Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 09:43:30 -0400 (EDT) From: Michael Johnson <ahze@ahze.net> To: Joachim =?iso-8859-1?Q?Str=F6mbergson?= <watchman@ludd.luth.se> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Netscape 4.77? Message-ID: <20010416094159.Y3363-100000@ahze.net> In-Reply-To: <3ADABCBA.5039FADB@ludd.luth.se>
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On Mon, 16 Apr 2001, Joachim [iso-8859-1] Str=F6mbergson wrote: > Aloha! > > Michael Johnson wrote: > > > > On Sat, 14 Apr 2001 11:29:43 -0700 > > Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> wrote: > > > > > On Sat, Apr 14, 2001 at 04:55:30PM +0200, Joachim Str=F6mbergson wrot= e: > > > > > > > fetis:/usr/ports/www> cd netscape47-communicator/ > > > > fetis:/usr/ports/www/netscape47-communicator> make install > > > > =3D=3D=3D> netscape-communicator-4.76 is marked as broken: has a s= erious > > > > security hole, use 4.77 instead. > > > > > > > > Ok, sounds ok, but *how* do I do it? Apart from using > > > > linux-netscape47-communicator? > > > > > > > > Searching the netscape web page reveals that the latest FreeBSD ver= sion > > > > is 4.76. > > > > > > Well, therein lies the problem. If you don't care about the security > > > impact of the problem (read the netscape release notes or check > > > bugtraq) then feel free to uncomment the FORBIDDEN line until/if > > > Netscape release a new native binary. > > > > > > Kris > > > > > > > I'm not so sure they are going to release another version.. =3D/ > > So basically, right now FreeBSD "does not have" (I know, it's not part > of FreeBSD) a working version of Netscape4x? > > Does that mean that 4.3-RELEASE will neither ship with a binary package > of Netscape4x or/neither a working stub i /usr/ports/www? There is /usr/ports/www/netscape* /usr/ports/www/linux-netscape* /usr/ports/www/bsdi-netscape* I personaly use Linux version of netscape for full FLASH support. =3D) > Yes, there is always the linux-binary to install, but at least for me, > that one have serious problems with the address book. > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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