From owner-freebsd-ports Tue Sep 17 12:31:48 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F86D37B401; Tue, 17 Sep 2002 12:31:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from creme-brulee.marcuscom.com (rdu57-17-158.nc.rr.com [66.57.17.158]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 814FF43E8A; Tue, 17 Sep 2002 12:31:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) Received: from [10.2.1.2] (vpn-client-2.marcuscom.com [10.2.1.2]) by creme-brulee.marcuscom.com (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g8HJSaiv059277; Tue, 17 Sep 2002 15:28:37 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) Subject: Re: ports/42870: mozilla-devel should be updated to 1.2a From: Joe Marcus Clarke To: Joe Kelsey Cc: jerry@thehutt.org, freebsd-gnome , freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <3D87811F.6030807@mail.flyingcroc.net> References: <3D8775E9.4050409@mail.flyingcroc.net> <1032287836.331.66.camel@gyros.marcus com.com> <20020917184537.GA22391@nomad.thehutt.org> <1032288591.331.71.camel@gyros.m arcuscom.com> <3D877DA3.6070003@mail.flyingcroc.net> <1032289994.331.76.camel@gyros.marcuscom.com> <3D87811F.6030807@mail.flyingcroc.net> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 Date: 17 Sep 2002 15:31:37 -0400 Message-Id: <1032291097.331.88.camel@gyros.marcuscom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.0 required=5.0 tests=IN_REP_TO,AWL version=2.31 Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, 2002-09-17 at 15:23, Joe Kelsey wrote: > Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > > On Tue, 2002-09-17 at 15:08, Joe Kelsey wrote: > > > >>Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > >> > >>>On Tue, 2002-09-17 at 14:45, Jerry A! wrote: > >>> > >>>>Could you please give some thought as to how to name > >>>>/usr/X11R6/lib/mozilla before you make the repo copy? For instance, > >>>>should it be a symlink to /usr/X11R6/lib/mozilla-${ver} or what? > >>>> > >>>>The reason I ask is b/c ports like flashplugin-mozilla and plugger break > >>>>if /usr/X11R6/lib/mozilla doesn't exist. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>I thought of keeping things in line with the way they are now. That is: > >>> > >>>${X11BASE}/lib/mozilla --> mozilla-1.1 > >>>${X11BASE}/lib/mozilla-devel --> mozilla-1.2a > >>>${X11BASE}/lib/mozilla-vendor --> mozilla-1.0.1 > >> > >>www/flashplugin-mozilla/Makefile contains the line: > >> > >>do-install: > >> @${INSTALL_PROGRAM} ${WRKSRC}/npflash.so > >>${X11BASE}/lib/mozilla/plugins > >> > >>which requires the mozilla directory to exist. It needs to change > >>"/mozilla/" to something like "/$(MOZILLA_HOME)/", where MOZILLA_HOME is > >> set in make.conf or something. The problem of plugins is a difficult > >>one. www/flashplugin sets a variable TARGET_DIR in it's Makefile. I > >>think that there is no real answer to doing this automatically without > >>inventing a lot of make cruft. > > > > > > This then begs the question of should I make this change now so close to > > the release? I don't want things to ship out with a lot of popular > > pieces in a broken state. While people might not agree with the Mozilla > > naming scheme right now, the ports do function. > > Well, they only function if you choose www/mozilla. If you install > mozilla-devel, then it could be argued that they don't function. > > I think what ever you do, you are bound to break something unless you go > to the trouble of setting up something like the structure used to > support the multiple netscape releases. > > I think we should take the time to come up with a working system based > on the idea of using the proposed structure, but it should be done after > the 4.7 freexe is lifted. I tend to agree. We don't want to introduce a lot of possible new breakage into the tree right before the freeze. I'll probably be busy enough fixing other GNOME breakages. So, we'll resume this discussion after the freeze is lifted. Thanks for everyone's input. Joe > > /Joe > > > > -- PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message