Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:44:30 +0000 (UTC) From: Walter Hurry <walterhurry@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: binary updates for firefox and chromium? Message-ID: <keee2e$r38$1@ger.gmane.org> References: <20130131163225.GJ5719@external.screwed.box>
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On Thu, 31 Jan 2013 20:32:25 +0400, Peter Vereshagin wrote: > Hello. > > I find it impossible to rebuild the hard but very commonly used packages > on every 'portaudit' notice. > > Impossible in my case means the result is unpredictable and the process > is too long. > > This involves mozilloids and a chromium at the least, needn't to mention > the OOo is a must, too. > > Looking at > > http://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-current/www/ > > I can't find them. FF is v16 there (v18+ is in the ports' head) and no > any chromium. > > Does it mean that if I need the binary-updated firefox and chromium then > I need to use pc-bsd? > > This makes me want even more to install a pc-bsd or the like into the > jail and rolling binary updates there without its GUI. Is there any > 'been there, done that' for the case? What, for example, is the problem with compiling Firefox 18 from the port? It takes about an hour to compile on my main box (9.1 Release on- x86_64), which has nothing special at all by way of hardware.
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