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Date:	Mon, 15 Jul 2002 12:14:33 PST7
From:	"J. R. Fox" <jr_fox@pacbell.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: VACP | Mozilla | Java 1.31

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Some loosely related questions:

I'm about to install Mozilla into ECS, and wanted to scout out any
"gotchas" ahead of time.

1) The new release of BZIP2 mentioned on the VOICE list says you need
some VACP runtime or library to use it. (A similar case to EMX ?)
I'm not sure why anyone might need BZIP (or RAR for that matter), when
we have the well-ingrained standards of PKZIP and InfoZip, but this
left me wondering. The Mozilla build all seem to have VACP as part of
their archive's long filenames. I had thought this only referred to
how they were compiled, and a quick skim of the docs did not turn up
mention of a need for outside modules, but I just wanted to be sure.

2) Wayne asked if there was a reason to prefer Mozilla 1.0 over 1.1a,
and I'd like to see that answer too. I would like to have Mozilla
co-exist with the already installed 4.61, and perhaps just "adopt" its
profiles & preferences. If there is some Skin or option to have
Mozilla look / act more like 4.61 in its UI (except for 4.61 crashes,
of course !), I'd probably like to enable it.

3) I've been looking over the Java 1.31 docs. The part about Known
Limitations if it is the default Java -- certain app.s will fail,
including LVMGUI and some TCP/IP stuff -- bothers me. I notice that
my ECS install placed Java 131 first in Libpath, but not at all in
Path or Classpath. So maybe I should just leave that alone ? If I
can still use 131 for Mozilla somehow (?), that would be fine.

4) I wasn't sure if the default install of ECS placed Java 131 and the
4.3 TCP stack in with the os, but a Syslevel report lists them, so
they must be there. Their presence may not be the same thing as their
being active or the default, though ?

5) I would want to install whatever plug-ins I had for 4.61 that
Mozilla can use.

Jordan

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