Re: [gentoo-dev] mozilla ebuild...

[Zach Forrest <diatribe@shaw.ca>]

Mikael Hallendal wrote:

> mån 2001-12-03 klockan 02.25 skrev Zach Forrest:
> 
>>I think it might be useful to add the following (or something similar) 
>>to the mozilla ebuild file. That way we don't have to download the JRE 
>>to the plugin directory if we already have it.
>>
>>if [ "`use java`" ]; then
>>     if [ -e "/opt/java/jre/plugin/i386/mozilla/javaplugin_oji.so" ]
>>     then
>>         dosym /opt/java/jre/plugin/i386/mozilla/javaplugin_oji.so
>>               ${D}/usr/lib/mozilla/libjavaplugin_oji.so
>>     fi
>>fi
>>
>>Is it assumed that if there is a java USE flag that the jdk has been 
>>installed?
>>
> 
> If we use this scheme we should add java to the RDEPEND if java is in
> USE, that way it will be installed before the Mozilla ebuild.
> 


I was thinking about this which is sort of covered in my "USE database?
" post. I'm not so sure that is should be a dependency, but more of a 
"suggested" package. Or maybe add a JRE package. The JDK can be a lot to 
download if you don't really need it. One of the suggestions in my 
aforementioned post was to have a way to publish optional USE packages 
in an ebuild file and then call emerge with a "--satisfyuse" flag (which 
might not be so elegant if there are many, possibly conflicting*, USE 
options) to install the "optional" package(s). This way it is not a 
dependency per say, but more of feature or option that can add 
functionality.

It may be of benefit to make the definition of what a USE variable is 
more clear. If USE="..., java, ..." am I, as an administrator 
responsible for installing the jdk, or is the first package that can 
make use of the java USE option responsible for the installation when it 
discovers that I want Java functionality?


> 
>>Also, has anyone noticed that the Mozilla profile manager is pretty 
>>messed up? (The OK button says "Start Yah", some buttons have no text, etc.)
>>
> 
> Hmm, how do you start it?


I just switched over from Debian where I already had two profiles. When 
Mozilla starts up and detects this it automatically presents the profile 
manager. In other words, I simply call /usr/bin/mozilla.


> 
> Regards,
>   Mikael Hallendal
>  
>

 

* To add to my "USE database?" post, a "conflicts" field might not be a 
bad idea either.