Gentoo Archives: gentoo-amd64

From: Michael Moore <mikem.unet@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Is it possible to get rid of firefox?
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:46:20
Message-Id: 20081118165445.GB8575@beastie.linwin
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Is it possible to get rid of firefox? by Paul Hartman
1 On 10:22 Tue 18 Nov , Paul Hartman wrote:
2 > Many (but not all) of this type of package can be built against
3 > xulrunner instead of firefox/seamonkey. Some do it automatically and
4 > some need the USE flags to be set up this way. Get rid of any firefox
5 > or seamonkey use flags and add +xulrunner use flag and see what a
6 > emerge with --newuse wants to do.
7
8 Of the top of your head do you remember any packages that require
9 firefox as a necessary dependency?
10
11 Just enquiring so that my current action doesn't prove foolish later,
12 when i need a particular package that uses firefox as a necessary dependency.
13
14 --
15
16 Regards,
17 Michael Moore <mikem.unet(at)gmail.com>
18 About *NIX: If its not fun, why do it?

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Re: [gentoo-amd64] Is it possible to get rid of firefox? Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com>