Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 06:56:25 -0700 From: Kurt Buff <kurt.buff@gmail.com> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: SVG and dependence on Firefox2.x? Message-ID: <a9f4a3860909140656r1be49350uc1c56ea3ea5094ab@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <87zl8xkiqz.fsf@kobe.laptop> References: <a9f4a3860909131459q71df50daudd82080a0dde46ea@mail.gmail.com> <87zl8xkiqz.fsf@kobe.laptop>
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On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 01:55, Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> wrote: > On Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:59:51 -0700, Kurt Buff <kurt.buff@gmail.com> wrote= : >> I notice that for both The Gimp and graphviz, and probably for others >> as well, marking them or their dependencies as able to render SVG >> invokes installation of FF 2.x. >> >> This fails, as the port is marked as forbidden, and then the >> installation of these graphics programs fails. >> >> Not a huge deal, but any way to work around it? > > You can build most of the ports that depend on GECKO with the following > in your `/etc/make.conf' file: > > =C2=A0 =C2=A0WITH_GECKO=3D =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 libxul > > I just finished rebuilding my packages in a chroot with this option, and > firefox 2.x was not required for a full x11/gnome2 build: > > # pkg_info | fgrep firefo > firefox-3.5.3,1 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Web browser based on the browser portion of= Mozilla > # Even better. Many thanks. Kurt
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