Date: Sat, 01 Jan 2005 16:34:00 -0500 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: Mikhail Teterin <mi@aldan.algebra.com> Cc: FreeBSD GNOME Users <gnome@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: mozilla vs. nspr Message-ID: <1104615240.38283.6.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <200501011033.j01AXEuf013785@aldan.algebra.com> References: <200501011033.j01AXEuf013785@aldan.algebra.com>
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On Sat, 2005-01-01 at 05:33 -0500, Mikhail Teterin wrote:
> Hello,
>=20
> Why do www/mozilla and www/mozilla-devel build and install its own
> versions of libnspr4 into ${PREFIX}/lib/mozilla(-devel)?
Because they need to. The version of nspr that comes with Mozilla is
newer than devel/nspr.
>=20
> The ports require and the resulting mozilla-bin executables use the
> ${PREFIX}/lib/libnspr4.so...
Yep, because if they tried to use the port version, they would get
undefined symbol errors.
>=20
> Can this be fixed -- to stop the "DLL hell"? Thanks!
There's nothing broken. Both versions are unfortunate necessities.
Joe
>=20
> -mi=20
>=20
> P.S. Happy New Year! :-)
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