From owner-freebsd-gnome Sat Mar 23 8:28: 1 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Received: from creme-brulee.marcuscom.com (rdu57-17-158.nc.rr.com [66.57.17.158]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64D9F37B404 for ; Sat, 23 Mar 2002 08:27:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from shumai.marcuscom.com (shumai.marcuscom.com [192.168.1.4]) by creme-brulee.marcuscom.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g2NGRWE22897; Sat, 23 Mar 2002 11:27:32 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) Subject: Re: mozilla freebsd port From: Joe Clarke To: dmagda@ee.ryerson.ca Cc: gnome@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <20020323105016.A37809@number6.magda.ca> References: <20020323105016.A37809@number6.magda.ca> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-PgQM+xvSgb4g8Ehd/Efd" X-Mailer: Evolution/1.0.2 Date: 23 Mar 2002 11:28:38 -0500 Message-Id: <1016900918.3942.2.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG --=-PgQM+xvSgb4g8Ehd/Efd Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 2002-03-23 at 10:50, David Magda wrote: >=20 > Hello, >=20 > I'm using the mozilla port under FreeBSD 4-STABLE and find it quite > nice. There are some changes that I wish you would consider. >=20 > First is the assumption that the user building the port will also the > user owning the port. I build ports as a regular user but install as > root. However when you do a 'make install' mozilla is simply copied over > to the final destination using tar(1). Could you add a Makefile knob > which, if defined, would do a 'chown -R ${OWNER} ${PREFIX}/lib/mozilla'? A PR for this was submitted last week by Alen Eldridge. You should be able to search for it. >=20 > Also, could you add tunables so it would be possible to disable both > LDAP, and mail & news? Not everyone needs this functionality and it uses > memory needlessly. Perhaps use the same type of idea as with Chatzilla? Could you submit patches? Joe >=20 > It's not a big deal for me to simply edit the Makefile, and then do the > 'chown -R' after installation; but I believe it would make the port more > flexible without adding too much extra complexity. >=20 > Thank you for your time and thanks for a great port. >=20 > --=20 > David Magda > Because the innovator has for enemies all those who have done well under > the old conditions, and lukewarm defenders in those who may do well=20 > under the new. -- Niccolo Machiavelli, _The Prince_, Chapter VI >=20 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-gnome" in the body of the message >=20 --=-PgQM+xvSgb4g8Ehd/Efd Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iEYEABECAAYFAjycrTYACgkQb2iPiv4Uz4dj2wCePQeh9F1/T9C6iJNx0jImTBDo 45gAoK1KuqB7kwHHrQA1lllrRPhYp+qe =gP4h -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-PgQM+xvSgb4g8Ehd/Efd-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-gnome" in the body of the message