On Friday 17 June 2016 21:33:52 Gene Heskett wrote: > On Friday 17 June 2016 11:50:49 Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Friday 17 June 2016 16:29:51 Dalios wrote: > > > On 06/16/2016 08:50 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > snip > > > > > > > There seems to be sort of a "quantum dis-entanglement" in this > > > > browser transition (and I am reading between the lines, thinking > > > > your problem is related to this) because in one swell foop they've > > > > disabled the help menu's of quite a few programs that used > > > > iceweasel as their reader for html docs, whether it was a file on > > > > your own machine, or a link to a site on the web serving up the > > > > latest docs, which of course do NOT apply to the 3 year old stable > > > > versions of the programs served up by the repo's > > > > > > > > I solved it here the hard, no doubt totally unapproved way, I > > > > copied /usr/lib/firefox to /usr/lib/iceweasel and then made > > > > softlinks in the copied directory from iceweasel to firefox. And > > > > those programs that serve up their help menu's with iceweasel are > > > > once again "fat, dumb, and happy". > > > > > > > > Tain't right, it will not be updated, but in that event I'll just > > > > edit the softlinks to actually reference the real thing & nuke the > > > > rest of that directory as wasted disk space. > > > > > > > > I have no clue what they were thinking when they yanked iceweasel > > > > out by the roots. I doubt they even considered that something else > > > > might be dependent on iceweasel/iceweasel as a name. > > > > > > > > What should have happened was that iceweasel was updated to be an > > > > empty package except for that /usr/lib/iceweasel directory and the > > > > softlinks to firefox. > > > > > > > > Grrrrrouuuufffff in the general direction of TPTB. > > > > > > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > > > > > > Thanks for your effort and your feedback but I don't think that is a > > > good solution for me. Maybe I should try re-installing firefox... > > > > Have you tried upgrading again? There may be some new updates. And > > have you done full-upgrade? (dist-upgrade in apt-get)? To get rid > > of old stuff that will now get in the way. > > > > Lisi > > No I haven't Lisi.
That was aimed at Dalios. I know you too well, Gene!! But for most people it is a better, safer option than your home-rolling. ;-) Those of us on this list who thread (or try to :-( ) are, it seems, a dying breed. Lisi > The last time I did that, I had to start all over > again, building me an install I could use. That was at least a year > back. It ripped put all the linuxcnc related stuff for starters, I guess > it thinks email and web browsing is the only thing we do with these > machines. Easily fixed by me except for freecad which will not install > on this final wheezy anymore, but... > > I build these machines for ME to use, and if it works and is stable, as > in still works next week too, well... It will probably run that way > until I update with a new install. > > If someone tells me I shouldn't do that which I just did to solve a very > real problem, then along with their finger sharpening, they had better > be able to explain what is wrong with what I did, in factual terms AND > how to solve it the _proper_ way. > > Thanks Lisi. > Cheers, Gene Heskett
