ports/125993: www/firefox3 is unusable

[Jeremy Messenger]

On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:19:12 -0500, Jeremy Messenger <mezz7 at cox.net> wrote:

> On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 18:52:40 -0500, Naram Qashat  
> <cyberbotx at cyberbotx.com> wrote:
>
>> edwin at FreeBSD.org wrote:
>>> Synopsis: www/firefox3 is unusable
>>>  Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-ports-bugs->gnome
>>> Responsible-Changed-By: edwin
>>> Responsible-Changed-When: Sat Jul 26 23:19:41 UTC 2008
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>>
>> I don't know what is going on with your system in particular, but I'm  
>> been using Firefox 3 since it got proposed for introduction to the  
>> ports tree and I've had no problems with it at all.  Did you actually  
>> try to install it along-side Firefox 2?  If you did, I'd suggest not  
>> doing that, as both read your user data from the same exact spot.  Plus  
>> Firefox 3 didn't even compile for me when I had Firefox 2 installed  
>> anyways.
>
> I have Firefox 2/3 installed together and I have no issue for build. As  
> for the user data, in the release note said that it should be fixed in  
> 3.0.1 and 2.0.0.15. But I think it still does say it's first time use  
> firefox page if you switch firefox2 <-> firefox3 at the each time,  
> thought.

Err, I misread it after I read release note again. It's not about user  
data. It's about install in same directory. Nevermind about it, but as for  
the build, my comment stays same.

Cheers,
Mezz

> http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.0.1/releasenotes/ (click on  
> What’s New in Firefox 3.0.1)
>
> Cheers,
> Mezz
>
>> Naram Qashat


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