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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
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3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 |
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7 | <!ENTITY nspr-version "4.6.3">
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8 | <!ENTITY nss-download-http "http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/security/nss/releases/NSS_3_11_3_RTM/src/nss-&nss-version;-with-nspr-&nspr-version;.tar.gz">
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9 | <!ENTITY nss-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/security/nss/releases/NSS_3_11_3_RTM/src/nss-&nss-version;-with-nspr-&nspr-version;.tar.gz">
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10 | <!ENTITY nss-md5sum "e50f0e1ccb964ed02c22eec02e4d30d2">
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11 | <!ENTITY nss-size "4.9 MB">
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12 | <!ENTITY nss-buildsize "65.2 MB">
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13 | <!ENTITY nss-time "0.8 SBU (additional 0.9 SBU to run the test suite)">
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14 | ]>
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15 |
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16 | <sect1 id="nss" xreflabel="NSS-&nss-version;">
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17 | <?dbhtml filename="nss.html"?>
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18 |
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19 | <sect1info>
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20 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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21 | <date>$Date$</date>
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22 | </sect1info>
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23 |
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24 | <title>NSS-&nss-version;</title>
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25 |
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26 | <indexterm zone="nss">
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27 | <primary sortas="a-NSS">NSS</primary>
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28 | </indexterm>
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29 |
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30 | <sect2 role="package">
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31 | <title>Introduction to NSS</title>
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32 |
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33 | <para>The Network Security Services (<application>NSS</application>)
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34 | package is a set of libraries designed to support cross-platform
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35 | development of security-enabled client and server applications.
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36 | Applications built with NSS can support SSL v2 and v3, TLS, PKCS #5,
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37 | PKCS #7, PKCS #11, PKCS #12, S/MIME, X.509 v3 certificates, and other
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38 | security standards. This is useful for implementing SSL and S/MIME or
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39 | other Internet security standards into an application.</para>
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40 |
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41 | <para>The <application>NSS</application> package requires the Netscape
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42 | Portable Runtime (NSPR) libraries as a prerequisite for building. The
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43 | <application>NSS</application> package tarball contains the code necessary
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44 | to build the NSPR libraries. These libraries are built and installed using
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45 | the instructions below. Essentially, the <application>NSS</application>
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46 | package is now a combined <application>NSS</application>/NSPR
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47 | installation.</para>
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48 |
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49 |
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50 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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51 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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52 | <listitem>
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53 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&nss-download-http;"/></para>
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54 | </listitem>
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55 | <listitem>
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56 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&nss-download-ftp;"/></para>
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57 | </listitem>
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58 | <listitem>
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59 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &nss-md5sum;</para>
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60 | </listitem>
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61 | <listitem>
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62 | <para>Download size: &nss-size;</para>
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63 | </listitem>
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64 | <listitem>
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65 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &nss-buildsize;</para>
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66 | </listitem>
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67 | <listitem>
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68 | <para>Estimated build time: &nss-time;</para>
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69 | </listitem>
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70 | </itemizedlist>
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71 |
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72 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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73 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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74 | <listitem>
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75 | <para>Required patch: <ulink
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76 | url="&patch-root;/nss-&nss-version;-with-nspr-&nspr-version;-fedora_fixes-1.patch"/></para>
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77 | </listitem>
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78 | </itemizedlist>
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79 |
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80 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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81 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/nss"/></para>
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82 |
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83 | </sect2>
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84 |
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85 | <sect2 role="installation">
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86 | <title>Installation of NSS</title>
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87 |
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88 | <para>Install <application>NSS</application> by running the following
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89 | commands:</para>
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90 |
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91 | <screen><userinput>bash
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92 |
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93 | export WORKINGDIR=$PWD &&
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94 | export BUILD_OPT=1 &&
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95 |
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96 | patch -Np1 -i ../nss-&nss-version;-with-nspr-&nspr-version;-fedora_fixes-1.patch &&
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97 |
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98 | cd mozilla/security/nss &&
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99 | make nss_build_all &&
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100 | cd ../.. &&
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101 |
