can't build firefox 1.0.4 on 4.10

Alex Zbyslaw xfb52 at dial.pipex.com
Mon May 16 09:06:26 PDT 2005


Timothy Smith wrote:

> i've gotten futher, i've found you can't compile it with make, you 
> need to use gmake. sunbird compiled fine, however firefox errors with
>
> +++ making chrome /usr/home/timothy/mozilla/netwerk/resources  => 
> ../../dist/bin/chrome/en-US.jar
> error: file '../../toolkit/locales/en-US/chrome/necko/contents.rdf' 
> doesn't exist at ../../config/make-jars.pl line 418, <STDIN> chunk 9.
> gmake[3]: *** [libs] Error 2
> gmake[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/home/timothy/mozilla/netwerk/resources'
> gmake[2]: *** [libs] Error 2
> gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/home/timothy/mozilla/netwerk'
> gmake[1]: *** [tier_9] Error 2
> gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/home/timothy/mozilla'
> gmake: *** [default] Error 2

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?

--Alex



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