Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2006 16:05:55 -0600 From: "Jeremy Messenger" <mezz7@cox.net> To: crs@swcp.com Cc: gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: file://localhost/usr/ports/www/firefox/README.html Message-ID: <op.s6bmb52c9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> In-Reply-To: <200603122128.k2CLSakV044717@sorsby.org> References: <200603122128.k2CLSakV044717@sorsby.org>
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On Sun, 12 Mar 2006 15:28:36 -0600, <crs@swcp.com> wrote: > Hello, > > At the very least, the port of firefox in the freeBSD (4.11) ports > collection should be labeled gnome-dependent. No, because Firefox doesn't depend on GNOME stuff at all by default unless you use WITH_SMB=yes for gnomevfs2. Cheers, Mezz > I do not run gnome or any other desktop-environment; I use fvwm2 > (and would use fvwm if they hadn't deleted it from the 4.11 > distribution). > > It's really frustrating to cd to what appears to be a generic port, > type make install, and have a damnable point-and-click ala > sysinstall appear in my xterm -- but one that doesn't reapond > either to the arrow keys or the mouse. > > Better yet, it would check to see if gnome is running (I assume > that that's what it thought) and either provide an error message to > the effect that it requires gnome or, even better, when it finds > not only that it isn't running but that it isn't even installed, > reverts to a generic installation of firefox that will run under > *any* window manager. > > Thank you for your attention. > > Charlie > -- > Charlie Sorsby > crs@swcp.com > P. O. Box 1225 > Edgewood, NM 87015 > USA > > Why HTML in e-mail is evil: http://www.birdhouse.org/etc/evilmail.html > and (possibly) how to turn it off: http://www.expita.com/nomime.html -- mezz7@cox.net - mezz@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD GNOME Team http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/ - gnome@FreeBSD.org
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