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From: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
Subject: bug#38565: Cannot run pre-compiled Firefox
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2019 15:05:20 +0100
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To: Arne Babenhauserheide <arne_bab@web.de>
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Arne Babenhauserheide <arne_bab@web.de> writes:

> Previously I got it working with the following setup:
>
> cd $HOME/Downloads/firefox
> export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=3D"${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:/run/current-system/profile/=
lib/:$HOME/.guix-profile/lib/:$HOME/.guix-profile/lib/nss/:$HOME/.guix-prof=
ile/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=E2=80=99m surprised it worked before, because often it doesn=E2=80=99t.  =
Do you happen
to know what libraries and their exact versions this firefox binary
expects?

--
Ricardo