Re: firefox on NetBSD 8.0 BETA

To: pkgsrc-users%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: Re: firefox on NetBSD 8.0 BETA
From: Pierre Pronchery <khorben%defora.org@localhost>
Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2017 16:26:38 -0400

			Hi,

On 07/06/2017 10:56, Mayuresh wrote:

I have just re-joined pkgsrc mailing list after 1.5 yrs gap. Apologies if
this has been discussed. Could not find a thread answering this in a quick
search.


Welcome back :)

When building firefox or firefox52 using pkgsrc-current on NetBSD 8.0 BETA
i386 I get the following error:

Exception: Failed to create virtualenv:
/usr/pkgsrc/www/firefox52/work/build/_virtualenv


Is there any help or workaround available to build firefox? It's critical
for my system.

I have observed some failures on my systems recently when buildingFirefox > 49, but apparently due to hardening measures (PIE I think).

As a workaround you can try www/firefox45, which has security patchesapplied (LTS) and has most features the latest Firefox has AFAIK.


Cheers,
--
khorben

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