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Date:      Sat, 22 Oct 2011 07:34:02 -0400
From:      Jerry <jerry@seibercom.net>
To:        FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Upgrading libxul, dependency on Firefox 3
Message-ID:  <20111022073402.1745f6dd@scorpio>
In-Reply-To: <20111022124511.152f777b.freebsd@edvax.de>
References:  <20111022005442.GA68656@whisperer.chthonixia.net> <4E5EF2B000DE2E53@> <20111022124511.152f777b.freebsd@edvax.de>

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On Sat, 22 Oct 2011 12:45:11 +0200
Polytropon articulated:

> I'm not sure if it still applies, but in earlier Firefox
> version transitions (and the consideration of dependencies)
> some programs depending on libxul would install an outdated
> Firefox version. The solution has been WITH_GECKO=libxul in
> /etc/make.conf so only the current version of this library
> would have been installed in the end.

I haven't had that notation in my </etc/make.conf> file in ages and I
am not experiencing the problems that the OP is reporting. Perhaps if
the OP gave a fuller description of his system, and perhaps a perusal
of his </etc/make.conf> file a solution could be more readily deduced.

-- 
Jerry ✌
jerry+fbsd@seibercom.net

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