pkg/48223: www/firefox configure fails on 5.2_STABLE/i386 (w/modular x-org)

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>Number:         48223
>Category:       pkg
>Synopsis:       www/firefox configure fails on 5.2_STABLE/i386 (w/modular 
>x-org)
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    pkg-manager
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Sep 20 02:45:00 +0000 2013
>Originator:     John D. Baker
>Release:        NetBSD-5.2_STABLE/i386, pkgsrc-HEAD (pre-pkgsrc-2013Q3)
>Organization:
>Environment:
NetBSD verthandi.technoskunk.fur 5.2_STABLE NetBSD 5.2_STABLE (VERTHANDI) #8: 
Thu Sep 19 06:07:07 CDT 2013  
sysop%verthandi.technoskunk.fur@localhost:/d0/build/netbsd-5/obj/i386/sys/arch/i386/compile/VERTHANDI
 i386

>Description:
On NetBSD 5.2_STABLE/i386 (w/modular xorg if its important) and
pkgsrc-HEAD ("frozen" for pkgsrc-2013Q3), www/firefox (both -23.0.1nb1
and hastily-updated -24.0) fail at the configure phase as follows:

[...]
configure:3227: c++ -o conftest -O2 -march=i486 -I/usr/include 
-I/usr/pkg/include -I/usr/pkg/include/nspr -I/usr/pkg/include/nss/nss 
-I/usr/pkg/include/libdrm -I/usr/pkg/include/freetype2 -march=i486 -march=i486 
-I/usr/include -I/usr/pkg/include -I/usr/pkg/include/nspr 
-I/usr/pkg/include/nss/nss -I/usr/pkg/include/libdrm 
-I/usr/pkg/include/freetype2 -Wl,-R/usr/pkg/lib/firefox -Wl,-R/usr/pkg/lib 
-L/usr/lib -Wl,-R/usr/lib -L/usr/pkg/lib -L/usr/pkg/lib/nspr 
-Wl,-R/usr/pkg/lib/nspr -L/usr/pkg/lib/nss -Wl,-R/usr/pkg/lib/nss conftest.C  
1>&5
configure:3253: checking whether the C++ compiler (c++ -O2 -march=i486 
-I/usr/include -I/usr/pkg/include -I/usr/pkg/include/nspr 
-I/usr/pkg/include/nss/nss -I/usr/pkg/include/libdrm 
-I/usr/pkg/include/freetype2 -march=i486 -Wl,-R/usr/pkg/lib/firefox 
-Wl,-R/usr/pkg/lib -L/usr/lib -Wl,-R/usr/lib -L/usr/pkg/lib -L/usr/pkg/lib/nspr 
-Wl,-R/usr/pkg/lib/nspr -L/usr/pkg/lib/nss -Wl,-R/usr/pkg/lib/nss) is a 
cross-compiler
configure:3258: checking whether we are using GNU C++
configure:3267: c++ -E conftest.C
configure:3286: checking whether c++ accepts -g
configure:3320: checking for ranlib
configure:3352: checking for as
configure:3406: checking for ar
configure:3441: checking for ld
configure:3476: checking for strip
configure:3511: checking for windres
*** Error code 1

Stop.
make: stopped in /x/pkgsrc/www/firefox
*** Error code 1

Stop.
make: stopped in /x/pkgsrc/www/firefox



The "config.log" file contains no additional information.

On NetBSD-6.1_STABLE/i386, firefox-23.0.1nb1 built (and 24.0 is
currently building) without problems.
>How-To-Repeat:
On netbsd-5/i386 (amd64?) with pkgsrc-HEAD (as of about 201309200000Z),
attempt to build www/firefox.
>Fix: