[csw-users] SUNW dependencies - firefox

[George Wyche]

@Mark

Mark A Olson wrote:
> This is just a question for my own learning.
> 
> Why are you using Solaris 8, and a newer version 
> (9, 10)? Since you can get Solaris 10 for free.

After years of being the physical master of the Sun workstation(s) I 
use, I now work for a large company which bought this small company 
whose main function is inextricably meshed with custom hardware and Sun 
workstations. The large company is NOT a unix house and we currently 
operate under the guise that the workstations are "machine controllers" 
and therefore have no access to the internet nor resources. I've worked 
there 2 weeks. I wasn't hired to install new operating systems. (At 
least not yet!)

> This may or may not help:
> 
> I get the solaris versions of firefox, thunderbird, and seamonkey from www.mozilla.com. I have
> had no problems with them.
Well, of course you have pointed out my personality flaw: won't switch 
horses in the middle of the river (even when the damn thing is dry). I'm 
a Blastwave kind of guy. I have in the past gotten a browser from 
mozilla.com and also from sunfreeware, but I have embraced Blastwave. 
This blanking piece of software should work.

> 
> To get the latest firefox - 2.0.0.8
> you can get them at:
> there are versions for Solaris 8 and Solaris 10.
> 
> http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/2.0.0.8/releasenotes/#contributedbuilds
> 
> or
> 
> http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/
> 
> click on free download
> 
> 
> go down to Contributed builds:
> 
> who have a choice of:
> 
> Tarball format
> 
>     * firefox-2.0.0.8.en-US.solaris10-i386.tar.bz2 (cksum)
>     * firefox-2.0.0.8.en-US.solaris10-sparc.tar.bz2 (cksum)
>     * firefox-2.0.0.8.en-US.solaris8-i386-gtk1.tar.bz2 (cksum)
>     * firefox-2.0.0.8.en-US.solaris8-sparc-gtk1.tar.bz2 (cksum)
> 
> Pkgadd format
> 
>     * firefox-2.0.0.8.en-US.solaris10-i386-pkg.bz2 (cksum)
>     * firefox-2.0.0.8.en-US.solaris10-sparc-pkg.bz2 (cksum)
>     * firefox-2.0.0.8.en-US.solaris8-i386-gtk1-pkg.bz2 (cksum)
>     * firefox-2.0.0.8.en-US.solaris8-sparc-gtk1-pkg.bz2 (cksum)
> 
> I generally use the Tarball format.
> 
> 
> for the sparc Solaris 10 build to compile they use :
> 
> 
> target:  sparc-sun-solaris2.10
> 
> Build tools
> 
> Compiler              Version           Compiler flags
> /opt/SUNWspro/bin/cc  Sun C 5.8         -xlibmil -xstrconst -xbuiltin=%all -mt
>                       Patch 121015-04
>                       2007/01/10
> 
> /opt/SUNWspro/bin/CC  Sun C++ 5.8       -xlibmil -xlibmopt -features=tmplife
>                       Patch 121017-10   -norunpath -xbuiltin=%all
>                       2007/02/21        -features=tmplife -mt -I/usr/openwin/include
> 
> Configure arguments
> 
> --enable-application=browser --enable-xft --enable-svg --enable-canvas
>   --enable-static --enable-optimize=-xO3 --enable-official-branding
>   --enable-default-toolkit=gtk2 --disable-updater --disable-tests
>   --disable-debug --disable-shared --disable-auto-deps
>   --disable-freetype2
>   --srcdir=/export/home/mozilla/uild/firefox-2.0.0.8/src/mozilla
> 
> 
> more information is contained in the readme
>      on the download page.
> 
> 
>
So, thank you for all the information. The Blastwave version should 
work. The fact that it doesn't is a challenge and probably points out a 
current situation flaw that may be causing other as yet unstumbled over 
trouble. Working on this problem sits at around #4 on the list of thorns 
in my foot. I am not at a dead end with it, just plodding (every 16th step).
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> George Mason University
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