 [details]
rpm -q --qf "[%{FILEMODES:perms} %{FILENAMES}\n]" firefox

I don't know which of these two issues are (most) important:

Many files are +x that should not be.
Many files (such as the .txt, .html and likely the .js files) should not even
be in /usr/lib*.

Comment 2 Matěj Cepl 2007-02-09 16:44:43 UTC
Since this bugzilla report was filed, there have been several major updates,
which may have resolved this issue. Users who have experienced this problem are
encouraged to upgrade their system to the latest version available. Therefore
closing this bug as obsolete.

If you experience this problem on the up-to-date system, please reopen this bug
with an additional information.



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