From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1F5S7W-0007EI-JA for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 04 Feb 2006 18:26:51 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id k14IPhkT010267; Sat, 4 Feb 2006 18:25:43 GMT Received: from firebox.cbjcolo.com ([203.116.34.245]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id k14ILbJZ022398 for ; Sat, 4 Feb 2006 18:21:39 GMT Received: from [219.95.209.193] (helo=homesrv.dcmwai.serveftp.org) by firebox.cbjcolo.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.50) id 1F5S2X-000M5T-8V for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 05 Feb 2006 02:21:41 +0800 Received: from [192.168.10.100] ([192.168.10.100]) (authenticated bits=0) by homesrv.dcmwai.serveftp.org (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k14IK7Nf001046 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Sun, 5 Feb 2006 02:20:14 +0800 Message-ID: <43E4F056.70207@pl.jaring.my> Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2006 02:20:06 +0800 From: Chan Min Wai User-Agent: Mail/News 1.5 (X11/20060126) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Firefox References: <200602040809.34067.ddjones@riddlemaster.org> <200602040909.54103.ddjones@riddlemaster.org> <43E4D843.2070901@planet.nl> <200602041202.43655.ddjones@riddlemaster.org> In-Reply-To: <200602041202.43655.ddjones@riddlemaster.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-dcmwai_serveftp_org-MailScanner-Information: Please contact dcmwaidcmwai.serveftp.org for more information X-dcmwai_serveftp_org-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-dcmwai_serveftp_org-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-4.268, required 6, autolearn=not spam, AWL 0.63, BAYES_00 -4.90) X-MailScanner-From: dcmwai@pl.jaring.my X-Archives-Salt: 1d9af37a-f8ad-423d-9224-8ead0e045669 X-Archives-Hash: 68658be8e6d5daf71370771310eb02d9 Daniel D Jones wrote: > On Saturday 04 February 2006 11:37, Holly Bostick wrote: > >> Daniel D Jones schreef: >> >>> I'm aware that Deer Park IS Firefox but my understanding was that Deer >>> Park was a nightly release build and not the official 1.5 release. I >>> thought it was the equivalent of grabbing the most recent source (at the >>> time the package was created) from CVS rather than getting the official >>> release source. Am I confused? >>> >> Yes, you are. Have a look at the ebuild: >> # $Header: >> /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/www-client/mozilla-firefox/mozilla-firefox-1.5-r11. >> ebuild,v 1.1 2006/02/01 22:13:20 anarchy Exp $ >> > ... > >> As you see, the source tarball is being downloaded from the releases >> folder of Mozilla.org's ftp, not any CVS or nightly build folder. >> >> Ebuilds from development trees such as CVS or "nightlies" are clearly so >> marked in their title, if they exist. >> >> For example, I use an ebuild for Krusader (provided by on the Homepage) >> which builds from the project's CVS tree, and it is rightfully called >> "krusader-cvs" rather than the normal "krusader" ebuild provided by >> Portage. >> > > Thanks for the info and for clearing up my confusion. > > >> If an ebuild doesn't say it's compiling from CVS, it isn't. And of >> course, you can always just open it in a text editor and /look/... >> > > I'm still learning how Portage works. I wasn't aware that ebuilds were that > straightforward. > > After reading all the thread I only confused on one thing. Why The [Account Setting] And [Preference] is Under the [Edit] Menu Where on the windows build it is under the [Tools] Menu. Any Idea? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list