From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 17 18:23:47 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D694A1065730 for ; Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:23:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marshc187@gmail.com) Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com (fg-out-1718.google.com [72.14.220.155]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6271E8FC0A for ; Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:23:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marshc187@gmail.com) Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id l26so515642fgb.35 for ; Tue, 17 Feb 2009 10:23:46 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=f9Liw8NJBV+HLMTjtWnvTP1VqWiRDcXZEwmI+kX/4iE=; b=tnXImlKOPvd/YPUyUiOasr1N0+VNrZCv3t/heBl8XBKsPVczucucb9SL4i6wSMnLVZ ozJ1ebGFfk4JJ2u3KisKa1i+65r6GcAOsD50Z0Dobsq3S743I20EwB21ZrN4+5rdoUqm Jnhwpos3wRUKVvyS+n0k3foKl3O2uklh7z8gA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=GCn3LMgJf35YB05Ks635SBHtvyv33fq9GFWmJdpczc43C3eOSI6vyQu93bcHG79gcC tqdarBOGLz4URzfOyUt5+Q0e1VjjdVPt0eiIgujBNg83p5GCsxw6EhdrZo61k04u/pxl HL+rcZdMp9i7jWYskJEYe6bm9MSKTYy2csupU= Received: by 10.223.113.199 with SMTP id b7mr2770349faq.82.1234895025685; Tue, 17 Feb 2009 10:23:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from ilras.barsh.com ([92.251.20.172]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id g28sm10327631fkg.38.2009.02.17.10.23.42 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 17 Feb 2009 10:23:43 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <499B00A0.4060108@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 19:23:28 +0100 From: t-u-t User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20090214) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Steve Schmidt References: <8cff488f0902170714k6bd46b1eh1a94b6e1e7b321b@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <8cff488f0902170714k6bd46b1eh1a94b6e1e7b321b@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Port: gnome2-lite-2.24.3 X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:23:49 -0000 Steve Schmidt wrote: > Greetings: > > I'm attempting a fresh install of > gnome2-liteand > I'm encountering a rash of security issues. > > By fresh install, I am using FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE with > xorg7.4 > successfully installed. > > I am basically following the instructions on > http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/faq2.html > # pkg_delete -rf pkg-config\* > # cd /usr/ports/x11/gnome2 > # make clean > # make install clean > > - but instead of port gnome2 and gnome2-lite. > > By security, I mean some of the ports will not install because of a > dependency with firefox-2.0.0.20_2,1 > > Through liberal applications of portmaster and installation of many of the > individual ports (and getting the stink-eye from my wife for spending an > entire Saturday on this), I managed to get a gnome session launched, > however, the resulting product was unstable. > > I haven't tried a full-blown gnome install but I see that that includes > Firefox 2 also in its dependecies > > Have any ideas? > > - Steve Schmidt > Cary, NC > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > hi. i had come across same problem this weekend when firefox3 saw an upgrade and firefox2 got marked forbidden, but there are still some ports that require firefox2 particularly for gecko. a quick fix is to edit the Makefile of those ports that need gecko and remove firefox from the USE_GECKO line, but you will still have to build xulrunner. i am kinda noob, so maybe you can get better advice, and i'm not married, so i have a bit more time to play around, but replied cuz i am getting some unstable builds from ports and am now trying to get them as packages from wherever i can find them; and i don't know if you thought you got an unstable gnome because of firefox