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From: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
To: Arne Babenhauserheide <arne_bab@web.de>
Cc: 38565@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#38565: Cannot run pre-compiled Firefox
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2019 15:05:20 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87k1732c0v.fsf@elephly.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <871rtbqgju.fsf@web.de>


Arne Babenhauserheide <arne_bab@web.de> writes:

> Previously I got it working with the following setup:
>
> cd $HOME/Downloads/firefox
> export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:/run/current-system/profile/lib/:$HOME/.guix-profile/lib/:$HOME/.guix-profile/lib/nss/:$HOME/.guix-profile/lib/lib/:/gnu/store/69x60a1pn0mf5jv68al8awjfkyp1miwi-gcc-8.3.0-lib/lib/:./browser:."
> ./firefox-bin

LD_LIBRARY_PATH forces firefox-bin to use libraries from the given
directories.  These might not be ABI compatible, so a segfault is one of
the expected outcomes.

> This used to work with only minor limitations.

I’m surprised it worked before, because often it doesn’t.  Do you happen
to know what libraries and their exact versions this firefox binary
expects?

--
Ricardo

  reply	other threads:[~2019-12-11 14:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-12-11 10:53 bug#38565: Cannot run pre-compiled Firefox Arne Babenhauserheide
2019-12-11 14:05 ` Ricardo Wurmus [this message]
2019-12-11 15:56   ` Arne Babenhauserheide
2019-12-11 15:06 ` Efraim Flashner
2019-12-11 16:07   ` Arne Babenhauserheide
2019-12-11 16:34     ` Arne Babenhauserheide
2020-05-17 13:52     ` Ricardo Wurmus

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