[SOLVED] Firefox 17.0.1 not really updated

I have archlinux 32 bits and I use firefox,
I notice despite the installation of the firefox 17.0.1 package my version of firefox is still 17.0 ( file date is 20 nov 2012 in /usr/lib/firefox but it should be 1 dec 2012 ),
is it normal ?
I tried to reinstall the firefox package ( pacman -S firefox ) but it seems that I have still the 17.0 version when I check the version in firefox menu,
when I type "pacman -Q firefox" I have :
firefox 17.0-1
but I am sure it's not the 17.0.1 version who is installed in my system ( because of the file date, 20 nov instead of 1 dec )
Last edited by Potomac (2012-12-01 21:52:30)

I find the solution, the problem was the mirror "http://mir.archlinux.fr/$repo/os/$arch", the firefox in this mirror is not the 17.0.1 version despite the name of the package, it was the 17.0 version,
so I set a new mirror : "http://mirror.archlinux.ikoula.com/arch … o/os/$arch", re-run "pacman -Syu" and all is Ok now, I have the real 17.0.1 version of pacman :
pacman -Q firefox :
firefox 17.0.1-1
Last edited by Potomac (2012-12-01 21:49:56)

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