On Wed, Jul 05, 2017 at 02:07:29AM -0400, DTD wrote: > if you use xfce. By definition it is not a problem that: > > 1) install a new copy of FreeBSD 10.3 > 2) pkg install xorg > 3) pkg install xfce > 4) pkg install firefox > > installs a firefox package that does not run. The project seems to do a bit > better than this on Windows, but they (I think) have to in that environment. > The > official answer to the above is: > > --- Comment #1 from Jan Beich <[email protected]> --- > Partial upgrades i.e., mixing dependencies from different svn checkouts, dates > of "pkg install" or locking dependencies, are not supported. firefox will > refuse to build unless you upgrade sqlite3. Some version requirement are > specified in the port's Makefile > > $ fgrep sqlite www/firefox/Makefile > sqlite3>=3.17.0:databases/sqlite3 \ > ${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}sqlite3>0:databases/py-sqlite3 \ > > "pkg upgrade" may help you resolve this. > > The only problem with this 'solution' is that upgrading sqlite requires a > cascading series of updates that breaks parts of xfce. Other than that no > problem here. So if you use twm firefox is your browser. > > The next time I build a system I will try installing firefox first. I got > here > because I wanted to ungrade thunar (xfce's file manager). That upgrade broke > the version of firefox that was running (47.somethine). Chasing and fixing > that > chain eventually required a reinstall. Happily (for me) chrome works.
Hmm, what firefox port are you building/running? I'm running version 54.0 (firefox-54.0.1_1,1) without any real issues (well, none at this point). I don't install or run xfce, but use the ctwm window manager (ctwm-4.0.0,1). Perhaps that's the difference. I'm also running 10.3: FreeBSD luke.immure.com 10.3-STABLE FreeBSD 10.3-STABLE #3 r320754: Thu Jul 6 15:13:13 CDT 2017 [email protected]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/LUKE amd64 As an asside, I recommend running v 54 of firefox in any event. The new thread support seems to have significantly improved its performance and stability for me (at least). > > > _____ > Douglas Denault > http://www.safeport.com > [email protected] > Voice: 301-217-9220 > Fax: 301-217-9277 > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]" -- Bob Willcox | Lawsuit, n.: A machine which you go into as a pig and [email protected] | come out as a sausage. Austin, TX | -- Ambrose Bierce _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
