From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 2 00:04:05 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DEE1C21D; Mon, 2 Jun 2014 00:04:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ob0-x22a.google.com (mail-ob0-x22a.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4003:c01::22a]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9B2C520D9; Mon, 2 Jun 2014 00:04:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ob0-f170.google.com with SMTP id uy5so3834875obc.15 for ; Sun, 01 Jun 2014 17:04:04 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=p/7uURdxT+waQshqNUUL+21oylUsbyujDOhE124EBG0=; b=hrSmg/QJpLLjWLwyC8CsdnB/DWP5iA8Cq5SnFNX3eTYfRFSIeAUIIQxyi7rOdqlTzY szAEZlvWyu3khIp6NBmfyVFTSEnXV7RfJ7EkPQbYni5nWdz0cri+tczJoEWjeaqFxm5h Nfy3igsjGybHe/Ipyb+XjjeQsKeHgJi31xkpsJeR3YRrL83PtEuTFw+xMMmZb6qV93ve Jn3pelKQ4r2/DlgGY8NTCbtGTkn4nrg8TkAOV9pYwn2QTLEiS3rTkno2rIS8FJFfArD/ HHQgHaaPgDYPxvbvRLP5LhqbgpxBwmnVR6lpTTOFR6T1lpDcP7cC+MokpZHCdFU4Z1YV +aJA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.60.37.99 with SMTP id x3mr34300193oej.65.1401667443986; Sun, 01 Jun 2014 17:04:03 -0700 (PDT) Sender: kob6558@gmail.com Received: by 10.76.21.139 with HTTP; Sun, 1 Jun 2014 17:04:03 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <3709.1401664824@server1.tristatelogic.com> Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2014 17:04:03 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: FAkaXsiHgG8-4OhZeo3DyftaHYs Message-ID: Subject: Re: Two questions about Firefox From: Kevin Oberman To: Wojciech Puchar Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.18 Cc: gecko@freebsd.org, FreeBSD Ports ML , "Ronald F. Guilmette" X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2014 00:04:05 -0000 On Sun, Jun 1, 2014 at 4:57 PM, Wojciech Puchar < wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> wrote: > >> 1) Is anybody planning to work on this problem? >> >> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=189991 >> >> 2) How has it been possible to fix other problems in the FreeBSD port of >> Firefox if nobody is even able to run the thing when it has been >> built with debugging enabled? >> >> (May I safely infer that _nobody_ is _ever_ working to fix any bugs >> found in Firefox on FreeBSD? The fact that the thing cannot even be >> run with debugging enabled would seem to lead one to that conclusion.) >> > > 3) is any way to install older firefox (preferable 17ESR) via ports? > You can install www/firefox-esr (or www/firefox-esr-i18n), but those will get you 24.5.0. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer, Retired E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com