Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2011 12:32:10 -0600 From: Zhihao Yuan <lichray@gmail.com> To: rotkap@gmx.de Cc: Heino Tiedemann <rotkaps_spam_trap@gmx.de>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Firefox 4 - Beta Message-ID: <AANLkTi=G5uThiC_=6EX%2BMF3EfpOro3GCfYaXY-LU1JMD@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <tijf48-1d1.ln1@news.hansenet.de> References: <rhk948-1bv1.ln1@news.hansenet.de> <4D723F43.4040506@FreeBSD.org> <4lhc48-s332.ln1@news.hansenet.de> <4D73BD6A.7000404@swa.org.ru> <tijf48-1d1.ln1@news.hansenet.de>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 12:09 PM, Heino Tiedemann <rotkaps_spam_trap@gmx.de> wrote: > Sergey Nikolenko <s@swa.org.ru> wrote: > >> On 06.03.2011 19:17, Heino Tiedemann wrote: >> >>>>> is there someone who likes to go for the Firefox 4 in ports? >>>>> >>>>> maybe into www/firefox-devel? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Firefox 4 is in the State "beta 12" - what means it is the release >>>>> candidate. >>>> >>>> Firefox 4 is available for FreeBSD for a long time in our development >>>> repository. Please have a look at this page for more information about >>>> the freebsd-gecko repository: >>>> https://trillian.chruetertee.ch/freebsd-gecko/ >>>> >>>> Firefox 4 lives at: >>>> https://trillian.chruetertee.ch/svn/freebsd-gecko/branches/experimental/www/firefox-devel/ >>>> >>>> We are not going to commit a Firefox 4 Beta or RC to the ports tree. If >>>> you like to test Firefox 4 use the one from the development repository >>>> at your own risk. >>> >>> Cool. >>> >>> Any manpage or howto how I can gat this on my computer? Do I need SVN >>> for that >> >> 1. cd /usr/ports/devel/subversion; make install clean >> 2. cd /usr/ports/www >> 3. svn co >> https://trillian.chruetertee.ch/svn/freebsd-gecko/branches/experimental/www/firefox-devel >> 4. cd firefox-devel >> 5. make install clean >> >> The performance of Firefox 4 is impressive, sometimes it's even >> working faster than Chromium. > > Yes, it is Fast! I belive it is even faster on startup... > > One Question: > > Do I HAVE TO put it into my ports tree? Or can I put it somewhere into > my home directory tree? > > e.g. > 1 cd ~/myports/www > 2 svn co https://trillian.chruetertee.ch/svn/freebsd-gecko/branches/experimental/www/firefox-devel > 3 cd firefox-devel > 4 make install clean > > > Does that work? Where doesthe distfile go to then? distfiles goes to /usr/ports/distfiles. You don't have to mv it into your ports tree. After you have done sudo make fetch, you can build the port as a normal user. > > Heino > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Zhihao Yuan The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?AANLkTi=G5uThiC_=6EX%2BMF3EfpOro3GCfYaXY-LU1JMD>