Steve Schmidt wrote:
Greetings:
I'm attempting a fresh install of
gnome2-lite<http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/x11/gnome2-lite/>and
I'm encountering a rash of security issues.
By fresh install, I am using FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE with
xorg<http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/x11/xorg/>7.4
successfully installed.
I am basically following the instructions on
http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/faq2.html
# pkg_delete -rf pkg-config\*
# cd /usr/ports/x11/gnome2
# make clean
# make install clean
- but instead of port gnome2 and gnome2-lite.
By security, I mean some of the ports will not install because of a
dependency with firefox-2.0.0.20_2,1
Through liberal applications of portmaster and installation of many of the
individual ports (and getting the stink-eye from my wife for spending an
entire Saturday on this), I managed to get a gnome session launched,
however, the resulting product was unstable.
I haven't tried a full-blown gnome install but I see that that includes
Firefox 2 also in its dependecies
Have any ideas?
- Steve Schmidt
Cary, NC
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hi.
i had come across same problem this weekend when firefox3 saw an upgrade
and firefox2 got marked forbidden, but there are still some ports that
require firefox2 particularly for gecko.
a quick fix is to edit the Makefile of those ports that need gecko and
remove firefox from the USE_GECKO line, but you will still have to build
xulrunner.
i am kinda noob, so maybe you can get better advice, and i'm not
married, so i have a bit more time to play around, but replied cuz i am
getting some unstable builds from ports and am now trying to get them as
packages from wherever i can find them; and i don't know if you thought
you got an unstable gnome because of firefox
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