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From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
Date: 16 Feb 2005 09:05:18 -0500
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Subject: Re: Firefox and java
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John <john@starfire.mn.org> writes:

> On Wed, Feb 16, 2005 at 08:37:11AM -0500, Lowell Gilbert wrote:

> > The firefox port wilil make that link for you, automatically, if the
> > JDK is installed when you're building firefox.
> 
> Yes, I've heard that.  Sorry - my original question was how to do it
> if you installed firefox from packages instead of ports.

This is the primary disadvantage of packages; they cannot adapt to the
existing configuration of your system the way ports can.