Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2006 16:35:33 -0500 From: Patrick Bowen <pbowen@fastmail.fm> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Firefox on -current dumps core. Message-ID: <44C3EBA5.7030007@fastmail.fm> In-Reply-To: <44BADEC8.5030807@fastmail.fm> References: <44BADEC8.5030807@fastmail.fm>
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Patrick Bowen wrote: > Hello. > > I recently upgraded a Gateway MX6121 from 6.1 stable to -current, > following the canonical procedure in /usr/src/UPDATING, and now > whenever I try to start firefox, it dumps a core file (segmentation > fault). Firefox was compiled from source under 6.1. > > Should I have upgraded from 6.1 to -current, and /then/ start adding > ports, or does that matter? I've done some preliminary googling, but > not found anything that looks terribly recent or promising. > > Any hints appreciated. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > Just to close this out... These are the steps I followed to move to current, and eliminate the seg-faults from firefox. 1. Installed 6.1 on a clean partition (I wanted to elimiate any extraneous cruft). 2. Sysinstall'ed portupgrade, csup, firefox, and windowmaker. 3. Did portupgrade -FRv on the ports I added in step 2 (this way I'd have the files I needed, without having to have a wireless connection after step 4). 4. Canonical upgrade to current. 5. Did make && make install for /usr/ports/sysutils/portupgrade and /usr/ports/lang/perl5.8 (otherwise portupgrade seg-faulted). 6. Did portupgrade -aR to bring everything up to date. Works fine, lasts a long time. If I paint it green, I think it might grow! Thanks to everyone for their help. Patrick Addendum: from now on I'm sticking to distfiles instead of packages.
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