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102 | export NSS_LINUXDIR=$(basename `ls -d $WORKINGDIR/mozilla/dist/Linux*`)</userinput></screen>
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103 |
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104 | <para>To test the results, you'll need to set the domain name of your
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105 | system in the <envar>DOMSUF</envar> environment variable. Most of the tests
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106 | will fail if you don't provide the correct domain name. A self-generated
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107 | log file will be parsed at the end of the test to display how many tests
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108 | passed. It should return 800. To run the tests, ensure you change the
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109 | <command>export DOMSUF</command> command below to an appropriate value,
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110 | e.g., <parameter>mydomain.com</parameter> and issue the following
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111 | commands:</para>
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112 |
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113 | <screen><userinput>bash
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114 |
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115 | export DOMSUF=<replaceable><validdomain.name></replaceable> &&
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116 | export PATH=$PATH:$WORKINGDIR/mozilla/dist/$NSS_LINUXDIR/bin &&
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117 | export TEST_RESULTSDIR=$WORKINGDIR/mozilla/tests_results/security &&
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118 |
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119 | cd security/nss/tests &&
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120 | sed -i 's/gmake/make/' common/init.sh &&
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121 | ./all.sh &&
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122 |
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123 | grep Passed $TEST_RESULTSDIR/$(hostname).1/results.html | wc -l &&
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124 |
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125 | exit</userinput></screen>
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126 |
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127 | <caution>
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128 | <para>If you switch to the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
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129 | user using a method that does not inherit the environment from the
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130 | unprivileged user, ensure that
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131 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>'s
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132 | <envar>NSS_LINUXDIR</envar> environment variable is set correctly before
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133 | proceeding with the installation commands.</para>
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134 | </caution>
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135 |
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136 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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137 |
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138 | <screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -m755 nsprpub/$NSS_LINUXDIR/config/nspr-config \
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139 | security/nss/cmd/config/nss-config \
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140 | /usr/bin &&
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141 | install -v -m755 -d /usr/lib/pkgconfig &&
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142 | install -v -m644 nsprpub/lib/pkgconfig/nspr.pc \
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143 | security/nss/lib/pkgconfig/nss.pc \
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144 | /usr/lib/pkgconfig &&
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145 |
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146 | cd dist &&
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147 |
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148 | install -v -m755 $NSS_LINUXDIR/lib/*.so /usr/lib &&
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149 | install -v -m644 $NSS_LINUXDIR/lib/{*.chk,libcrmf.a} /usr/lib &&
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150 |
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151 | install -v -m755 -d /usr/include/{nss,nspr} &&
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152 | install -v -m644 {public,private}/nss/* /usr/include/nss &&
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153 | cp -v -RL $NSS_LINUXDIR/include/* /usr/include/nspr &&
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154 | chmod -v 644 /usr/include/nspr/prvrsion.h</userinput></screen>
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155 |
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156 | <para>Now as the unprivileged user, exit the <command>bash</command>
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157 | shell started at the beginning of the installation to restore the
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158 | environment to the original state.</para>
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159 |
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160 | <screen><userinput>exit</userinput></screen>
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161 |
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162 | </sect2>
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163 |
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164 | <sect2 role="commands">
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165 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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166 |
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167 | <para><command>bash</command>: Shells are started as many environment
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168 | variables are created during the installation process. Exiting the shells
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169 | serves the purpose of restoring the environment and returning back to the
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170 | original directory when the installation is complete.</para>
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171 |
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172 | <para><command>export WORKINGDIR=$PWD</command>: This variable is set
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173 | because many of the commands are dependent on knowing the full path of
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174 | certain directories. <envar>WORKINGDIR</envar> establishes a known path
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175 | so that all others can be determined relative to this.</para>
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176 |
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177 | <para><command>export BUILD_OPT=1</command>: This variable is set so that
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178 | the build is performed with no debugging symbols built into the binaries
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179 | and that the default compiler optimizations are used.</para>
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180 |
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181 | <para><command>export NSS_LINUXDIR=...</command>: This variable is set so
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182 | that the exact name of the architecture specific directories where the
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183 | binaries are stored in the source tree can be determined.</para>
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184 |
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185 | <para><command>make nss_build_all</command>: This command builds the NSPR
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186 | and <application>NSS</application> libraries and creates a
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187 | <filename class='directory'>dist</filename> directory which houses all the
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188 | programs, libraries and interface headers. None of the programs created by
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189 | this process are installed onto the system using the default instructions.
