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
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