Vanilla Firefox 2.0.0.3 doesn't compile on Feisty

[erwan]

Firefox 2.0.0.3 (Vanilla, source code downloaded from ftp.mozilla.org) compiles on Ubuntu Edgy, on Debian Unstable, but not on Ubuntu Feisty with the same options.

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c++ -o nsSpecialSystemDirectory.o -c -I../../dist/include/system_wrappers -include /home/erwan/Devel/firefox-2/mozilla/config/gcc_hidden.h -DMOZILLA_INTERNAL_API -DOSTYPE=\"Linux2.6\" -DOSARCH=\"Linux\" -DBUILD_ID=0000000000 -D_IMPL_NS_COM_OBSOLETE -I.. -I/home/erwan/Devel/firefox-2/mozilla/xpcom/obsolete/../io -I../../dist/include/xpcom -I../../dist/include/string -I../../dist/include/xpcom_obsolete -I../../dist/include -I../../dist/include/nspr -I../../dist/sdk/include -fPIC -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions -Wall -Wconversion -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Woverloaded-virtual -Wsynth -Wno-ctor-dtor-privacy -Wno-non-virtual-dtor -Wno-long-long -pedantic -fshort-wchar -pthread -pipe -DDEBUG -D_DEBUG -DDEBUG_erwan -DTRACING -g -fno-inline -DMOZILLA_CLIENT -include ../../mozilla-config.h -Wp,-MD,.deps/nsSpecialSystemDirectory.pp /home/erwan/Devel/firefox-2/mozilla/xpcom/obsolete/nsSpecialSystemDirectory.cpp
/home/erwan/Devel/firefox-2/mozilla/xpcom/obsolete/nsSpecialSystemDirectory.cpp:119: warning: ‘PRBool DeleteSystemDirKeys(nsHashKey*, void*, void*)’ defined but not used
rm -f libxpcom_compat.so
c++ -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions -Wall -Wconversion -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Woverloaded-virtual -Wsynth -Wno-ctor-dtor-privacy -Wno-non-virtual-dtor -Wno-long-long -pedantic -fshort-wchar -pthread -pipe -DDEBUG -D_DEBUG -DDEBUG_erwan -DTRACING -g -fno-inline -fPIC -shared -Wl,-z,defs -Wl,-h,libxpcom_compat.so -o libxpcom_compat.so nsFileSpec.o nsFileStream.o nsIFileStream.o nsFileSpecImpl.o nsSpecialSystemDirectory.o -Wl,--whole-archive ../../dist/lib/libmozreg_s.a -Wl,--no-whole-archive -L../../dist/bin -lxpcom -lxpcom_core -L../../dist/bin -L../../dist/lib -lplds4 -lplc4 -lnspr4 -lpthread -ldl -ldl -lm
nsFileSpec.o: In function `nsCOMPtr<nsILocalFile>::assign_from_qi(nsQueryInterface, nsID const&)':
/home/erwan/Devel/firefox-2/mozilla/ff-debug-static/xpcom/obsolete/../../dist/include/xpcom/nsCOMPtr.h:1232: undefined reference to `nsQueryInterface::operator()(nsID const&, void**) const'
nsFileStream.o: In function `nsCOMPtr<nsIOpenFile>::assign_from_qi(nsQueryInterface, nsID const&)':
/home/erwan/Devel/firefox-2/mozilla/ff-debug-static/xpcom/obsolete/../../dist/include/xpcom/nsCOMPtr.h:1232: undefined reference to `nsQueryInterface::operator()(nsID const&, void**) const'
nsFileStream.o: In function `nsCOMPtr<nsIOutputStream>::assign_from_qi(nsQueryInterface, nsID const&)':
/home/erwan/Devel/firefox-2/mozilla/ff-debug-static/xpcom/obsolete/../../dist/include/xpcom/nsCOMPtr.h:1232: undefined reference to `nsQueryInterface::operator()(nsID const&, void**) const'
nsFileStream.o: In function `nsCOMPtr<nsIRandomAccessStore>::assign_from_qi(nsQueryInterface, nsID const&)':
/home/erwan/Devel/firefox-2/mozilla/ff-debug-static/xpcom/obsolete/../../dist/include/xpcom/nsCOMPtr.h:1232: undefined reference to `nsQueryInterface::operator()(nsID const&, void**) const'
nsFileStream.o: In function `nsCOMPtr<nsIFileSpecOutputStream>::assign_from_qi(nsQueryInterface, nsID const&)':
/home/erwan/Devel/firefox-2/mozilla/ff-debug-static/xpcom/obsolete/../../dist/include/xpcom/nsCOMPtr.h:1232: undefined reference to `nsQueryInterface::operator()(nsID const&, void**) const'
nsFileStream.o:/home/erwan/Devel/firefox-2/mozilla/ff-debug-static/xpcom/obsolete/../../dist/include/xpcom/nsCOMPtr.h:1232: more undefined references to `nsQueryInterface::operator()(nsID const&, void**) const' follow
nsSpecialSystemDirectory.o: In function `nsSpecialSystemDirectory::Set(nsSpecialSystemDirectory::SystemDirectories, nsFileSpec*)':
/home/erwan/Devel/firefox-2/mozilla/xpcom/obsolete/nsSpecialSystemDirectory.cpp:889: undefined reference to `nsHashtable::nsHashtable(unsigned int, int)'
/home/erwan/Devel/firefox-2/mozilla/xpcom/obsolete/nsSpecialSystemDirectory.cpp:895: undefined reference to `nsHashtable::Put(nsHashKey*, void*)'
nsSpecialSystemDirectory.o: In function `nsSpecialSystemDirectory::operator=(nsSpecialSystemDirectory::SystemDirectories)':
/home/erwan/Devel/firefox-2/mozilla/xpcom/obsolete/nsSpecialSystemDirectory.cpp:456: undefined reference to `nsHashtable::Get(nsHashKey*)'
/home/erwan/Devel/firefox-2/mozilla/xpcom/obsolete/nsSpecialSystemDirectory.cpp:459: undefined reference to `nsHashtable::Get(nsHashKey*)'
/home/erwan/Devel/firefox-2/mozilla/xpcom/obsolete/nsSpecialSystemDirectory.cpp:490: undefined reference to `nsHashtable::Get(nsHashKey*)'
/home/erwan/Devel/firefox-2/mozilla/xpcom/obsolete/nsSpecialSystemDirectory.cpp:493: undefined reference to `nsHashtable::Get(nsHashKey*)'
/home/erwan/Devel/firefox-2/mozilla/xpcom/obsolete/nsSpecialSystemDirectory.cpp:525: undefined reference to `nsHashtable::Get(nsHashKey*)'
nsSpecialSystemDirectory.o: In function `~SystemDirectoriesKey':
/home/erwan/Devel/firefox-2/mozilla/xpcom/obsolete/nsSpecialSystemDirectory.cpp:93: undefined reference to `nsHashKey::~nsHashKey()'
/home/erwan/Devel/firefox-2/mozilla/xpcom/obsolete/nsSpecialSystemDirectory.cpp:93: undefined reference to `nsHashKey::~nsHashKey()'
nsSpecialSystemDirectory.o:(.data.rel.ro._ZTV20SystemDirectoriesKey[vtable for SystemDirectoriesKey]+0x1c): undefined reference to `nsHashKey::Write(nsIObjectOutputStream*) const'
/usr/bin/ld: libxpcom_compat.so: hidden symbol `nsQueryInterface::operator()(nsID const&, void**) const' isn't defined
/usr/bin/ld: final link failed: Nonrepresentable section on output
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[3]: *** [libxpcom_compat.so] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/erwan/Devel/firefox-2/mozilla/ff-debug-static/xpcom/obsolete'
make[2]: *** [tier_2] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/erwan/Devel/firefox-2/mozilla/ff-debug-static'
make[1]: *** [default] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/erwan/Devel/firefox-2/mozilla/ff-debug-static'
make: *** [build] Error 2

