Re: Installing FF 52 from pkgsrc: "stable" version instead of nightly

2017-04-20 Thread Ignatios Souvatzis
On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 09:57:12AM +0100, Martin Husemann wrote: > On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 01:16:35AM +0700, Robert Elz wrote: > > A Vague memory from the distant past suggests that the thing to try > > is to move aside the .mozilla directory, and allow the new firefox > > to start in a completely

Re: Installing FF 52 from pkgsrc: "stable" version instead of nightly

2017-03-14 Thread Martin Husemann
On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 01:16:35AM +0700, Robert Elz wrote: > A Vague memory from the distant past suggests that the thing to try > is to move aside the .mozilla directory, and allow the new firefox > to start in a completely clean environment. Yes, this is a generic "firefox shows strange

Re: Installing FF 52 from pkgsrc: "stable" version instead of nightly

2017-03-13 Thread Cág
Marco Beishuizen wrote: > I'm experiencing the same problems on the ESR versions. So I'm guessing > it's a specific i386 problem and not a version problem. It's also not a > recent problem but happening for several months now. I recall the same thing on the first day after building FF45 (on

Re: Installing FF 52 from pkgsrc: "stable" version instead of nightly

2017-03-13 Thread Robert Elz
A Vague memory from the distant past suggests that the thing to try is to move aside the .mozilla directory, and allow the new firefox to start in a completely clean environment. I kind of recall that continuous startup problems, which only affect some users, tend to be related to data somewhere

Re: Installing FF 52 from pkgsrc: "stable" version instead of nightly

2017-03-13 Thread scole_mail
"J. Lewis Muir" writes: > > Do you actually use that version for everyday use? According to [1], > there are many security vulnerabilities that have been fixed since > Firefox 47, and I would bet many of those vulnerabilities exist in > Firefox 47. That's OK to you? > Yes,

Re: Installing FF 52 from pkgsrc: "stable" version instead of nightly

2017-03-13 Thread Onno van der Linden
On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 05:11:59PM +0100, Marco Beishuizen wrote: > On Mon, 13 Mar 2017, the wise co...@sdf.org wrote: > > > Mozilla maintains an 'Extended Support Release' which has security fixes > > backported to it, so it will be a better choice for such cases. > > Currently, it is

Re: Installing FF 52 from pkgsrc: "stable" version instead of nightly

2017-03-13 Thread Marco Beishuizen
On Mon, 13 Mar 2017, the wise co...@sdf.org wrote: Mozilla maintains an 'Extended Support Release' which has security fixes backported to it, so it will be a better choice for such cases. Currently, it is www/firefox45 - it is updated whenever www/firefox is, containing fixes for the same

Re: Installing FF 52 from pkgsrc: "stable" version instead of nightly

2017-03-13 Thread Marco Beishuizen
On Mon, 13 Mar 2017, the wise Martin Husemann wrote: If anyone has receipes to easily make it crash, please send-pr! Debugging often is simple, if you can reproduce it. I'll fire off an i386 build with debug info tonight... I'm unable to pinpoint the problem because FF crashes on every site

Re: Installing FF 52 from pkgsrc: "stable" version instead of nightly

2017-03-13 Thread coypu
On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 10:24:44AM -0500, J. Lewis Muir wrote: > On 03/11, scole_mail wrote: > > Marco Beishuizen writes: > > > > > > It's on NetBSD/i386 7.0.2. > > > > I guess I've also been having that same issue on i386 for awhile. The > > last stable version that worked for

Re: Installing FF 52 from pkgsrc: "stable" version instead of nightly

2017-03-13 Thread Martin Husemann
If anyone has receipes to easily make it crash, please send-pr! Debugging often is simple, if you can reproduce it. I'll fire off an i386 build with debug info tonight... Martin

Re: Installing FF 52 from pkgsrc: "stable" version instead of nightly

2017-03-12 Thread coypu
On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 06:19:55PM -0800, scole_mail wrote: > Marco Beishuizen writes: > > > > It's on NetBSD/i386 7.0.2. > > I guess I've also been having that same issue on i386 for awhile. The > last stable version that worked for me was firefox-47.0.1 which was in >

Re: Installing FF 52 from pkgsrc: "stable" version instead of nightly

2017-03-11 Thread scole_mail
Marco Beishuizen writes: > > It's on NetBSD/i386 7.0.2. I guess I've also been having that same issue on i386 for awhile. The last stable version that worked for me was firefox-47.0.1 which was in pkgsrc-2016Q2 I believe. So I've been using that version. I think these are the

Re: Installing FF 52 from pkgsrc: "stable" version instead of nightly

2017-03-11 Thread Marco Beishuizen
On Sat, 11 Mar 2017, the wise Martin Husemann wrote: On what architecture is that? It's on NetBSD/i386 7.0.2. -- This is the LAST time I take travel suggestions from Ray Bradbury!

Re: Installing FF 52 from pkgsrc: "stable" version instead of nightly

2017-03-11 Thread Martin Husemann
On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 10:24:00PM +0100, Marco Beishuizen wrote: > Unfortunately just as crashy as before (segmentation fault on random sites, > and in preferences and add-ons tabs). Switching to another browser for now. On what architecture is that? Martin

Re: Installing FF 52 from pkgsrc: "stable" version instead of nightly

2017-03-11 Thread Marco Beishuizen
On Sat, 11 Mar 2017, the wise Martin Husemann wrote: On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 09:06:03PM +0100, Marco Beishuizen wrote: I'm rebuilding it as we speak with the suggested option so I'm hoping that it's a bit more than just a logo thing. No, it is just the logo. Unfortunately just as crashy as

Re: Installing FF 52 from pkgsrc: "stable" version instead of nightly

2017-03-11 Thread Martin Husemann
On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 09:06:03PM +0100, Marco Beishuizen wrote: > I'm rebuilding it as we speak with the suggested option so I'm hoping that > it's a bit more than just a logo thing. No, it is just the logo. Martin

Re: Installing FF 52 from pkgsrc: "stable" version instead of nightly

2017-03-11 Thread Marco Beishuizen
On Sat, 11 Mar 2017, the wise co...@sdf.org wrote: To add to what jak said, it is the stable version. It just lacks the trademarked Mozilla stuff like their logo. There was some drama in the past which resulted in this being a build option, you can read about it here:

Re: Installing FF 52 from pkgsrc: "stable" version instead of nightly

2017-03-11 Thread Jonathan A. Kollasch
On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 05:12:19PM +0100, Marco Beishuizen wrote: > Hi, > > Installing FF from /usr/pkgsrc/www/firefox always results in the > "nightly" version of FF. But I want the regular stable/release > version. How do I do that? > > Even installing the esr version results in a nightly

Installing FF 52 from pkgsrc: "stable" version instead of nightly

2017-03-11 Thread Marco Beishuizen
Hi, Installing FF from /usr/pkgsrc/www/firefox always results in the "nightly" version of FF. But I want the regular stable/release version. How do I do that? Even installing the esr version results in a nightly version. Regards, Marco -- Boys are beyond the range of anybody's sure