Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 09:54:47 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Ken Seggerman <suleyman@echonyc.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installing Netscape "by the book" Message-ID: <19980417095447.C1090@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96.980416102620.10516A-100000@echonyc.com>; from Ken Seggerman on Thu, Apr 16, 1998 at 10:47:10AM -0400 References: <Pine.GSO.3.96.980416102620.10516A-100000@echonyc.com>
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On Thu, 16 April 1998 at 10:47:10 -0400, Ken Seggerman wrote: > > So, I am not the only one with this problem. > > I guess I will have to ditch the port I have and download one. So many > Netscape ports, so little time! > > This is appaarently not a bug or shortcoming in the book, but an error in > the port on the CD-ROM. Not really. The port was correct when the CD-ROM was pressed. It's now out of date. > What I don't get is why, if the port on the CD-ROM is presumably complete, > the make install process searches for another complete port: > > "communicator-v403b8-export.x86-unknown-freebsd.tar.gz" I'm not sure what you mean here. > Perhaps it is complete, but the make install program doesn't know this. > > I can't even find a FreeBSD directory on ftp.netscape.com. > > Navigating the directory trees of ftp sites is a little bit slower and > more tedious from the command line, which is why I want to get Netscape up > and running. Did you check out the port like I suggested? Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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