Re: a problem about linux-firefox

[Alexander Leidinger <Alexander_(_at_)_Leidinger_(_dot_)_net>]

Quoting Boris Samorodov <bsam_(_at_)_ipt_(_dot_)_ru> (from Tue, 24 Oct 2006 00:38:26 +0400):

> I'll keep CC: freebsd-emulation@ for archieves.
>
> On Mon, 23 Oct 2006 21:01:59 +0800 bin wan wrote:

> > when I did it, no error display and linux-firfox and flash player is good.
> > But I still have a doubt.
> > wan# ldd /usr/local//lib/linux-firefox/firefox-bin
> > /usr/local//lib/linux-firefox/firefox-bin:
> >        libmozjs.so => not found
> >        libxpcom.so => not found
> >        libxpcom_core.so => not found
> >        libplds4.so => not found
> >        libplc4.so => not found
> >        libnspr4.so => not found
>
> Those libraries are not needed to run linux-firefox at minimal
> configuration. And we (linux freebsd-emulation@ team) try to keep
> linux_base port as minimal as it can be (and not to spam disks of all
> potential users of linux_base port)...

Most of those libs are firefox/mozilla/... internal libs. If you have  
a look at this output fot the native firefox, you will see something  
similar. The firefox (without -bin) script takes care of adding the  
directory where those libs can be found to the search path for the  
invocation of the firefox-bin binary.

> >        libpthread.so.0 => /lib/obsolete/linuxthreads/libpthread.so.0
> > (0x289b9000)
> >        libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x28a0c000)
> >        libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 (0x28a10000)
> >        libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 (0x28d07000)
> >        libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0(0x28da2000)
> >        libpangoxft-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpangoxft-1.0.so.0 (0x28db9000)
> >        libpangox-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpangox-1.0.so.0 (0x28dbf000)
> >        libpango-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpango-1.0.so.0 (0x28dca000)
> >        libgobject-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 (0x28e00000)
> >        libgmodule-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgmodule-2.0.so.0 (0x28e3c000)
> >        libglib-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 (0x28e40000)
> >        libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x28eca000)
> >        libm.so.6 => /lib/obsolete/linuxthreads/libm.so.6 (0x28f9d000)
>
> > Why libmozjs.so refers to "not found"? and Why none of library refers to
> > /compat/linux directory??
>
> ...and those libraries listed here are really at /usr/compat
> directory. Just native FreeBSD ldd doen't show those path. I'd say
> that it's how our current linuxulator works: it looks at /compat/linux
> directory first and then reports the found filename upwards without
> prefix "/compat/linux".

Right.

Bye,
Alexander.

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