update for browser section of the FreeBSD Handbook Desktop chapter

Marc Fonvieille blackend at freebsd.org
Sat Aug 6 13:12:54 UTC 2011


On Sat, Aug 06, 2011 at 03:03:21PM +0200, Rene Ladan wrote:
> Op 06-08-2011 13:44, Benedict Reuschling schreef:
> > 
> > Am 06.08.11 12:50, schrieb Rene Ladan:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> because Firefox 3.5 was removed from the Ports Collection, I propose to
> >> update the browser section of the FreeBSD Handbook Desktop chapter. This
> >> will also remove the instructions to install the Diablo Java plugin, as
> >> these were specific to Firefox 3.5
> >>
> >> Comments are welcome.
> >>
> >> http://people.freebsd.org/~rene/patches/desktop.diff
> >>
> >> René
> > 
> > Hi René,
> > 
> > looks good to me.
> 
> Ok, I'll commit it tomorrow (just before the doc slush) if nobody else
> objects.
> 
> > I was thinking about adding a section that says users
> > need to load the sem kernel module using /boot/loader.conf to be able to
> > use newer versions of Firefox. It's in the pkg_message, but perhaps it
> > would be helpful to mention it in the handbook as well.
> > 
> Personally it looks like double documentation to me, because it is
> already in pkg_message.  But feel free to add a section if you can't resist.
>

It's part of GENERIC kernels now, so no need to mention it.

-- 
Marc



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