firefox svg

[Thom May]

* ashley maher (ubuntu at didymodesigns.com.au) wrote :
> G'day,
> 
> All questions below refer to the hoary version of ubuntu.
> 
> I've been hunting the firefox site. I found a reference that svg could 
> be switched on it the build has it compiled in.
> 
> It appears the unbuntu hoary build of firefox dosen't have svg compiled in.
> 
> A search of unbuntu.com (search terms used: firefox svg) found somebody 
> else has made a request for svg to be compiled into firefox.
> 
> So given I need svg in firefox on ubuntu what is the easiest way of 
> obtaining an ubuntu package with an ability to turn on svg natively in 
> firefox?
If it actually worked, I'd turn it on. Since that has never been the case,
and is still waiting on a bunch of fixes to land on trunk, it won't happen.
Firefox 1.1, in breezy, may get all the required fixes and work correctly,
but I for one am not holding my breath.
Anyway, to do a local build:
apt-get source mozilla-firefox; sudo apt-get build-dep mozilla-firefox; cd
mozilla-firefox-x.y.z; vi debian/rules; on line 76, change disable-svg to
enable-svg; save the file; dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -uc -us; install the
debs and put them on hold.
*DO NOT REPORT BUGS AGAINST THIS VERSION OF FIREFOX*
-Thom