#375 closed defect (wontfix)
Mozilla 1.5 missing dependencies
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| Priority: | high | Milestone: | |
| Component: | BOOK | Version: | ~CVS |
| Severity: | normal | Keywords: | |
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Description ¶
In addition to the libraries listed at http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/cvs/xsoft/mozilla.html#AEN22868 Mozilla 1.5 also requires recent versions of libxml2 and libxslt. I tried to compile Mozilla for a distribution that satisfied all the dependencies listed at your page but Mozilla did not compile with libxml2-2.5.2 and libxslt-1.0.25.
Change History (10)
comment:1 by , 21 years ago
| Status: | new → assigned |
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comment:2 by , 21 years ago
| Resolution: | → invalid |
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| Status: | assigned → closed |
I ran a strace during mozilla compilation and did not get any references to libxml or libxslt nor were any installed files linked to libxml or libxslt.
comment:3 by , 21 years ago
| Resolution: | invalid |
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| Status: | closed → reopened |
The error occurred somewhere around xpfe and I got a "no rule to make target" message. OK, next time disabled the xpfe components but failed with the same error message again. Then I gave up and installed a binary package of Mozilla so that I can compile Epiphany. That was a lucky move. Epiphany complained that my libxml2 was outdated so I removed Mozilla, updated libxml2 and libxslt, and then I could compile Mozilla! So it seems that Mozilla 1.5 requires libxml2 later than 2.5.2 and perhaps also libxslt later than 1.0.25.
comment:4 by , 21 years ago
Please provide the error log.
According to the mozilla bugzilla, libxml and libxslt are not used, instead expat is the prefered xml parser.
From your bug-report, it seems that you are not using LFS. Which distribution are you using?
comment:5 by , 21 years ago
I will provide the error log ASAP. I am using Yoper and I have expat-1.95.6. Isn't it possible that GLib, GTK+ or some other libraries do not work well with earlier versions of libxml/libxslt while compiling Mozilla?
comment:6 by , 21 years ago
None of the packages that mozilla depends on depend on lib{xml,xslt} AFAIK.
comment:7 by , 21 years ago
| Resolution: | → wontfix |
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| Status: | reopened → closed |
OK. Then I am closing this bug report contrary to the fact that I could only compile Mozilla after I had updated lib{xml/xslt}.
comment:9 by , 21 years ago
I just reverified the dependency tree and there is no package that depends on libxml/libxslt that mozilla is dependent on. Maybe one of the packages on your system is linked to libxml/libxslt when it should not have.
Is any of the currently installed mozilla files linked to libxml2 or libxslt? If so, please post the offending executable/library name to blfs-dev.
If you get the problem again, please post the error message to blfs-support.
Closing, Invalid.
What was the error you got?