Doug Reich wrote these words on 09/06/05 11:38 CST: > My method is roughly comparable to the BLFS instructions (that is, I > followed BLFS in a previous installation and now I just recall the > outline of the procedure). All I did was create a .mozconfig file > (attached), and then run ./configure && make && make install.
Understand what I'm about to say could be totally wrong, but I have a real good understanding of how Mozilla is built, and the possible ways it can be installed, so here goes. It is my understanding that if you use a .mozconfig file, then you must build Mozilla using the client.mk system (this might be wrong syntax, but essentially it is the Moz method that reads the .mozconfig file, then runs configure and make itself). If you run configure manually (as the book suggests), then you must pass the configuration options directly to configure via the --switches. Again, I might be wrong here, but I don't think so. Best as I can tell, configure does not directly read the .mozconfig file. This very well could be your problem. I realize your way has worked in the past, however, you are having problems now, and your method does not seem to follow either the BLFS or the Mozilla methods of building. Note that using either the BLFS method or the Mozilla method you end up with the *same exact* thing. The only difference being in the way the configuration items are relayed to the build process. I hope this helps. -- Randy rmlscsi: [GNU ld version 2.15.94.0.2 20041220] [gcc (GCC) 3.4.3] [GNU C Library stable release version 2.3.4] [Linux 2.6.10 i686] 11:41:01 up 157 days, 11:14, 3 users, load average: 0.04, 0.02, 0.19 -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
