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Re: about "www/firefox"
Dear Thomas and Nia,
Thank you, I now find it.
Daisuke
On Mon, 29 Mar 2021 at 21:03, nia <nia%netbsd.org@localhost> wrote:
>
> 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 out of date is asking for trouble because you are operating in a way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.
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