Re: [gentoo-dev] Netscape Packages

[Spider <spider@gentoo.org>]

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to quote yourself:


The only problem is the installer. It's evil. There's really no way to 
work around it though.
about the only thing you can pull out and install manually (non-gui) is 
the JRE.

-- yes. I read the whole thread. --

//Spider


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On Fri, 12 Apr 2002 15:25:37 -0700
antitux@netscape.com (John Dee) wrote:

> read the whole thread.
> 
> Spider wrote:
> > the main reason I see against it is that for all that I see there's
> > no way around the cute graphical installer. And, because of that its
> > unlikely that you'll ever get it to work without user intervention.
> > 
> > one could of course make it download the individual files, modify
> > the ini' and instruct the user to run the installer themselves.
> > 
> > 
> > //Spider
> > 
> > 
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> > On Fri, 12 Apr 2002 11:32:59 -0700
> > antitux@netscape.com (John Dee) wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >>I was looking at your netscape packages, and was wondering why you
> >>guys weren't using the 6.x series. The reason I ask, is that the 4.x
> >>series probably won't have another release (I'm the *NIX build
> >>engineer on the project).
> >>I'm also one of the build engineers on the 6.x project.
> >>Also, if needed, I could make a 6.x package for you guys. It really 
> >>wouldn't take much to do.
> >>The only thing that might be a problem is the fact I don't know
> >>portage yet (I've been using gentoo a total of about 3 days).
> >>I *COULD* supply you guys with a tarball, and instructions, if you
> >>want.
> >>
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