Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:41:05 +0400 From: Boris Samorodov <bsam@ipt.ru> To: Brad Karp <bkarp@cs.ucl.ac.uk> Cc: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: linux-gtk2 port too old for Linux Firefox 3 binary Message-ID: <86057022@bb.ipt.ru> In-Reply-To: <20080624164518.GF32086@boffin.cs.ucl.ac.uk> (Brad Karp's message of "Tue\, 24 Jun 2008 17\:45\:18 %2B0100") References: <20080624164518.GF32086@boffin.cs.ucl.ac.uk>
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On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:45:18 +0100 Brad Karp wrote: > The version of GTK in FreeBSD's linux-gtk2 port is 2.6.10. > I (and others, I expect) tend to run the Linux build of Firefox, so > that I can use Linux releases of the Flash player. > The new Firefox 3 release fails when run against linux-gtk2 from the > GTK port, though; it complains that Firefox 3 requires at least GTK > 2.10. > The port's maintainer is listed as freebsd-emulation. Might someone > who tends this port be up for updating the port to bring GTK 2.10 or > newer into linux-gtk2? Well, this is not just one-port-issue. New linux-gtk2 needs linux 2.6 emulation. Most of the needed functions are merged from 8-CURRENT to 7-STABLE (note: 7.0-RELEASE won't fit). Some work to introduce FEDORA-8 ports was done (please, search archives for emulation@ ML). Those patches may be stale though but you may give it a try and report back. Thanks. WBR -- Boris Samorodov (bsam) Research Engineer, http://www.ipt.ru Telephone & Internet SP FreeBSD committer, http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve
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