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1*b1cdbd2cSJim JagielskiRelation between nss, moz, moz_prebuilt
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3*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielskinss contains the security libraries which are also part of moz. However nss is
4*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielskimeant to be more current, that is, it to be updated more often. This
5*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielskishould be easier than updating moz.
6*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski
7*b1cdbd2cSJim JagielskiWhen nss is build, it depends on an environment variable (ENABLE_NSS_MODULE)
8*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielskiwhich is by default set to YES. In this case nss is build before moz. The nss
9*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielskilibraries/lib files/headers built in moz are then not delivered. Otherwise they
10*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielskiwould overwrite those from nss. The nss libraries build in moz are then
11*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielskiremoved from mozruntime.zip (build in moz/solver/bin), they are removed from the
12*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielskilib directory (for example moz/unxlngi6.pro/lib), and the nss and nspr headers
13*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielskiare also removed (inc/nss and inc/nspr).  The nss libraries from the nss module
14*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielskiare then added to mozruntime.zip.
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16*b1cdbd2cSJim JagielskiThis also applies for moz_prebuilt. Therefore moz and moz_prebuilt must be build
17*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielskiagain after changes have been made to the libraries in the nss module.
18*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski
19*b1cdbd2cSJim JagielskiAlso when moz was updated to use a newer version of mozilla, then one must make
20*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielskisure that new files which also belong to nss are not delivered and are removed
21*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielskifrom mozruntime.zip.
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23*b1cdbd2cSJim JagielskiFips 140 and signed libraries
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25*b1cdbd2cSJim JagielskiFips 140 mode is not supported. That is, the *.chk files containing the
26*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielskichecksums for the cryptographic module are not delivered into solver and will
27*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielskinot be part of the OOo installation sets.
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29*b1cdbd2cSJim JagielskiSigning has been turned off because
30*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski- we change the rpath (install names) after signing which breaks the signatures
31*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski(Mac)
32*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski- sqlite conflicts with the system sqlite when signing which breaks the build
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35*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielskilibfreebl3
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37*b1cdbd2cSJim JagielskiPorting to other platforms may require to deliver other variants of
38*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielskilibfreebl*. The library name varies according to the platform. Changes need to
39*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielskibe made to
40*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielskiooo/moz/extractfiles.mk
41*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielskiooo/moz/zipped/makefile.mk
42*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielskisun/moz_prebuilt/zipped/makefile.mk
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44*b1cdbd2cSJim JagielskiSee also
45*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielskihttp://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/pki/nss/tech-notes/tn6.html
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48*b1cdbd2cSJim JagielskiWindows builds of nss
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50*b1cdbd2cSJim JagielskiTo build mozilla on windows you'll need the mozilla build tools
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52*b1cdbd2cSJim JagielskiBuild requirements containing the link to the build tools:
53*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielskihttps://developer.mozilla.org/en/Windows_Build_Prerequisites#ss2.2
54*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski
55*b1cdbd2cSJim JagielskiThe direct link:
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57*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielskihttp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla/libraries/win32/MozillaBuildSetup-2.2.0.exe
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59*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielskilibsqlite3
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61*b1cdbd2cSJim JagielskiThe problem described here was found on Mac with OS 10.6
62*b1cdbd2cSJim JagielskiNSS cannot use the system sqlite on Mac because the base line is still MacOS
63*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski10.4. That system sqlite is incompatible with the softokn3 in nss which requires
64*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielskia later version of sqlite.
65*b1cdbd2cSJim JagielskiWhen we used a more current Mac SDK then we could set
66*b1cdbd2cSJim JagielskiNSS_USE_SYSTEM_SQLITE=1
67*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielskito build using the system sqlite.
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69*b1cdbd2cSJim JagielskiWe cannot deliver sqlite in the lib directory of the solver. This directory is
70*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielskiused by tools of the build environment. Using the sqlite from NSS breaks the
71*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielskitools if they use system libraries which are linked with the system
72*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielskisqlite. Therefore we deliver it into lib/sqlite on unix systems.
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74*b1cdbd2cSJim JagielskiSee also issue
75*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielskihttp://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=106132
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