Subject: Re: netscape (binary package)
To: Todd Vierling <tv@pobox.com>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 01/10/1999 12:37:17
On Sat, 9 Jan 1999 21:18:37 -0500 (EST) 
 Todd Vierling <tv@pobox.com> wrote:

 > You probably will need to make the pkg install a `wraper script' for
 > netscape that helps it find some support files installed with Netscape.  For
 > example:
 > 
 > #!/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 ${1+$@}

Actually, MOZILLA_HOME is pretty much $PREFIX/netscape these days, not in
lib anymore.  FWIW :-)

 > Note that while the SunOS version should probably choose netscape_dns by
 > default, it shouldn't `nuke' the NIS version of netscape.

Someone should do this for RealPlayer, too :-)

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