From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 24 14:38:13 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B78D21065671 for ; Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:38:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from robby@grab.co.za) Received: from qmail.entry.co.za (pdns.entry.co.za [196.211.91.250]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1EB058FC08 for ; Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:38:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from robby@grab.co.za) Received: (qmail 62574 invoked by uid 1011); 24 Jul 2008 14:37:31 -0000 Received: from 192.168.1.33 by qmail.entry.co.za (envelope-from , uid 1009) with qmail-scanner-1.25-st-qms (clamdscan: 0.87/7662. spamassassin: 3.0.4. perlscan: 1.25-st-qms. Clear:RC:1(192.168.1.33):. Processed in 0.064595 secs); 24 Jul 2008 14:37:31 -0000 X-Antivirus-qmail.entry.co.za-Mail-From: robby@grab.co.za via qmail.entry.co.za X-Antivirus-qmail.entry.co.za: 1.25-st-qms (Clear:RC:1(192.168.1.33):. Processed in 0.064595 secs Process 62568) Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.33?) (robby@entry.co.za@192.168.1.33) by qmail.entry.co.za with SMTP; 24 Jul 2008 14:37:31 -0000 Message-ID: <4888946C.7040501@grab.co.za> Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:40:44 +0200 From: Robby Balona User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080502) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <48888944.1050203@grab.co.za> <20080724142536.GA91314@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20080724142536.GA91314@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Firefox3 port problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:38:13 -0000 Thanks Roland I have much to learn. Regards Robby Roland Smith wrote: > On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 03:53:08PM +0200, Robby Balona wrote: > >> Hi Guys >> >> I have been tring to port firefox3 on freebsd 7 for a week now. I keep >> coming up against this error >> > > Why are you trying to port it? It is allready in ports: www/firefox3 > > >> gmake:***[libgiofam.la] Error 1 >> >> I have done a portsnap update already. >> > > Using portsnap is not enough; it just updates the ports tree. You also > need to update your installed ports. > > >> Please dont flame me for not looking on google for the error as I have >> not really worried about it until now, when I need firefox. >> > > You need to update your installed ports. You're missing gio-fam-backend, > which is now needed by the gtk+ toolkit which is needed for firefox. > > Use portmaster or portupgrade to upgrade all you installed ports. > > Roland >