glfs/general/genlib/nspr.xml

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  <!ENTITY nspr-download-http "http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/nspr/releases/v&nspr-version;/src/nspr-&nspr-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY nspr-download-ftp  "ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/nspr/releases/v&nspr-version;/src/nspr-&nspr-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY nspr-md5sum        "60770d45dc08c0f181b22cdfce5be3e8">
  <!ENTITY nspr-size          "1.2 MB">
  <!ENTITY nspr-buildsize     "21 MB">
  <!ENTITY nspr-time          "less than 0.1 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="nspr" xreflabel="NSPR-&nspr-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="nspr.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>NSPR-&nspr-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="nspr">
    <primary sortas="a-NSPR">Netscape Portable Runtime</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to NSPR</title>

    <para><application>Netscape Portable Runtime</application> (NSPR) provides
    a platform-neutral API for system level and libc like functions.</para>

    &lfs70_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&nspr-download-http;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&nspr-download-ftp;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download MD5 sum: &nspr-md5sum;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download size: &nspr-size;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated disk space required: &nspr-buildsize;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated build time: &nspr-time;</para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
      <listitem>
        <para>Required patch: <ulink
          url="http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/patches/downloads/nspr/nspr-&nspr-version;-pkgconfig-2.patch"/>
      </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
    <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/nspr"/></para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of NSPR</title>

    <para>Install <application>NSPR</application> by running the following
    commands:</para>

<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../nspr-&nspr-version;-pkgconfig-2.patch &amp;&amp;
cd mozilla/nsprpub &amp;&amp;
sed -i 's#^\(RELEASE_BINS =\).*#\1#' pr/src/misc/Makefile.in &amp;&amp;
./configure --prefix=/usr --with-mozilla --with-pthreads \
  $([ $(arch) = x86_64 ] &amp;&amp; echo --enable-64bit) &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>

    <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install &amp;&amp;
cp -v -LR dist/include/nspr /usr/include</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <para><parameter>--with-mozilla</parameter>: This parameter adds Mozilla
    support to the libraries (required if you want to build any other Mozilla
    products and link them to these libraries).</para>

    <para><parameter>--with-pthreads</parameter>: This parameter forces use of
    the system pthreads library.</para>

    <para><parameter>$([ $(arch) ... --enable-64bit</parameter>: This parameter
    is required <emphasis>on an x86_64 system</emphasis> to prevent
    <command>configure</command> failing with a claim that this is a system
    without pthread support. It has no effect on a 32 bit system.</para>

    <para><command>sed -i 's#^\(RELEASE_BINS ...</command>: This disables
    installing two unneeded scripts.</para>

    <para>If you don't want to compile and install the static versions of the
    libraries you can disable them with a sed:
    <command>sed -i '/^TARGETS/s# $(LIBRARY)##' config/rules.mk</command></para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>nspr-config</seg>
        <seg>libnspr4.{a,so}, libplc4.{a,so}, and libplds4.{a.so}</seg>
        <seg>/usr/include/nspr</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="nspr-config">
        <term><command>nspr-config</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>provides compiler and linker options to other packages that
          use <application>NSPR</application>.</para>
          <indexterm zone="nspr nspr-config">
            <primary sortas="b-nspr-config">nspr-config</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libnspr4">
        <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libnspr4.{so,a}</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>contains functions that provide platform independence for
          non-GUI operating system facilities such as threads, thread
          synchronization, normal file and network I/O, interval timing and
          calendar time, basic memory management (malloc and free) and shared
          library linking.</para>
          <indexterm zone="nspr libnspr4">
            <primary sortas="c-libnspr4">libnspr4.{so,a}</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libplc4">
        <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libplc4.{so,a}</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>contains functions that implement many of the features offered
          by libnspr4</para>
          <indexterm zone="nspr libplc4">
            <primary sortas="c-libplc4">libplc4.{so,a}</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libplds4">
        <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libplds4.{so,a}</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>contains functions that provide data structures.</para>
          <indexterm zone="nspr libplds4">
            <primary sortas="c-libplds4">libplds4.{so,a}</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

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