Michael Gratton wrote:
> Michael Chang wrote:
>
> > I'm afraid that is not correct. What do you think a rpm package does?
>
> AFAIK, RPMs are just like brain-dead .debs. 8) Yes, I know what RPMs do,
> why they are used, etc. etc.
>
> What you're saying you are doing is using this rpm2targz util to turn
> the RPMs into a plain ordinary tarball. What I meant is; by doing so,
> you're effectively getting nothing from downloading the RPMs, so you may
> as well just download a non-RPM version of Moz.
>
> To illustrate the difference, what you're doing is:
>
> - download the mozilla RPMs
> - run rpm2targz to turn the RPMs into tarballs
> - extract the tarball to install moz
>
> What you *could* be doing is:
>
> - download the mozilla tarball
> - extract the tarball to install moz
>
> Notice the difference? The lack of a) downloading the rpms, and b)
> running rpm2targz over it. It's *easier* if you just download the
> tarball instead of the RPMs, and it misses the whole rpm2targz step,
> which is where the problem *might* be occuring.
>
> Just because you're using a RedHat derivative, it does not mean that you
> must use RPMs to install software.
>
> > As for other installations of mozilla, well--lets
> > just say I don't make that kind of a mistake because I already checked.
>
> Cool, just though I'd mention it.
>
> > As
> > for the non-rpm builds well, why use them when I know the tarball will work.
> > The only other non-rpm version of mozilla that I know of is PPC,
>
> Um, because the RPM version isn't working for you, and because it's much
> easier, as I outlined above?
>
> You can use any of the mozilla-i686pc-linux-* builds on any intel based
> Linux distribution, just so long as you have all the runtime
> dependencies installed. Personally, I always get the
> mozilla-gcc295-i686-pc-linux-gnu.tar.gz nightly builds, as IIRC it's
> compiled with -O2 turned on, and hence runs a lot faster.
>
> >
> > I am wondering is the rpm package was compiled wrong. But,
> > I think that is not possible. I am sure mozilla tests the rpm builds that
> > people submit or they build the rpm packages themselves.
>
> Maybe you should just not use the RPM build? Trust me, it will make your
> life a lot easier.
>
> HTH,
> Mike.
>
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What you are saying to me is already apparent to me. I didn't mean to come off
defensive in my last reply, and I hope what I am saying is also apparent. I know
that I can skip the extra step, but if I download the tarball from mozilla, which
is 37.5M, I have to compile it. I used the rpm's because I don't want to wait
for the 37.5M file to download and the rpm's are readily accessable. Now, I had
assumed that all tarballs have to be compiled, but I guess that isn't true with
the nightly builds.
TIA
MC
