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From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
To: Ben Siemon <ben.siemon@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Firefox 1.5
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On Fri, Jan 27, 2006 at 12:06:39AM -0600, Ben Siemon wrote:
> So I install firefox from /usr/ports/www/firefox on freebsd 6.0 and I
> assumed that it was 1.5. The info on the web said that 1.5 was in the ports
> collection but the source ball in the ports dir was for 1.0.7 and I have
> seen people with questions about firefox 1.5. I have used each of the
> methods suggested in the handbook for upgrading the ports tree but the
> source has stayed for 1.0.7.

What did you do to update your ports-tree? The easiest way on
FreeBSD-6.0 is with portsnap:

    # portsnap fetch
    # portsnap extact

And that'll have your ports tree up-to-date ready to build firefox.
-- 
Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
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