Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 19:09:58 +1000 From: Timothy Smith <timothy@open-networks.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: can't build firefox 1.0.4 on 4.10 Message-ID: <428C57E6.7040300@open-networks.net> In-Reply-To: <428C55C2.9080100@open-networks.net> References: <42832E02.2090003@open-networks.net> <42837807.2090407@dial.pipex.com> <42837E15.9020302@dial.pipex.com> <4283CF69.8010005@open-networks.net> <4284D3D6.4030409@dial.pipex.com> <42851CCB.8030603@open-networks.net> <428537EF.1040306@dial.pipex.com> <42859E37.1080100@open-networks.net> <428695E1.5000100@open-networks.net> <4288C4FE.90201@dial.pipex.com> <428C3003.2050603@open-networks.net> <428C5292.9060900@dial.pipex.com> <428C55C2.9080100@open-networks.net>
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Timothy Smith wrote: > Alex Zbyslaw wrote: > >> Timothy Smith wrote: >> >>> Alex Zbyslaw wrote: >>> >>>> Why aren't you compiling this from the port? With a port someone >>>> has already gone to the trouble of making FreeBSD specific patches >>>> to fix things like configuration issues. Is there a reason for >>>> trying to re-invent all those wheels? >>>> >>>> >>> well whats the lastest port, how quickly are ports brought up todate >>> with the current version? i'd like to be able to compile it myself >>> and not have to rely on someone else. >> >> >> >> In the case of firefox, the answer seems to be "pretty damn >> quickly". The same is true of most popular ports. I can only think >> of one port which I have which doesn't seem to have kept up with the >> original (fcron). With a port you *do* compile it yourself (it's >> packages which are pre-compiled and I rarely touch those). What you >> get are checksums, patches, dependencies calculated automatically. If >> you are desperate for a version of something which is newer than the >> port (or, older), you can still recompile it yourself, though if it's >> as complicated as firefox you are likely to run in to trouble. You >> also get a good record of what exactly is installed on your system >> (pkg_info) and semi-automatic info about what needs upgrading (cvsup >> and portupgrade, which I highky recommend; or the newer portmanager, >> but that dumps core for me). >> >> In the time you've been having all this trouble, I compiled and >> installed one version of firefox (1.03). Then came various potential >> security holes, and version 1.04 came out, which I then upgraded to. >> The only hassle was waiting for it to compile! With portupgrade it >> even remebered which configuration options I had picked the first >> time, and re-used them the second time. >> >> --Alex >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >> > ok sounds fair enough. i'm following the handbooks chapter on cvsup, > i've alreayd upgraded my ports, i'm now portinstall'ing firefox > (1.0.4) we will see how it holds up > > there seems to be no chatper on portupgrade, is this because there's > already plenty of info out there about it? > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > it didn't like it too much. i did pkg_delete on the old version then i ran portinstall www/firefox which compiled for a bit then gave the following error gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/www/firefox/work/mozilla' gmake: *** [default] Error 2 *** Error code 2 Stop in /usr/ports/www/firefox. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/www/firefox. ** Command failed [exit code 1]: /usr/bin/script -qa /tmp/portinstall25370.0 make reinstall ** Fix the installation problem and try again. ** Listing the failed packages (*:skipped / !:failed) ! www/firefox (install error) ---> Packages processed: 0 done, 0 ignored, 0 skipped and 1 failed
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