At Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:39:13 +0000 Stroller <strol...@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> wrote:
> On 19 Jan 2009, at 16:59, Grant Edwards wrote: >>> ... >>> Someone should file a bug to have the message changed to something >>> clearer. >> >> I'd be happy to do that. Is the following correct? >> >> The UI and rendering libraries that were part of the >> mozilla-firefox 2.x package have been split from the mozilla >> firefox-3.x package and are now in the xulrunner package. In >> order for ebuilds to use xulrunner instead of mozilla-firefox >> 2.x, the "firefox" USE flag must be replaced by the >> "xulrunner" USE flag. Failure to replace the "firefox" USE >> flag with the "xulrunner" USE flag will result in portage >> requiring mozilla-firefox 2.x which is incompatible with >> mozilla-firefox 3.x -- this will block some packages from >> building. > > It's kinda wordy. > > How about: > > With Firefox 3 the "firefox" USE flag has become "xulrunner". > Failure > to change your USE flags will result in portage requiring mozilla- > firefox > 2.x which is incompatible with mozilla-firefox 3.x and will block > some packages from building. I would favor the original (with Alan McKinnon's change). It is somewhat wordy but this issue has caused several users grief and the (admittedly repetitive) original wording makes it very clear what must be done and gives some idea of what caused the change. allan
