Re: Firefox and FreeBSD 5.3

From: Walt Harris (ampl_at_volstate.net)
Date: 02/01/05 

Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2005 07:07:14 -0600

Lowell Gilbert wrote:

> "J. van der Knaap" <spamzuigt@pastrami.be> writes:
>> Lowell Gilbert wrote:
>> > The obvious approach would be "pkg_add -r thunderbird", to get a
>> > native (not Linux) version.
>> > Is that too outdated for you? [How outdated it is depends on what
>> > version of FreeBSD you're running, which you didn't mention.]
>>
>> Isn't that in the subject line?

Sorry, I am running 5.3-RELEASE. Please forgive me, I've been using
Slackware and SuSE Linux for a while and forgot that there's a difference
between 5.3-CURRENT and 5.3-RELEASE. I've recently switched to FreeBSD 5.3
because of some stability issues that I've been having with Linux. My
hardware works better with FreeBSD than Linux.

Unfortunately, I can't get High-Speed so that I can't update the code-base
like I'd like to. I really can't afford the local High-Speed rates so have
chosen to stick with dial-up for now. When I get a chance, I download
software at work (I use FreeBSD 4.10 on a PC there and I can update the
codebase there), burn to a disk, and bring a copy home.
 
>> PS: Does anybody have the release dates for new thunderbird/firefox
>> packages for FreeBSD?
>
> Several hours after the port was changed, no? E.g.,
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/mail/thunderbird/
> tells me that the Thunderbird port was updated on Dec. 8, and unless
> there was a problem with it, the package would have been updated
> automatically.

My problem with the Thunderbird and Firefox that came with 5.3-RELEASE is a
little picky on some of the websites I go to. It appears it's a
shockwave/flash issue that Konqueror and Mozilla 1.75 doesn't have. I
don't really care for Konqueror, but it's part of KDE. As to Mozilla, I
like it but prefer Firefox - my wife prefers Mozilla. My son prefers
Netscape and I've just forced him to switch to Mozilla for simplicity.

I'll probably just download the Firefox/Thunderbird sourcecode from
Mozilla.org and recompile myself then. 

-- 
Enjoying Freedom Every Day... 
Using FreeBSD and Slackware!

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