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190 | If you need any of these programs installed, you can find them in the
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191 | <filename class='directory'>mozilla/dist/bin</filename> directory of the
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192 | source tree.</para>
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193 |
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194 | <para><command>export PATH=...</command>: This command sets the
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195 | <envar>PATH</envar> environment variable to include the executables in
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196 | the source tree as some of them are required to run the test suite.</para>
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197 |
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198 | <para><command>sed -i 's/gmake/make/' common/init.sh</command>: This
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199 | command changes the command used to compile some test programs.</para>
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200 |
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201 | </sect2>
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202 |
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203 | <sect2 role="content">
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204 | <title>Contents</title>
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205 |
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206 | <segmentedlist>
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207 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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208 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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209 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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210 |
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211 | <seglistitem>
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212 | <seg>nspr-config and nss-config</seg>
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213 | <seg>libcrmf.a, libfreebl3.so, libnspr4.so, libnss3.so, libnssckbi.so,
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214 | libplc4.so, libplds4.so, libsmime3.so, libsoftokn3.so and
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215 | libssl3.so</seg>
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216 | <seg>/usr/include/nspr and /usr/include/nss</seg>
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217 | </seglistitem>
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218 | </segmentedlist>
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219 |
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220 | <variablelist>
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221 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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222 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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223 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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224 |
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225 | <varlistentry id="nspr-config">
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226 | <term><command>nspr-config</command></term>
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227 | <listitem>
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228 | <para>is used to determine the NSPR installation settings
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229 | of the installed NSPR libraries.</para>
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230 | <indexterm zone="nss nspr-config">
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231 | <primary sortas="b-nspr-config">nspr-config</primary>
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232 | </indexterm>
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233 | </listitem>
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234 | </varlistentry>
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235 |
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236 | <varlistentry id="nss-config">
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237 | <term><command>nss-config</command></term>
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238 | <listitem>
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239 | <para>is used to determine the NSS library settings
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240 | of the installed NSS libraries.</para>
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241 | <indexterm zone="nss nss-config">
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242 | <primary sortas="b-nss-config">nss-config</primary>
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243 | </indexterm>
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244 | </listitem>
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245 | </varlistentry>
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246 | </variablelist>
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247 |
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248 | <para>The <filename class='libraryfile'>libnspr4.so</filename>,
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249 | <filename class='libraryfile'>libplc4.so</filename> and
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250 | <filename class='libraryfile'>libplds4.so</filename> libraries make up the
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251 | Netscape Portable Runtime (NSPR) libraries. These libraries provide a
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252 | platform-neutral API for system level and libc like functions. The API
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253 | is used in the Mozilla client, many of the Netscape/AOL/iPlanet offerings
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254 | and other software applications.</para>
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255 |
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256 | <para>The <filename class='libraryfile'>libcrmf.a</filename>,
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257 | <filename class='libraryfile'>libfreebl.so</filename>,
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258 | <filename class='libraryfile'>libnss3.so</filename>,
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259 | <filename class='libraryfile'>libnssckbi.so</filename>,
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260 | <filename class='libraryfile'>libsmime3.so</filename>,
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261 | <filename class='libraryfile'>libsoftokn3.so</filename> and
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262 | <filename class='libraryfile'>libnssl3.so</filename> libraries make up
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263 | the <application>NSS</application> libraries.</para>
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264 |
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265 | </sect2>
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266 |
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267 | </sect1>
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