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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