can't build firefox 1.0.4 on 4.10

Timothy Smith timothy at open-networks.net
Wed May 18 23:19:56 PDT 2005


Alex Zbyslaw wrote:

> 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
>
>
>
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.


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