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Date:      Fri, 17 Apr 1998 09:54:47 +0930
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        Ken Seggerman <suleyman@echonyc.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Installing Netscape "by the book"
Message-ID:  <19980417095447.C1090@freebie.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96.980416102620.10516A-100000@echonyc.com>; from Ken Seggerman on Thu, Apr 16, 1998 at 10:47:10AM -0400
References:  <Pine.GSO.3.96.980416102620.10516A-100000@echonyc.com>

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On Thu, 16 April 1998 at 10:47:10 -0400, Ken Seggerman wrote:
>
> So, I am not the only one with this problem.
>
> I guess I will have to ditch the port I have and download one. So many
> Netscape ports, so little time!
>
> This is appaarently not a bug or shortcoming in the book, but an error in
> the port on the CD-ROM.

Not really.  The port was correct when the CD-ROM was pressed.  It's
now out of date.

> What I don't get is why, if the port on the CD-ROM is presumably complete,
> the make install process searches for another complete port:
>
> "communicator-v403b8-export.x86-unknown-freebsd.tar.gz"

I'm not sure what you mean here.  

> Perhaps it is complete, but the make install program doesn't know this.
>
> I can't even find a FreeBSD directory on ftp.netscape.com.
>
> Navigating the directory trees of ftp sites is a little bit slower and
> more tedious from the command line, which is why I want to get Netscape up
> and running.

Did you check out the port like I suggested?
Greg
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