Re: pkg/30617: www/firefox wants to install non-existant file on Solaris

[grant beattie <grant%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/30617; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: grant beattie <grant%NetBSD.org@localhost>
To: pkg-manager%netbsd.org@localhost, gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost,
        pkgsrc-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: pkg/30617: www/firefox wants to install non-existant file on 
Solaris
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 17:27:31 +1000

 On Tue, Jun 28, 2005 at 07:19:00AM +0000, grant%NetBSD.org@localhost wrote:
 
 > >Number:         30617
 > >Category:       pkg
 > >Synopsis:       www/firefox wants to install non-existant file on Solaris
 > >Confidential:   no
 > >Severity:       non-critical
 > >Priority:       medium
 > >Responsible:    pkg-manager
 > >State:          open
 > >Class:          sw-bug
 > >Submitter-Id:   net
 > >Arrival-Date:   Tue Jun 28 07:19:00 +0000 2005
 > >Originator:     grant beattie
 > >Release:        SunOS 5.9
 > >Organization:
 > >Environment:
 > System: SunOS u10 5.9 Generic_118558-03 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-5_10
 > Architecture: sparc
 > Machine: sun4u
 > >Description:
 > www/firefox expects to install
 > 
 > ${WRKDIR}/mozilla/dist/bin/res/fonts/fontEncoding.properties
 > 
 > but this file was not generated by the build.
 
 I worked around this by commenting out this file from the PLIST, but
 I don't know what the correct fix is.
 
 side issue: the PLIST should not be used to drive the install target.
 
 this is also not a Solaris-specific problem, it has shown up on NetBSD
 and Linux, too.