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On 19:32 Wed 19 Nov , Beso wrote: |
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> well, xulrunner is there as a dependency for firefox and so if you |
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> want to light up a little your system you could remove |
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> firefox and go only with xulrunner. just put -firefox xulrunner into |
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> your make.conf, uninstall firefox and recompile |
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> the stuff that needs recompilation. |
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> dott. ing. beso |
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Well, thats what i had thought, but was put-off slightly by an earlier |
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message in the thread when Paul wrote: |
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> Many (but not all) of this type of package can be built against |
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> xulrunner instead of firefox/seamonkey. Some do it automatically and |
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> some need the USE flags to be set up this way. Get rid of any firefox |
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> or seamonkey use flags and add +xulrunner use flag and see what a |
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> emerge with --newuse wants to do. |
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I was wondering if after removing firefox i might need it later. |
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P.S. |
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Finally, got a bit brave, changed make.conf and recompiled the packages. |
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The result is : |
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% splat mozilla-fire |
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* www-client/mozilla-firefox-2.0.0.17 |
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Emerged at: Fri Oct 3 08:32:40 2008 |
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Build time: 25 minutes, and 42 seconds |
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% splat xulr |
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* net-libs/xulrunner-1.8.1.18-r1 |
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Emerged at: Thu Nov 20 14:10:04 2008 |
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Build time: 17 minutes, and 27 seconds |
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Regards, |
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Michael Moore <mikem.unet(at)gmail.com> |
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