Subject: Re: CVS commit: pkgsrc/www/firefox
To: Shin'ichiro TAYA <taya@netbsd.org>
From: Jeremy C. Reed <reed@reedmedia.net>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 07/03/2004 00:18:53
On Sat, 3 Jul 2004, Shin'ichiro TAYA wrote:

> Added Files:
> 	pkgsrc/www/firefox: MESSAGE

+ Firefox must be run by a user with access to the installed location
+ first, so that all initial startup files are generated. There may be
+ issues still where if a restricted-access user is the first to run the
+ app, these files may not be generated properly and Firefox may enter
+ an infinite restart loop. This will be fixed in a future release.

So maybe the pkgsrc install can generate these initial startup files.

What are the differences between the before running it and after running
it?

Maybe make a copy of all files and "diff -pruN" them after.

 Jeremy C. Reed

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