Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2005 13:40:29 -0500 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: Mikhail Teterin <mi@corbulon.video-collage.com> Cc: FreeBSD GNOME Users <gnome@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: mozilla vs. nspr Message-ID: <1104777629.60878.1.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <200501030349.j033nMxC082033@corbulon.video-collage.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Sun, 2005-01-02 at 22:49 -0500, Mikhail Teterin wrote: > > > Sorry, I'm afraid, we misunderstand each other. Currently, the > > > installed mozilla uses the lib/libnspr4.so -- from devel/nspr, > > > and not lib/mozilla/libnspr4.so from www/mozilla. What's the need > > > to even build the different nspr inside www/mozilla? And if it is > > > somehow needed during build, what's the need to install it? > > > Mozilla uses its internal nspr. The dependency in the Makefile hasn't > > been needed for some time, and can be removed when the freeze lifts. > > > Thank you, this bogus dependency is the breakage, that confused me :-) > > However, can't the devel/nspr be brought up to date instead? Having each > port install its own seems wrong and will lead to the "DLL hell" often > found on Microsoft systems... devel/nspr is up-to-date with the official external nspr released from Mozilla (4.4.1). This is what is required by nss 3.9.2, and used by ports such as Evolution and Gaim. Joe > > Yours, > > -mi > -- PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBB2ZGdb2iPiv4Uz4cRAhoWAKCllWVNrh0Z6qqEcsl8N4XYZQZd0wCgr5ov 3SB74a7VTaTZIQQ/4wb3Zz4= =DIDu -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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