From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 30 21:49:30 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56C0A16A420 for ; Mon, 30 May 2005 21:49:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.192.90]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CEDA043D5C for ; Mon, 30 May 2005 21:49:28 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from tedwin2k (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.197.130]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id j4ULo8b03591; Mon, 30 May 2005 14:50:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Dick Hoogendijk" , "freebsd-questions" Date: Mon, 30 May 2005 14:49:23 -0700 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1478 In-Reply-To: <20050530145901.GA1709@lothlorien.nagual.st> Importance: Normal Cc: Subject: RE: 4.11-RELEASE install error X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 30 May 2005 21:49:30 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Dick > Hoogendijk > Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 7:59 AM > To: freebsd-questions > Subject: Re: 4.11-RELEASE install error > > > On 29 May Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > > > > What is supplied with 4.11-release is old and a number of utilities - > > like firefox - will not build on it anymore. > > I run two 4.11-stable machines here and both compile firefox from ports > very fine still. > I did not come across packages (yet) that did not compile on 4.11 > I *know* they exist but they're not the 'popular' ones. > He is talking 4.11-release, from the ISO, not 4.11-stable. 4.11-release most definitely will not compile Firefox unless you use the original firefox 1.0 code, which has a security hole in it. If you cvsup the ports tree, it will update the firefox port to a later version of firefox that will definitely not link in with the X libraries installed off the 4.11-release ISO. Ted