[Kevin Kubasik (kkubasik)]

Well, this isn't actually a bug, since thats why there are specialized packages for Ubuntu... but the issue here is your trying to compile a static build, but your referencing some system libs (possibly even libxpcom) which aren't static, or something of the like. Below is a link to the total diff of a raw firefox package against what Feisty currently compiles and ships, you can root around through that.

http://librarian.launchpad.net/7127315/firefox_2.0.0.3%2B1-0ubuntu2.diff.gz

[Todd (twhitema)]

Disable hidden visibility and recompile:
http://benjamin.smedbergs.us/blog/2005-10-27/gcc-40-workaround/

[erwan (erwan-flock)]

Thank you!

On Sat, 2007-05-05 at 17:53 +0000, Todd wrote:
> Disable hidden visibility and recompile:
> http://benjamin.smedbergs.us/blog/2005-10-27/gcc-40-workaround/
>

[Alexander Sack (asac)]

Though you found a solution, why did you think that its a good idea to post a firefox bug in the first place against the ubuntu package? Please don't do so in the future, but go straight to mozillas bugzilla.

[erwan (erwan-flock)]

Because I thought it could help other people. Sorry I wasted your precious time, Alexander. But I hear you, the next time I see what could be a bug in Ubuntu's default compiling settings I'll just get a workaround for me.