mozilla - Open source browser based on an older version of Netscape Communicator HOWTO

ChangeLog


Sep 6, 2006	- Added --enable-crypto and copying of the nss
		  includes
Sep 5, 2006	- 1.7.5 -> 1.7.13
		- Updated Slackware note for 10.2
		- Build with xft, without freetype
		- Updated several notes all over
Jun 16, 2005	- Updated Slackware note for 10.1
		- Removed make, gcc, binutils, and
		  fileutils/sh-utils/coreutils links
		- Changed md5sum verification to output OK (or not)
		- Moved source directory (see note <a href="howtos.php?msd">here</a>)
		- Rearranged options to shut up the new version of find
		- root.root -> root:root, run it when $UID = 0
Mar 22, 2005	- Fixed a &lt;&lt; that was being interpreted as HTML
Mar 8, 2005	- Added Qt prerequisite
Jan 12, 2005	- Also install raclass.zip for the RealPlayer plugin
		- Replaced mplayerplug-in instructions with a link to the
		  howto
		- Changed the X prerequisite to XFree86 or X.org
		- Run removepkg before installing the new version
		- Added some more directories to the part that backs up
		  plugins from the old version
		- Added md5sum verification of the tarball for those that
		  don't have gnupg installed
		- Instead of using configure, switched to use .mozconfig
Jan 11, 2005	- Split mozplugger off into it's own howto
Aug 6, 2004	- Added --enable-default-toolkit=gtk2 to the configure line
		  for building it from source so it'll link it with GTK+ 2.x
		  instead of 1.x
		- Changed the note about freetype from 2.1.7 to >= 2.1.7
Apr 29, 2004	- mplayerplug-in 2.50 -> 2.60
		- Updated plug-in installation part to install it for
		  mozilla and firefox, whatever is installed
Apr 9, 2004	- mozplugger 1.5.1 -> 1.5.2
Mar 20, 2004	- Updated notes about installing from the tarball vs. 'make
		  install' with the source
Mar 19, 2004	- Replaced a few &lt; and &gt;s with &amp;lt; and &amp;gt;,
		  they were being interpreted as HTML
		- mplayer-plugin 2.45 -> 2.50
		- Added a patch to fix mozilla's source to work with freetype
		  2.1.7
Mar 18, 2004	- Added a link to the j2sdk howto in the part that symlinks
		  the java plugin
Mar 9, 2004	- Updated the mozilla startup script (the wrapper script
		  mentioned in the howto) to work with mozilla 1.6  If you
		  use an older version, see comments in the script.
		- Replaced the aleron sourceforge mirror with
		  download.sf.net
		- mplayer-plugin 1.0pre2 -> 2.45
		- mozplugger 1.3.2 -> 1.5.1
		- Replaced md5sum -> textutils link with link to coreutils
		- Replaced two seperate fileutils and sh-utils prereqs with
		  'fileutils and sh-utils or coreutils'
		- Because it's such a behemoth, added passing of
		  CFLAGS="-O3 -march=pentium4" along with configure when
		  building mozilla from source (for optimization)
Feb 26, 2004	- mozilla 1.5 (binary) -> 1.6
Dec 18, 2003	- Added installing mozilla 1.5.1 from source
		  (1.5.1 only includes Mac-related updates over 1.5)
Nov 10, 2003	- First entry

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