Date: Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:17:34 +0100 From: Heino Tiedemann <rotkaps_spam_trap@gmx.de> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [CFT] Firefox 3.6 for FreeBSD Message-ID: <ee0u37-2if.ln1@news.hansenet.de> References: <20100204001933.GA11586@bsdcrew.de> <201002042113.o14LDaOg089837@triton8.kn-bremen.de> <epqr37-627.ln1@news.hansenet.de>
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Heino Tiedemann <rotkaps_spam_trap@gmx.de> wrote: > Juergen Lock <nox@jelal.kn-bremen.de> wrote: > >> In article <20100204001933.GA11586@bsdcrew.de> you write: >>>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>>Hash: SHA1 >>> >>>Howdy, >>> >>>We know that a lot people are waiting for Firefox 3.6, >>>but nox@ found a strange bug which is now solved. >>>The problem was that starting Firefox 3.6 with certain >>>addons installed was not possible. Now it looks like all >>>problems are solved and we can start a CFT. >>>[...] >> >> ..and in case anyone is wondering what the issue was, the problem was a >> filename handling change that basically caused all .xpt files (XPCOM type >> libraries) failing to load when there where symlinks in paths to one of >> them - like the ones from addons when /home is a symlink like it usually >> is on FreeBSD - and thus ff couldn't start. Here is the mozilla ticket: >> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=530793 > > Aha, und das alles klappte dei dem www/firefox3-devel bisher nicht? > > Krass. Ma gut, das ich nie Addonns verwende ;-) > > Und ja, /home ist bei mir ein Symlink. oops, sorry. I thought I was in "de-bsd-questions@de.freebsd.org".
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