On Thu, 9 Nov 2006 09:34:22 -0500, Michel Salim wrote: > > > > The problem is that each version of Mozilla/Firefox uses a > > > > different installation prefix. For Firefox 1.5.0.7 this > > > > is /usr/lib/firefox-1.5.0.7 > > > > > > > > When a application links with some Mozilla/Firefox library > > > > the full path gets saved in the final executable. > > > > > > > In case of liferea, the dependency is not actually that hard-coded. > > > > It is, it is. > > > > This has been the result of discussion in an upstream bug ticket. > > > > > liferea uses LD_LIBRARY_PATH to add Firefox's installation directory > > > before calling the actual liferea-bin binary. This path is detected at > > > build time and hardcoded into the script. > > > > It used to be like this, but has been error-prone (leading to > > crashes, even) and has changed to a really hardcoded path in the > > binary. > > > My mystake, then. The ones in Extras still use the script, and ldd-ing > the actual binary did not show a dependency on Firefox. $ strings /usr/lib/liferea/liblihtmlm.so |grep fire /usr/lib/firefox-1.5.0.7 -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
