Please ship pkg-config file libxul.pc in firefox-dev
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| firefox (Ubuntu) |
Won't Fix
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
In the firefox-dev package for Ubuntu Oneiric there used to be a pkg-config file for XULRunner, namely /usr/lib/
This allowed binary extensions to be configured and built in a sane way.
In the Precise version of firefox-dev, this file has been removed due to the "Removing XULRunner from oneiric" effort [1].
Unfortunately, this effectively breaks proper build configuration for third-party binary extensions, such as mozilla-
I don't see any point in "hiding" the XULRunner interface in Ubuntu, since this is what locks Ubuntu out for interesting binary firefox extensions.
Other distributions such as Fedora and Debian still ship the libxul.pc file.
Please include the libxul.pc file in the firefox-dev package.
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| Micah Gersten (micahg) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in firefox (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Won't Fix |
| summary: |
- Please ship pkg-config file lixbul.pc in firefox-dev + Please ship pkg-config file libxul.pc in firefox-dev |
Thank you for reporting this to Ubuntu. We can't properly support binary extensions with rapid release, this is why the pkg-config file was removed. Please try the mozilla-plugin.pc file as it should provide the ability to build NPAPI plugins whose interface most likely won't be changing over time.