Greetings.

These files are binary packages of the components needed to run an
experimental build of the mozilla brower, for the BSD/OS v4.2
operating system, both sparc and x86 versions.

The files you will need to get:

x86 machines:
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mozilla-i386-pc-bsdi4.2.tar.gz        -- mozilla distribution for the x86
libs-i386-pc-bsdi4.2.tar.gz           -- gdk_pixbuf distribution for the x86

sparc machines:
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mozilla-sparc-unknown-bsdi4.2.tar.gz  -- mozilla distribution for the sparc
libs-sparc-unknown-bsdi4.2.tar.gz     -- gdk_pixbuf distribution for the sparc

(If you have already installed the gdk_pixbuflibraries from a previous
version of the browser, you do not need to re-install those libraries.
They have not changes since they were packaged for the 0.9 release.)

You will need MORE THAN 40MB of free disk space (plus whatever storage
is required for the .tar.gz files) to fully unpack the files.

Here's an example of how to unpack a release on a BSD/OS 4.2 machine:

cd /usr/local/lib
gzcat < libs-i386-pc-bsdi4.2.tar.gz | tar xvf -
ldconfig

cd /usr/local
gzcat < mozilla-i386-pc-bsdi4.2.tar.gz | tar xvf -

To run the binary, you will need to do the following things.
First, MAKE SURE (as mentioned in the Release Notes) that you can write
into the directory hierarchy where you installed mozilla.
This is VERY important.

1) cd into the mozilla directory that was unpacked:

# cd /usr/local/mozilla

2) make sure your resource limits are large enough to deal with mozilla

# unlimit

3) run the "./mozilla" program

# ./mozilla

The first time that the browser is run, it will create a components.req
file in the directory that the program was unpacked into.  It will
also create a couple of other .rdf files in subdirectories of the
distribution.  These files contain all the registration information
for the shared libraries and services that mozilla will need to
operate.  Whatever user runs the browser the first time **MUST**
have write access into the directory tree where the browser is
installed.  Users after the first do not need to have write access
into this directory hierarchy.

As time permits, I hopefully will have a few chances to update
these binaries.  If you find a bug, please visit
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org, read their guidelines for submitting
a good bug report and then submit a bug report.

I am not able to provide much, if any, support for these snapshots.
However, I would like to know if you have success (or not) running
these binaries.  Remember, this is not even BETA software, with no
warranty implied or offered.  If if crashes your machine, deletes
your files or makes you owe back taxes, that's your problem, not
mine.

Make sure you read the release notes for the correct release of mozilla --
there are several special needs that are well documented there.  In
particular, the install directory needs to be writeable by the
users running the program!

Best of luck.

-Kurt (lidl@pix.net preferred for mail about Mozilla)


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Build Notes:
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The computers used for building these releases are stock BSD/OS
4.2 (with patches), with libIDL 0.6.8 installed on top of the base
OS.  I also have installed the gdk-pixbuf library (version 0.8.0)
which is mysteriously missing from BSD/OS 4.2.  Unfortunately,
you'll need to hack on the install stuff to get that library to
build correctly.

I used the following for my .mozconfig file when I built this release:

ac_add_options --disable-tests
ac_add_options --disable-debug
ac_add_options --enable-strip-libs
ac_add_options --enable-crypto
ac_add_options --disable-pedantic
ac_add_options --enable-nspr-autoconf
ac_add_options --with-gtk
ac_add_options --with-pthreads
ac_add_options --with-jpeg
ac_add_options --with-png
ac_add_options --with-zlib

On the x86 machines:
ac_add_options --enable-optimize="-O2 -mcpu=pentiumpro -march=pentium"

(These flags should allow the browser to run on a pentium or better
CPU, and is best tuned for pentiumpro or newer CPUs.)

On the sparc machines:
ac_add_options --enable-optimize="-O2 -mcpu=v8 -march=v8"

(These flags should allow the browser to run on a Sparc V8 or newer
CPU, and is best tuned for Sparc V8 processor.)

This version has support for SSL encryption!  Finally one can visit secure
sites.