Re: {arch} directories and catagory.mk - firefox on debian

[Bob Kashani <bobk ocf berkeley edu>]

On Sat, 2005-01-08 at 15:23 -0800, Bob Kashani wrote:
> On Sat, 2005-01-08 at 11:24 -0800, Bryan Hundven wrote:
> > I realize that just because I can, doesn't make me right.
> > But, running 'make paranoid-checksum' from the top level directory sure 
> > does make it a lot easier when you have an intermittent internet 
> > connection (or if you are on dialup, and leach files while on a friends 
> > internet connection or at a local hot-spot/cafe).
> 
> Actually I just checked and you're right, there is a checksum cmd. I
> guess since there really is no need to call it from the cmdline, I just
> forgot about it.
> 
> If you need to grab the tarballs before you run a 'make paranoid-
> install' then you would probably be better off either downloading all
> the tarballs that you need into a dir and pointing GARCHIVEDIR in
> gar.conf.mk to it or using the 'make garchive' cmd. This is covered in
> the FAQ section:
> 
> http://cipherfunk.org/garnome/faq.html
> 
> 2.3 Can I download all the GARNOME components at once?
> 
> You only really need desktop/ platform/ and a few things in bootstrap/
> to have a working install. Most of the other dirs are just there for
> people to play with if they want.
> 
> > ...that is if the URL is correct.
> > 
> > Granted, beating me over the head with a mallet works too! :-D
> 
> LOL... :)
> 
> I also have a question for you. Does Debian not provide a firefox
> package at all? It seems from the thread that you posted, that the issue
> was whether Debian could provide a modified/patched version of firefox.
> I don't see any reason why they couldn't just provide a pristine version
> of firefox like most other distros until/if the issue is resolved.
> 
> I know that Fedora doesn't provide a -devel package for firefox yet so
> Fedora users have to compile firefox in GARNOME as well. Also, most
> older distros don't provide firefox so there are a lot of people who
> have to compile firefox in GARNOME if they want to compile epiphany. But
> the reason we leave bootstrap/firefox commented in epiphany is:
> 
> - A lot of people already have a binary package of firefox installed and
> usually remove epiphany from desktop/ anyway
> - Firefox is not part of GARNOME

Arrgh, I meant GNOME...

> - It takes a long time to compile it and hence it would increase the
> compile time for most people
> 
> Bob
> 
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> Bob Kashani
> http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~bobk/garnome
> 
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Bob Kashani
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