Re: about "www/firefox"

[nia <nia%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 08:30:08AM -0400, Greg Troxel wrote:
> Besides what Thomas said:
> 
>   pkgsrc is generally developed with the rest of packages  up to date.
> 
>   Updating the sources of one package and trying to build it is
>   basically a wrong thing to do.   Always use a consistent pkgsrc tree
>   (unless you know enough to work around problems without asking for
>   help, reverting to consistent as the firsr step).
> 
>   Building a package from an updated tree when installed packages are
>   out of date is asking for trouble because you are operating in a way
>   that most developers do not.

In firefox the BUILDLINK_API_DEPENDS have historically tended to be
maintained and kept up to date.