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From: Terje Kvernes <terjekv@××××××××.no>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Netscape Packages
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 15:19:16
Message-Id: wxxr8lkr7p8.fsf@nommo.uio.no
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Netscape Packages by Jim Nutt
1 Jim Nutt <jim@×××××.org> writes:
2
3 > On Fri, 12 Apr 2002 12:40:39 -0700
4 > antitux@××××××××.com (John Dee) wrote:
5 >
6 > > mozilla is a whole different beast. I *COULD* do that for you guys
7 > > too, if you wanted. the thing I want to essentially do is shitcan
8 > > 4.x and get 6.x in there in it's place.
9 >
10 > Alas, as Avi has pointed out in another message, that is currently
11 > practical as some banks and other sites are brain dead still and
12 > won't work with netscape 6 (or mozilla for that matter). So, 4.x
13 > still has to stick around for that reason.
14
15 really? whow. that's impressive. change banks. (yes, I know
16 people who have done this because said bank wasn't usable under
17 *nix)
18
19 anyhow, I think Dees point here is simple "emerge netscape" would
20 get netscape6, and you'd have to do "emerge <=netscape5" or so to
21 get netscape-pre-6. and honestly, I think this is a good idea.
22
23 --
24 Terje

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Netscape Packages Spider <spider@g.o>
Re: [gentoo-dev] Netscape Packages Bill Kenworthy <billk@×××××××××.au>