Subject: Re: netscape (binary package)
To: Todd Vierling <tv@pobox.com>
From: David Brownlee <abs@anim.dreamworks.com>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 01/10/1999 11:12:48
On Sat, 9 Jan 1999, Todd Vierling wrote:

> On Sat, 9 Jan 1999, David Brownlee wrote:
> 
> : 	Hmm - I'm trying to use '.if !exists(/emul/sunos/usr/lib/ld.so)'
> : 	but it choking. According to the manpage that _should_ work.
> : 	Am I missing something here, or have I found a make bug? :)
> 
> That should work... hmm.  Maybe a more complete Makefile fragment could
> point something out to me?
> 
	Apologies - I'd tried to put "... see compat_sunos(8)" in IGNORE.
	Taking out the "s fix it.

> : > #!/bin/sh
> : > MOZILLA_HOME=@@PREFIX@@/lib/netscape; export MOZILLA_HOME
> : > XNLSPATH=$MOZILLA_HOME/nls; export XNLSPATH
> : > XKEYSYMDB=$MOZILLA_HOME/XKeysymDB; export XKEYSYMDB
> : > exec $MOZILLA_HOME/netscape ${1+$@}
> 
> : 	Under 4.5 it no longer needs nls and XKeysymDB :)
> 
> Um, not on *all* platforms....  (there's a reason it still ships with them.)

	OK - I'm sold.

	I'm inclined to go with two packages - one for communicator (full)
	and one for navigator (base install).

	Any thoughts for names
		netscape
		netscape-full ?

		David/absolute

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