Re: many packages depend on mozilla-browser but I build it from source
--- William Ballard <40711.nospam@comcast.net> wrote:
> I suppose I'll just have to make a dummy mozilla-browser package with
> equivs and install that, and deal with breakages myself. Do you think
> that will be feasible?
Yes, this is exactly what equivs was designed for.
> Why do all these packages explictly depend on mozilla-browser? Don't
> most people run Firefox now? If I just make "mozilla" launchible on the
Nope, freedom of choice is a good thing.
-- Thomas Adam
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