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Old 01-05-2007, 10:14 AM   #1
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Fedora5: Firefox 2.0.0.1 compilation failure


Hi.

I tried to compile a new version of Firefox from source under Fedora Core 5.

The last time I did it with 2.0RC3 "Bon Echo" things went niceley.

When I was compiling this time, I did exactly the same steps as I did back then, made a .mozconfig with

Code:
. $HOME/mozilla/browser/config/mozconfig
mk_add_options MOZ_CO_PROJECT=browser
in it, and placed it into the directory I was compiling in ($HOME/mozilla).

I invoked the compiling process with.

$ make -f client.mk build

Like it is told on the mozilla.org page (http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Build_and_Install).

It starts compiling, but after about 5 min, the process breaks, with the following error:

Code:
rm -f libxpcom_core.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  -DNDEBUG -DTRIMMED -O -fPIC -shared -Wl,-z,defs -Wl,-h,libxpcom_core.so -o libxpcom_core.so  pldhash.o nsCOMPtr.o nsComponentManagerUtils.o nsDebug.o nsID.o nsIInterfaceRequestorUtils.o nsINIParser.o nsMemory.o nsTraceRefcnt.o nsWeakReference.o nsGREGlue.o nsVersionComparator.o nsTHashtable.o nsTArray.o nsGenericFactory.o nsXPComInit.o nsStringAPI.o       -Wl,--whole-archive ../../dist/lib/libxpcomds_s.a ../../dist/lib/libxpcomio_s.a ../../dist/lib/libxpcomcomponents_s.a ../../dist/lib/libxpcomthreads_s.a ../../dist/lib/libxpcomproxy_s.a ../../dist/lib/libxpcombase_s.a ../../dist/lib/libxptcall.a ../../dist/lib/libxptinfo.a ../../dist/lib/libxpt.a ../../dist/lib/libxptcmd.a ../../dist/lib/libstring_s.a  -Wl,--no-whole-archive  -L../../dist/lib -lplds4 -lplc4 -lnspr4 -lpthread -ldl -ldl -lm
/usr/bin/ld: nsCOMPtr.o: relocation R_X86_64_PC32 against `nsGetServiceByContractIDWithError::operator()(nsID const&, void**) const' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
/usr/bin/ld: final link failed: Bad value
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
gmake[4]: *** [libxpcom_core.so] Error 1
gmake[4]: Leaving directory `/home/bereziak/mozilla/xpcom/build'
gmake[3]: *** [libs] Error 2
gmake[3]: Leaving directory `/home/bereziak/mozilla/xpcom'
gmake[2]: *** [tier_2] Error 2
gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/home/bereziak/mozilla'
make[1]: *** [default] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/bereziak/mozilla'
make: *** [build] Error 2
What am I doing wrong?

Please help

--polemon
 
Old 01-05-2007, 10:27 AM   #2
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It should be an issue of the SElinux policy. Check the SElinux settings: under System --> Administration --> Security Level and Firewall. Go into the SElinux tab, and click on Modify SElinux Policy. Under Compatibility look for the voice "Allow the use of shared libraries with Text Relocation". If it is unchecked, check it and try to recompile.
If it works, you may restore the previous setting when you have done.
 
Old 01-05-2007, 10:43 AM   #3
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My SELinux Setting is 'Disabled'.

The 'Modify SELinux Policy' Menu is deactivated.

Should I enable SELinux?
 
Old 01-05-2007, 11:21 AM   #4
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No. In this case my guess was wrong! Sorry, but I have no other ideas right now.

PS - Probably this will help: http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/base/a...?part=1&chap=3

Last edited by colucix; 01-05-2007 at 11:28 AM.
 
Old 01-05-2007, 11:39 AM   #5
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The compiler suggests recompiling with -fPIC, but libxpcom_core.so is being compiled with the -fPIC option (see the errormsg above).

Any Ideas?
 
Old 01-05-2007, 12:04 PM   #6
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I was about to post the same problem trying to run garnome to build firefox, im in debian so any suggestions?
 
Old 01-05-2007, 01:39 PM   #7
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I just upgraded my system from repository, but I still get the same error...

A bug in Firefox?
 
Old 01-05-2007, 02:14 PM   #8
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I dont think it is firefox because I am using a different version of firefox and have the same problem
 
Old 02-10-2007, 06:28 PM   #9
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Hello! I had the same problem this morning. Hopefully you're not still dealing with it, but just in case this website provides a workaround. It's not the same error message you and I were getting, but it seems to do the trick anyway-- After a distclean, I'm back in business! (though I still can't say for sure at this point whether or not it will finish )

Last edited by kindofblue; 02-10-2007 at 06:29 PM.
 
  


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