Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 13:15:11 -0400 From: Gerard Samuel <gsam@trini0.org> To: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: TESTERS WANTED: Possible fix to Firefox crash Message-ID: <4171571F.8040505@trini0.org> In-Reply-To: <417133E6.9060409@trini0.org> References: <1097901780.14774.15.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <417133E6.9060409@trini0.org>
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Gerard Samuel wrote: > Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > >> Got Firefox? Got crashes? Apply the patch at >> http://www.marcuscom.com/downloads/firefox.diff, and see if the crashes >> go away. >> >> To apply the patch, do the following: >> >> # cd /usr/ports/www >> # patch -p < /path/to/firefox.diff >> >> Then upgrade Firefox. You can use http://www.marcuscom.com/xxx.html to >> test to see if the crash is still present, but I would prefer you to >> test some other known crashing sites as well. Thanks. >> > Im going to have to burst your bubble. > Im running FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE-p9, and applied your patch, > and Firefox crashes on your test site, and on my own site (of which it > didn't before the patch). > Just to make sure, Im going to reinstall the previous version of > Firefox, just to make > sure that it doesn't crash on my own site. > I'll report back when I get it reinstalled... > _____________________________________________ Success... After I reinstalled the previous version, Firefox was still crashing. So I reapplied the patch, and removed /var/db/ports/firefox, and reinstalled it. Now it doesn't crash on my site, or at Joe's test site (dont know if the options had anything to do with it)... Good job. Thanks
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