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List:       gentoo-desktop
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-desktop] Re: weird mozilla dependencies
From:       Emory Stuart Taylor <emory () mail ! com>
Date:       2005-01-10 5:37:15
Message-ID: 41E2148B.1090503 () mail ! com
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Matthew East wrote:

>root@kallisto mdke # equery list mozilla
>[ Searching for package 'mozilla' in all categories among: ]
> * installed packages
>[I--] [  ] net-www/mozilla-firefox-1.0 (0)
>[I--] [  ] net-www/mozilla-launcher-1.22 (0)
>
>So far i have not been convinced that this is a necessary dependency! As
>I said before, the whole point of firefox is as an alternative to
>mozilla...
>
>There must BE a reason why this dependency is there! someone knows...
>  
>
My guess about the issue is that some programs will install a mozilla 
plug-in and not do it intelligently so normally only mozilla would pick 
it up.  So if it isn't installed, then firefox won't get the plug-in 
properly.   This is just my /feeling/ and it may not necessarily reflect 
reality.

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