Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 09:40:11 -0800 (PST) From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org> To: gnome@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/63270: www/firefox does not install pkgconfig files correctly Message-ID: <200402261740.i1QHeBNg071486@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR ports/63270; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org> To: ports@fsck.ch Cc: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/63270: www/firefox does not install pkgconfig files correctly Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 12:37:32 -0500 --=-SB+cTmCNT9uSgRT919zE Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 2004-02-26 at 05:09, ports@fsck.ch wrote: > The problem is see (though i am not master of porting) is that the > mozilla-*.pc files can be provided by several ports: mozilla, > mozilla-devel, firefox and other mozilla variants. >=20 > Putting those files in different directories makes impossible for a port > to check whether either mozilla* or firefox is installed. The various > plugin wrapper ports are examples of ports that would want to do that. The mozilla ports install the .pc files in the correct location because more ports use mozilla than do firefox. I still don't see what moving these files over would fix. >=20 > But then again, what happens if someone wants both mozilla/firefox to > coexist? Exactly. There would be file conflicts, and I don't want to go hacking the port any further unless there is a real issue that will be fixed. Joe --=20 Joe Marcus Clarke FreeBSD GNOME Team :: marcus@FreeBSD.org gnome@FreeBSD.org FreeNode / #freebsd-gnome http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome --=-SB+cTmCNT9uSgRT919zE Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBAPi7cb2iPiv4Uz4cRAn2PAJwM3E34sUUZSbqW51rarqWC1vjLswCZARxO pUNR/ySQ2tLjqitWHHq2nZ4= =L/hc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-SB+cTmCNT9uSgRT919zE--
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