Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 01:10:03 -0700 (PDT) From: "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/42941: mozilla does not install all necessary libraries Message-ID: <200209190810.g8J8A3CX061648@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR ports/42941; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Jeremy Lea <reg@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ports/42941: mozilla does not install all necessary libraries Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 17:34:23 +0930 On Thursday, 19 September 2002 at 9:57:45 +0200, Jeremy Lea wrote: > Hi, > > On Thu, Sep 19, 2002 at 11:29:20AM +0930, Greg Lehey wrote: >>> Fix: >> >> The problem here seems to be that the Java library needs to be >> downloaded manually, due to the strange license requirements. >> I'd suggest: >> >> 1. Only create the symlink if the target file >> /usr/local/jdk1.3.1/jre/plugin/i386/ns600/libjavaplugin_oji.so >> actually exists. >> 2. If it doesn't exist, print instructions for how to install >> it, and what the consequences will be if you don't. > > Why is this a problem? Because it takes a lot of time for anybody not intimately involved with the installation to find out what is going on. For non-developers, it would probably mean that they would give up on it. > Mozilla works fine, and it means that Java plugins just start > working if and when you install the JDK. If the symlink is > conditioned then you have to manually install it if you install the > JDK after mozilla... > > The port/package should probably have a message though that tells you > need to install the JDK if you want Java support. Well, yes, that's what I said. Agreed, it might make sense to do the symlink in either case, and explain in the message what is going to happen. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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