Bug#595882: vlc: FTBFS in squeeze: configure: error: Please install the Firefox development tools; mozilla-config.h, plugin/npapi.h and plugin/npruntime.h were not found.

[Mike Hommey]

On Tue, Sep 07, 2010 at 06:45:24AM +0200, Reinhard Tartler wrote:
> On Di, Sep 07, 2010 at 01:42:05 (CEST), Lucas Nussbaum wrote:
> 
> >> Package 'libxul' requires 'nspr >= 4.8.6' but version of NSPR is 4.8.4
> >> Package 'libxul' requires 'nspr >= 4.8.6' but version of NSPR is 4.8.4
> >> checking npfunctions.h usability... no
> >> checking npfunctions.h presence... no
> >> checking for npfunctions.h... no
> >> checking npapi.h usability... no
> >> checking npapi.h presence... no
> >> checking for npapi.h... no
> >> checking for npruntime.h... no
> >> configure: error: Please install the Firefox development tools; mozilla-config.h, plugin/npapi.h and plugin/npruntime.h were not found.
> >> make: *** [build-stamp] Error 1
> 
> Well, the reason is given in the configure log.
> 
> >> rmadison -u qa libnspr4-0d
> libnspr4-0d |    4.7.1-5 |        stable | alpha, amd64, arm, armel, hppa, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390, sparc
> libnspr4-0d |    4.8.4-2 |       testing | amd64, armel, hppa, i386, ia64, kfreebsd-amd64, kfreebsd-i386, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390, sparc
> libnspr4-0d |    4.8.6-1 |      unstable | alpha, amd64, armel, hppa, hurd-i386, i386, ia64, kfreebsd-amd64, kfreebsd-i386, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390, sparc
> 
> Why isn't it in testing?

Probably because I didn't ask for it.

> >> grep-excuses nspr
> nspr (4.8.4-2 to 4.8.6-1)
>     Maintainer: Maintainers of Mozilla-related packages 
>     32 days old (needed 10 days)
>     Not touching package due to block request by freeze (contact debian-release if update is needed)
>     Not considered
> 
> 
> is nspr 4.8.6 going to migrate to squeeze?

Please don't, at least yet ; I plan to go through nspr and nss to see if
we want them in squeeze. In the meantime, xulrunner-dev is going to be fixed.

Mike