[PLUG] Thunderbird & Firefox Updates

[Jason R. Martin]

On 4/21/06, Bruce Kilpatrick <bakilpatrick at verizon.net> wrote:
> Interesting question.
> I can't find anything in Thunderbird that checks for an update.  I find
> a  check for updates to extensions and themes, but not for the program
> itself.
> With Ubuntu I have to change the ownership of Firefox and manually go
> check for updates since I upgraded to version 1.5.

That's because with Ubuntu (and most other distros) you are expected
to use apt to get the updates, not Firefox's built-in update
capabilities.

The built-in update capabilities is only useful on platforms that do
not have distro update functionality, such as Windows and Mac.

Jason