This is not yet solved, the book needs a change. I'm looking into it soon, but if anybody would like to jump at this one, please do. I'm not against using the build directory and moving it, but I'd like to see the normal build working like it should.
Peter B. Steiger wrote: > On Sun, 2005-06-26 at 12:17 +0100, Andrew Benton wrote: > >>You shouldn't go filing bugs if it's the BLFS build process that's >>broken. I haven't had this problem for more than a year, but then I >>don't build Firefox the BLFS way, I do it the Mozilla way >>http://www.mozilla.org/build/configure-build.html from current trunk >>cvs with a mozconfig file and a separate build objdir (so I can build >>Firefox and Thunderbird from the same source). And I don't install it >>at the end of it, I use the mozilla packager script to put it all in >>one neat folder (like the tarballs you can download) so it's simple to >>delete when I rebuild it. For what it's worth, this is my current >>firefox mozconfig > > > {attachment deleted to avoid redundancy} > > Andrew, I believe the correct response in this situtation is "woo-hoo, > you da man!" > > To summarize: MAKE INSTALL is a bad idea with the Firefox build, as is > using all command-line options. I fail to see Why? If moz is broken then it should be fixed. > Instead you should put those options in > a custom .mozconfig in a separate build directory, > run ../mozilla/configure && make, This is (read: should be) no different so far. > and follow the above-linked directions > to run the browser-only install. Okay, the question remains, using the same build directory and 'make install' does it work, if not, why? > I followed Andrew's advice (which > should be a hint document!) and added only a symbolic link > from /usr/lib/firefox/firefox to /usr/bin. No. It's covered in the book, but the book is broken and needs to be fixed. Don't get me wrong, I'm very glad that it works like it should now, but moz-dev needs to figure out why. I remain fairly sure they'd appreciate a patch to fix it if somebody can figure it out. > > Firefox 1.04 now launches in a new window as part of an existing > instance rather than pop up the profile manager dialogue. > > Thanks again, Andrew. > Rock on! -- DJ Lucas -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
