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Date:      Sat, 27 Apr 2002 22:18:32 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Thomas David Rivers <rivers@dignus.com>
To:        kris@obsecurity.org, rivers@dignus.com
Cc:        portmgr@FreeBSD.ORG, ports@FreeBSD.ORG, stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: HEADS UP! XFree86 has been upgraded to 4.2.0 in 4.5-STABLE
Message-ID:  <200204280218.g3S2IWo89770@lakes.dignus.com>
In-Reply-To: <200204280157.g3S1vRQ86884@lakes.dignus.com>

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Dave Rivers wrote:
> 
>  Ah - I know why the netscape port is so simple...  it's forbidden:
> 
> ===>  netscape-communicator-4.76 is forbidden: Has a serious security hole, use 4.77 or later instead. (These ports are available only for linux version and alpha arch. Looks Netscape has stopped to release new FreeBSD native binary).
> 
> 
>   So... it seems you can't use the FreeBSD-native Netscape with XF86 4.2
> 
>   Let me add to this discussion the fact that (barring the security hole
>  mentioned) it worked fine with XF86 4.1.
> 


 Ok - after commenting out the FORBIDDEN definition, I built the 
 port...

 And - wonder of wonders!  It works great!

 I tried running the other Netscape install (the one I did "by hand".)  It 
 did not run at all (same core dump.)    

 I might spend some time later figuring out what the port does
 that the free-standing install doesn't do... and, why that
 worked before and doesn't work with XF86.4.2 - but, the "standard"
 answer should be:

	"Use the ports, Luke"

 Thanks to everyone for their help on this!

	- Dave Rivers -

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