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
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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. Instead you should put those options in
a custom .mozconfig in a separate build directory,
run ../mozilla/configure && make, and follow the above-linked directions
to run the browser-only install. 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.
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.
--
Peter B. Steiger
Cheyenne, WY
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