Comment 8 for bug 57161

Chris Lord writes ("[Bug 57161] Re: Impossible to install libsmjs-dev with firefox present"):
> libsmjs depends on libnspr4, not libnspr - which is what causes the
> conflict.

Yes, I know. I am suggesting that libsmjs should be changed to depend
on libnspr. This entire stack should be using the firefox-provided
libraries, including the -dev libraries.

Chris Lord writes ("[Bug 57161] Re: Impossible to install libsmjs-dev with firefox present"):
> oh, and libnspr4-dev corresponds to libnspr4, not libnspr-dev; which
> corresponds to libnspr - as would be expected

Which package name to use (libfoo-dev or libfoo<version>-dev) depends
on whether it is possible to install both at once and have
applications choose between them at build tim. In this case, this is
not possible.

Ian.