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Bug#970768: torbrowser-launcher: error while checking version number after TorBrowser 10.0 release

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Dear Lev,

Thanks for your report!

On Wed, Sep 23, 2020 at 4:00 PM Lev Lamberov <dogsleg@debian.org> wrote:
>
> Package: torbrowser-launcher
> Version: 0.3.2-13
> Severity: grave
> Tags: upstream
> Justification: renders package unusable
>
> Dear Maintainer,
>
> because of faulty version number check, torbrowser-launcher cannot
> correctly handle TorBrowser 10.0 release. Now it shows the following
> error message:
>
> The version of Tor Browser you have installed is earlier than it
> should be, which could be a sign of an attack!
>
> Seems that because of this error it is not possible to install the new
> release of TorBrowser, and installation of it is run everytime when
> running torbrowser-launcher. So, torbrowser-launcher simply doesn't do
> what it should (install and run TorBrowser), which make it unusable.
>
> There is an upstream issued already reported, see #498 [#498], and
> merge request submitted.
>
> [#498] https://github.com/micahflee/torbrowser-launcher/issues/498

I just uploaded 0.3.2-14~exp1 to experimental.
Since I cannot launch TBB after downloading it.
(I'm using buster + backports)
Can you kindly help to confirm it works on your side? Thanks!

Cheers,
-- 
Roger Shimizu, GMT +9 Tokyo
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Bug#970768: torbrowser-launcher: error while checking version number after TorBrowser 10.0 release Roger Shimizu <rogershimizu@gmail.com> - 2020-09-23 18:50 +0200
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