On 1/16/07, freebsd-stable-request@freebsd.org <freebsd-stable-request@freebsd.org> wrote:> Message: 13 > Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 01:06:45 -0800 > From: Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@icir.org> > Subject: can we resurrect linux-firefox-1.5 ? > To: stable@freebsd.org > Message-ID: <20070116010645.A94849@xorpc.icir.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > [sorry if i don't post this to -ports, but i feel > that this is really a -stable issue as it affects > one widely used port] > > I am not sure if i am the only one, but on RELENG_6, > linux-firefox 2 is basically unusable (see details below), > while linux-firefox 1.5 is at least usable (even though > it has some memory leak so after a while its size grows > well above 3-400MB). > > Would it be possible to resurrect the linux-firefox 1.5 > port (under a separate name) so at least people have a choice > on which set of bugs they prefer ? > > The problems with linux firefox 2.0 are that after a little bit of > browsing (let's say 50-100 pages) some of its threads seem to lock > up, functions on the gui stop working (e.g. clicking on the tabs > does not work anymore) and in the end you have to kill it hard. > > I have submitted a PR with more details. > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=ports/107219 > > cheers > luigi >Install 6.2 from cd and don't update the ports. The 1.5 port is there. Only after I updated the ports it installed the new 2.0.0.1 port.