[haiku-development] Re: Support for Firefox in default SetupEnvironment?
- From: "Fredrik Holmqvist" <fredrik.holmqvist@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 16:49:29 +0100
2008/3/7, Fredrik Holmqvist <fredrik.holmqvist@xxxxxxxxx>:
> 2008/3/7, Stephan Assmus <superstippi@xxxxxx>:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am wondering about the support of Firefox in our default
> > SetupEnvironment. Currently it reads:
> >
> > export LIBRARY_PATH=
> > "%A/lib:$HOME/config/lib:/boot/common/lib:/boot/beos/system/lib"
> > export ADDON_PATH=
> > "%A/add-ons:$HOME/config/add-ons:/boot/beos/system/add-ons"
> >
> > We could change that to:
> >
> > export LIBRARY_PATH=
> > "%A/.:%A/components:%A/lib:$HOME/config/lib:/boot/common/lib:/boot/beos
> > /system/lib"
> > export ADDON_PATH=
> > "%A/.:%A/components:%A/add-ons:$HOME/config/add-ons:/boot/beos/system/
> > add-ons"
> >
> > ... in order to support Firefox in "native app" mode. Opinions?
> >
> > On the other hand, I would have to prepare a package, where the script has
> > been removed and firefox-bin renamed to Firefox. In case it works, I might
> > as well change the package further and move the components into an
> > "add-ons" subfolder. Maybe someone from the BeZilla team could comment on
> > that?
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > -Stephan
>
>
> Personally I think we shouldn't do this. It may give Haiku a benefit,
> but not BeOS or Zeta. So we still have to do work at BeZilla side. The
> proper way to do this is to change the packaging for Firefox. We have
> a way that so far seems to work, and there are other platforms that do
> this.
>
> Only problem is that there is way to much to do and no people. Also
> this kind of change should probably happen on trunk, and that means we
> need working Cairo and working trunk builds first. We are fighting a
> loosing battle unfortunatly. :(
>
Also dynamically loaded libs are loaded with absolute path, so only
those linked by firefox-bin directly is needed to launch. OTOH, SSL
has a few library checks to make sure it is not compromised, so
special care is needed there.
--
Fredrik Holmqvist
Chaordic: things that thrive on the edge of chaos with just enough order to
give them pattern, but not so much to slow their adaptation and learning.
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