Re: today's git broke winetricks gecko :-(

[James Mckenzie]

Nate Gallaher wrote:
> Vincent Povirk wrote:
> > It also seems to me that a --disable-gecko-downloader configure switch
> > that would disable the dialog COMPLETELY (even "when needed") would
> > put gecko on equal footing with optional library requirements. It
> > would mean:
> > * You can warn about the perils of not having gecko at configure time.
> > * If gecko is installed properly, it's used properly, installed at
> > prefix creation time.
> > * If gecko is not installed properly, programs that need it will
> > simply fail, and you'll see an ERR in the console, as well as a nice
> > "HTML rendering is disabled" message you wouldn't get from other
> > components.
>
> I would just like to second Vincent's suggestion.

+1 as well.  Not all UNIXes have Gecko support packages built for them

James McKenzie
>

today's git broke winetricks gecko :-(

[Tom Wickline]

On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 10:27 PM, James Mckenzie <jjmckenzie51(a)earthlink.net
> wrote:
> >
>
> +1 as well.  Not all UNIXes have Gecko support packages built for them

+1 as well,  I haven't tested the changes on OpenSolaris yet, but I plan to.
:)

Tom
> James McKenzie

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today's git broke winetricks gecko :-(

[Jacek Caban]

Tom Wickline wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 10:27 PM, James Mckenzie 
> <jjmckenzie51(a)earthlink.net <mailto:jjmckenzie51(a)earthlink.net>> wrote:
>
> >
>     +1 as well.  Not all UNIXes have Gecko support packages built for them
>
> +1 as well,  I haven't tested the changes on OpenSolaris yet, but I 
> plan to. :)

Which makes -0 from both of you as you clearly don't understand the way 
Gecko package works. These are .dll files so they are only arch 
dependent from Wine point of view.


Jacek