From owner-freebsd-ports Wed Jun 7 15:53:32 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mail.nyct.net (bsd4.nyct.net [204.141.86.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1001B37B8CA; Wed, 7 Jun 2000 15:53:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from efutch@nyct.net) Received: from bsd1.nyct.net (efutch@bsd1.nyct.net [204.141.86.3]) by mail.nyct.net (8.9.3/8.8.7) with ESMTP id SAA23350; Wed, 7 Jun 2000 18:53:36 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from efutch@nyct.net) Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 18:53:49 -0400 (EDT) From: "Eric D. Futch" To: "David O'Brien" Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Netscape Commnicator 4.73 [Alpha] In-Reply-To: <20000607101607.D80031@dragon.nuxi.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I got it to work fine for me by just editing the URL and updating my md5 checksums. One thing you have to make sure of is that you have the osf1 support loaded before you try to start Netscape. I acutally enabled mine before I even did make install :). Let me know if you want me to test anything. -- Eric Futch New York Connect.Net, Ltd. efutch@nyct.net Technical Support Staff http://www.nyct.net (212) 293-2620 "Bringing New York The Internet Access It Deserves" KNYC: 07-Jun-00 17:51 EDT: 73.0 F (22.8 C), mostly clear, humidity 38% On Wed, 7 Jun 2000, David O'Brien wrote: >On Wed, Jun 07, 2000 at 12:53:28AM -0400, Eric D. Futch wrote: >> The URL in the Makefile for the Alpha version of Netscape is invalid. The >> following URL appears to work fine: >> >> ftp://ftp.netscape.com/pub/communicator/english/4.73/unix/supported/dec_unix40/complete_install/communicator-v473-expor.alpha-dec-osf4.0.tar.gz > >I am working (in my copious spare time ;-)) on upgrading the Netscape >ports for Alpha. However, I'm having some problems just getting the >Netscape port to work on my Alpha. Maybe I have some local changes? >IMHO, all the multiple includes and over-riding of varaibles is too in >twinded. > >-- >-- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org) > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message