Javier Delgadillo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>If you follow the instructions at the URL listed below, NSS will get built for
>you.
>
>http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/pki/psm/buildpsm.html
>From that page:
:Because of complicated dependencies, you need a fully built Mozilla tree in
:order to compile PSM. These instructions also assume you have a completed
:NSS build tree.
>> Is it necessary to build NSS in order to build PSM? Sorry if it is an stupid
>> question. I am trying to build it on win2000.
Ok, I have a bunch of questions about building PSM, NSS, etc.
Right now it seems like it's a bunch of levers and buttons, all labelled
cryptically, and the order you press them in matters. If by chance you
get a working build, it's not likely you can repeat the experiments that
got it working. (At least under Unix).
"gmake -f client.mk BUILD_MODULES=psm"
As you said, this assumes you have built NSS. There's no link
telling you how to build NSS on the page above. If you do go to the NSS
build page, it tells you about nss3.2. Do we need to use 3.2? I dunno.
The above command builds (under freeBSD) a
.../mozilla/dist/FreeBSD4.1_DBG.OBJ directory. However, all the regular
"gmake -f client.mk build", etc commands build things in .../mozilla/dist.
I was forced to add a symlink from .../mozilla/FreeBSD4.1_DBG.OBJ to
.../mozilla/dist by hand (and restore it on each clobber).
Eventually (quickly), if you track the trunk, your psm/nss stuff
atrophies (or gets nuked by a clobber build), and you have to start over
again figuring out what magic needs to be done to build it.
What's the chance of a _working_ --enable-psm and/or --enable-nss
(or --enable-ssl, etc) for mozilla's configure?
Please excuse my shortness on this; I've spent literally days (in
total over a number of occasions) fighting the PSM/NSS build system.
--
Randell Jesup, Worldgate Communications, ex-Scala, ex-Amiga OS team ('88-94)
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