Jeremy Messenger wrote:
On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:06:02 -0500, Naram Qashat
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I was trying to modify the VLC port to enable the Firefox plugin, but
when I added firefox3 to the list of USE_GECKO and tried to build the
port, it complained saying it couldn't find firefox3-config. I
checked my system, and there is no firefox3-config, but back when I
had firefox2 installed, there was a firefox-config on my system. I
couldn't find where in bsd.gecko.mk to add firefox3-config to the
plist or where in firefox3's Makefile it would need to be added. Any
advice on the matter would be helpful.
Because Firefox 3 does not install this file and *.pc (pkg-config files)
anymore. Everytime when I have tried to search for answer and reason why
they changed it. I end up hit the wall. Perhaps, they asked in the wrong
place. Also it's hard to find a good keyword to search in google
(Mozilla is using google search for their website/newsgroups). If you
can find it, I would love to know about it. Everything what jong357
(forum user) knows are same what I know in our search, but he has
pointed that there is answer in mailing list that I can't find.
http://forums-test.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=3559635
I have told my team about that somehow I think that Mozilla developers
want us to start to use xulrunner for SDK/build stuff rather than on
Firefox, Seamonkey and etc. I think that xulrunner 1.9 does install *.pc
files and probably xulrunner-config too.
I did a little digging on my own, and found two more threads talking about this:
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-626153-highlight-.html
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/firefox-3.0-email-links-no-thunderbird-650845/page2.html
Both mention the same thing, that xulrunner should be used to get the correct
Mozilla configuration files. I also just tried to build vlc after manually
editing it's Makefile to have xulrunner at the beginning of the WANT_GECKO line
and removing the .include to bsd.gecko.mk, and it found xulrunner-config after
installing xulrunner, so I assume that's how it should be done from now on. I
think this means that using anything but xulrunner for WANT_GECKO or USE_GECKO
won't work as planned anymore.
Naram Qashat
--
While I am here, our firefox3 port still need some improvements such as
don't use lib/browser_plugins anymore, because firefox3 can't use
firefox2 plugins or it crashes. I am thinking about maybe use
www/linux-mplayer-plugin/Makefile.npapi. Then create new directories
like lib/npapi/symlinks/gecko18 and lib/npapi/symlinks/lib/gecko19.
Other more improvements like clean up in bsd.gecko.mk and gecko ports.
I am slowing and lacking motivative, because I dislike any Mozilla
products and my box is slow for build/install test. I am being patient
to work with these, so I would love someone (that actually like Mozilla
product and have motivative) to jump in and take over. ;-)
Cheers,
Mezz
Thanks,
Naram Qashat
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