Bug#314314: mozilla: FTBFS on hurd-i386: Needs porting [patch]

[Michael Banck]

On Wed, Jun 15, 2005 at 09:44:30PM +0200, Alexander Sack wrote:
> Michael Banck wrote:
> > Note that autoconf needs to run in the nsprpub directory as well, so
> > debian/rules needs to be changed as well. (This is done in
> > debian_rules.diff, attached as well)
> 
> I did some work on the mozilla patch to get it build on kbsd. Thus, I
> am curious if you managed to start and use mozilla with that patch?
> For kbsd, mozilla starts, but no events are processed somehow. You can
> select some menu entry, but nothing happens. 

Indeed, the same happens on the Hurd.  Mozilla is an important
Build-Dependency though, so it should get to be built ASAP.  Somebody
will have to look in the UI issue.

> We suspected that this is due to some problems with threads in kbsd.
> What is your experience on hurd? You see similar problems? If so, then
> maybe the patch is to blame and not the kbsd threads ;).

GNU/Hurd and GNU/k*BSD do not share the same thread implementation, so
yeah, there must be something else.


Michael

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