proposal: add --disable-tests to www/firefox3 port

Garrett Cooper yanefbsd at gmail.com
Tue Dec 23 22:20:06 UTC 2008


On Dec 23, 2008, at 13:39, Doug Barton <dougb at FreeBSD.org> wrote:

> Eitan Adler wrote:
>> ac_add_options --disable-tests
>>    By default, many auxiliary test applications are built, which can
>> help debug and patch the mozilla source. Disabling these tests can  
>> speed
>> build time and reduce disk space considerably [1]
>>
>> Most users don't need these tests built unless they plan on helping
>> debug and patch the mozilla source.
>>
>> I think we should add it to MOZ_OPTIONS in www/firefox3.  If it  
>> exists
>> for firefox2 I propose adding it to firefox2 as well (especially  
>> since
>> firefox2 is going to be EOL soon).
>>
>> [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Configuring_Build_Options
>
> Perhaps this could be part of the WITH_DEBUG option?
>
> Doug

I agree with Doug.
-Garrett 


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