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

[Bob Kashani <bobk ocf berkeley edu>]

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
- 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