firefox 0.9 does not work

Joe Marcus Clarke marcus at marcuscom.com
Wed Jun 16 14:43:58 PDT 2004


On Wed, 2004-06-16 at 17:07, Joe Kelsey 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!  I
> do not find any reason that I need to monitor ports@ or to read CVS
> commit messages, unless you have chosen to create a brand-new
> requirement out of whole cloth that says that I need to monitor ports@
> all of a sudden.

Look at /usr/ports/UPDATING.  You should do this everytime you cvsup
ports.

> 
> 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 .

Everyone who uses ports should monitor /usr/ports/UPDATING, period.  But
I also included a blurb in the firefox pkg-message for those that don't.

Joe

> 
> /Joe
> 
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> > > 
> > > /Joe
> > > 
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