firefox 0.9 does not work

[Piotr Smyrak]

On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 14:07:06 -0700, Joe Kelsey
<joe at zircon.seattle.wa.us>  wrote:

> On Wed, 2004-06-16 at 13:50, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
> > On Wed, 2004-06-16 at 16:41, Joe Kelsey wrote:
> > > I just upgraded firefox 0.8 to firefox 0.9 and now I cannot
> > > even start the browser!  The first time it started, it came up
> > > with a configuration box, and I let it go with the "upgrade
> > > from 0.8" box checked (although I cannot remember the exact
> > > wording...).  Since then, whenever I type"firefox", it pauses
> > > briefly and eventually exits with no messages printed out at
> > > all.  I tried reinstalling with -DWITH_LOGGING on the make
> > > command line, but that has not changed the behavior.
> > > 
> > > So, currently I have no access to firefox, whereas I used to
> > > get wonderful service.  How do I get it to print anything at
> > > all at me during loading so I can get some idea where it fails
> > > and attempt to fix whatever has happened?
> > 
> > You should have read UPDATING, ports@, or my commit message.
> 
> What are you talking about?  I run 4-STABLE, no message in
> UPDATING!

Did you check /usr/ports/UPDATING?

> If you make a change like this in a standard gnome application,
> you need to at least mention it on the gnome@ list or somehow make
> it a requirement that everyone who monitors gnome@ no has to
> *also* monitor ports at .

There is no reason to punch hard working Gnome team. The thingy is
mentioned and described in the pkg-message file. You should monitor
your upgrades.

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 Piotr Smyrak
 piotr.smyrak at heron.pl