On Sun, 08 May 2011 14:55:58 -0400 Michael Powell <[email protected]> wrote:
> Adam Vande More wrote: > > > On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 1:00 PM, Janos Dohanics <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > >> Rebuilt the kernel with "options P1003_1B_SEMAPHORES" and Firefox > >> now works fine. > >> > >> Since this option seems to be required for Firefox (and perhaps for > >> other ports?), shouldn't /usr/ports/UPDATING or /usr/src/UPDATING > >> reflect this? > >> > >> Thanks again for your help. > >> > > > > Review the pkg installation message: > > > > pkg_info -Dx firefox > > > > And it's not a requirement. I've never seen that issue, or enabled > > the fix although firefox is my primary browser. > > These options are present in the GENERIC kernel and you probably did > not remove them. My guess is the OP did and never realized it. At > least that's how it is in Release, if Stable is different I wouldn't > know. > > As far as operator misconfiguring is concerned, UPDATING is not aimed > at this. > > -Mike Actually, I build custom kernels, and I must have deleted the option P1003_1B_SEMAPHORES by accident. FreeBSD 7.3-RELEASE Release Notes says that "FreeBSD now supports POSIX semaphores (P1003_1B_SEMAPHORES kernel option) by default" - I should assume then that the option P1003_1B_SEMAPHORES has been included by default in all 8.x versions, correct? -- Janos Dohanics _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
