Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2001 21:08:31 -0700 From: Jim Mock <mij@soupnazi.org> To: jack <jack@germanium.xtalwind.net> Cc: Jim Still <jimstill@home.com>, trevor@FreeBSD.ORG, ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Port: bsdi-netscape-communicator-4.75 Message-ID: <20010818210831.A65170@helios.soupnazi.org> In-Reply-To: <20010818231716.W58301-100000@germanium.xtalwind.net> References: <20010818184131.A10949@helios.soupnazi.org> <20010818231716.W58301-100000@germanium.xtalwind.net>
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On Sat, 18 Aug 2001 at 23:21:58 -0400, jack wrote: > Today Jim Mock wrote: > > On Sat, 18 Aug 2001 at 18:58:51 -0400, Jim Still wrote: > > > Hi, I'm a real newbie to FreeBSD, but I think to learn it best I > > > need to get a web browser for it, so I can read manuals, etc., and > > > then practice the commands in BSD, rather than using 2 separate > > > machines to do it, or printing out hundreds of pages. > > > > > > Can you direct me to a step by step instruction manual for > > > installing the bsd netscape? > > > > cd /usr/ports/www/bsdi-netscape47-communicator && make install > > distclean > > > > It's that simple. > > Not quite. The make file includes: > > FORBIDDEN= "buffer overflow in password field of HTML forms,\ > reported by Michal Zalewski and fixed in 4.76--example at \ > http://people.freebsd.org/~trevor/hostile-page.html ; \ > also has GIF comment bug--see \ > http://dividuum.de/security/netscape/ " Good point, I didn't even bother checking that. If I use Netscape, I use the Linux version anyway. I'm currently running a Mozilla nightly, but the version in the ports tree also works quite well. - jim -- jim mock <mij@soupnazi.org> tech writer | iXsystems, Inc. http://soupnazi.org/ work: jim@ixsystems.net | jim@FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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