Re: Cannot install extensions in Thunderbird

2005-09-06 Thread Andrew Benton
Randy McMurchy wrote: 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 manu

Re: Cannot install extensions in Thunderbird

2005-09-06 Thread Matthew Burgess
Randy McMurchy wrote: Thanks for sharing your experience with us. I hope your TBird build is as successful as the one I did today. I'm sending this message from a freshly built TBird. And we all know now why you're so keen to learn so much about TBird, Randy, don't we? *cough* http://www.li

Re: Cannot install extensions in Thunderbird

2005-09-06 Thread Randy McMurchy
Doug Reich wrote these words on 09/06/05 16:27 CDT: > There is a difference between running "make -f client.mk build" and > "./configure && make" I realize. While the configure script reads the > configure instructions, it does not read the make options, and so you > miss out on those variables. S

Re: Cannot install extensions in Thunderbird

2005-09-06 Thread Doug Reich
Dan Nicholson wrote: On 9/6/05, Randy McMurchy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 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

Re: Cannot install extensions in Thunderbird

2005-09-06 Thread Dan Nicholson
On 9/6/05, Randy McMurchy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 mak

Re: Cannot install extensions in Thunderbird

2005-09-06 Thread Doug Reich
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 OK, I'll give that a try. However, I am confident that my method works, for two reasons: 1) When I run ./configure, I am presented with a list of options pulle

Re: Cannot install extensions in Thunderbird

2005-09-06 Thread Randy McMurchy
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 ./config

Re: Cannot install extensions in Thunderbird

2005-09-06 Thread Doug Reich
Randy McMurchy wrote: Doug Reich wrote these words on 09/06/05 11:08 CST: That wasn't the feature I was looking for -- I can't install any extensions for any user, including when running Thunderbird as root. I wish I could help. The feature works for me. How do you install Thunderbird? Mean

Re: Cannot install extensions in Thunderbird

2005-09-06 Thread Randy McMurchy
Doug Reich wrote these words on 09/06/05 11:08 CST: > That wasn't the feature I was looking for -- I can't install any > extensions for any user, including when running Thunderbird as root. I wish I could help. The feature works for me. How do you install Thunderbird? Meaning, the way the BLFS b

Re: Cannot install extensions in Thunderbird

2005-09-06 Thread Randy McMurchy
Doug Reich wrote these words on 09/06/05 09:37 CST: > I just installed Thunderbird 1.0.6, and when I go to the extension > manager, click "install", locate the extension and click "open", nothing > happens; it returns me directly to the extension manager. This happens > both as root and as a reg

Cannot install extensions in Thunderbird

2005-09-06 Thread Doug Reich
I just installed Thunderbird 1.0.6, and when I go to the extension manager, click "install", locate the extension and click "open", nothing happens; it returns me directly to the extension manager. This happens both as root and as a regular user. Extensions that were already installed from a di