mozilla vs. nspr

[Jose M Rodriguez]

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?
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>>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.
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>Thank you, this bogus dependency is the breakage, that confused me :-)
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>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...
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really, this is make nss works with AVIARY-1.0 nspr.  Or not?

Also, I'm really thinking about make a www/mre with the shared 
components (at a first try, from firefox or mozilla), populate 
${prefix}/lib/mre/mre-1.0/ and use this from firefox/mozilla/thunderbird.

This may be of interest?

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  josemi