From owner-freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Tue Jul 11 14:45:18 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C8D3ADA1C1A for ; Tue, 11 Jul 2017 14:45:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bob@rancor.immure.com) Received: from rancor.immure.com (108-84-10-9.lightspeed.austtx.sbcglobal.net [108.84.10.9]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "darth.immure.com", Issuer "darth.immure.com" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 71E9176AD9 for ; Tue, 11 Jul 2017 14:45:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bob@rancor.immure.com) Received: from rancor.immure.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by rancor.immure.com (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPS id v6BEjBJT000756 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 11 Jul 2017 09:45:11 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from bob@rancor.immure.com) Received: (from bob@localhost) by rancor.immure.com (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id v6BEjABH000755; Tue, 11 Jul 2017 09:45:10 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from bob) Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2017 09:45:10 -0500 From: Bob Willcox To: DTD Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: firefox is pretty useless ... Message-ID: <20170711144510.GO96529@rancor.immure.com> Reply-To: Bob Willcox References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.8.3 (2017-05-23) X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2017 14:45:18 -0000 On Wed, Jul 05, 2017 at 02:07:29AM -0400, DTD wrote: > if you use xfce. By definition it is not a problem that: > > 1) install a new copy of FreeBSD 10.3 > 2) pkg install xorg > 3) pkg install xfce > 4) pkg install firefox > > installs a firefox package that does not run. The project seems to do a bit > better than this on Windows, but they (I think) have to in that environment. The > official answer to the above is: > > --- Comment #1 from Jan Beich --- > Partial upgrades i.e., mixing dependencies from different svn checkouts, dates > of "pkg install" or locking dependencies, are not supported. firefox will > refuse to build unless you upgrade sqlite3. Some version requirement are > specified in the port's Makefile > > $ fgrep sqlite www/firefox/Makefile > sqlite3>=3.17.0:databases/sqlite3 \ > ${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}sqlite3>0:databases/py-sqlite3 \ > > "pkg upgrade" may help you resolve this. > > The only problem with this 'solution' is that upgrading sqlite requires a > cascading series of updates that breaks parts of xfce. Other than that no > problem here. So if you use twm firefox is your browser. > > The next time I build a system I will try installing firefox first. I got here > because I wanted to ungrade thunar (xfce's file manager). That upgrade broke > the version of firefox that was running (47.somethine). Chasing and fixing that > chain eventually required a reinstall. Happily (for me) chrome works. Hmm, what firefox port are you building/running? I'm running version 54.0 (firefox-54.0.1_1,1) without any real issues (well, none at this point). I don't install or run xfce, but use the ctwm window manager (ctwm-4.0.0,1). Perhaps that's the difference. I'm also running 10.3: FreeBSD luke.immure.com 10.3-STABLE FreeBSD 10.3-STABLE #3 r320754: Thu Jul 6 15:13:13 CDT 2017 bob@luke.immure.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/LUKE amd64 As an asside, I recommend running v 54 of firefox in any event. The new thread support seems to have significantly improved its performance and stability for me (at least). > > > _____ > Douglas Denault > http://www.safeport.com > doug@safeport.com > Voice: 301-217-9220 > Fax: 301-217-9277 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Bob Willcox | Lawsuit, n.: A machine which you go into as a pig and bob@immure.com | come out as a sausage. Austin, TX | -- Ambrose Bierce