Hum... trying to apply the patch to the Ubuntu Edgy firefox source (1.99+2.0b2+dfsg-1ubuntu3), I get this:
c++ -o nsStringAPI.o -c -I../../dist/include/system_wrappers -include ../../config/gcc_hidden.h -DMOZILLA_INTERNAL_API -DOSTYPE=\"Linux2.6\" -DOSARCH=\"Linux\" -DBUILD_ID=0000000000 -D_IMPL_NS_COM -D_IMPL_NS_STRINGAPI -DEXPORT_XPT_API -DEXPORT_XPTC_API -DEXPORT_XPTI_API -I. -I.. -I./../glue -I./../base -I./../ds -I./../io -I./../components -I./../threads -I./../threads/_xpidlgen -I./../proxy/src -I../../dist/include/string -I../../dist/include/xpcom -I../../dist/include -I../../dist/include/nspr -I/usr/include -I/usr/include -I/usr/include -fPIC -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions -Wall -Wconversion -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Woverloaded-virtual -Wsynth -Wno-ctor-dtor-privacy -Wno-non-virtual-dtor -Wno-long-long -fshort-wchar -pthread -pipe -DNDEBUG -DTRIMMED -pipe -w -O2 -g -fno-strict-aliasing -DMOZILLA_CLIENT -include ../../mozilla-config.h -Wp,-MD,.deps/nsStringAPI.pp nsStringAPI.cpp rm -f libxpcom_core.so c++ -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions -Wall -Wconversion -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Woverloaded-virtual -Wsynth -Wno-ctor-dtor-privacy -Wno-non-virtual-dtor -Wno-long-long -fshort-wchar -pthread -pipe -DNDEBUG -DTRIMMED -pipe -w -O2 -g -fno-strict-aliasing -fPIC -shared -Wl,-z,defs -Wl,-h,libxpcom_core.so -o libxpcom_core.so pldhash.o nsCOMPtr.o nsComponentManagerUtils.o nsDebug.o nsID.o nsIInterfaceRequestorUtils.o nsINIParser.o nsMemory.o nsTraceRefcnt.o nsWeakReference.o nsGREGlue.o nsVersionComparator.o nsTHashtable.o nsTArray.o nsGenericFactory.o nsXPComInit.o nsStringAPI.o -Wl,--as-needed -Wl,--whole-archive ../../dist/lib/libxpcomds_s.a ../../dist/lib/libxpcomio_s.a ../../dist/lib/libxpcomcomponents_s.a ../../dist/lib/libxpcomthreads_s.a ../../dist/lib/libxpcomproxy_s.a ../../dist/lib/libxpcombase_s.a ../../dist/lib/libxptcall.a ../../dist/lib/libxptinfo.a ../../dist/lib/libxpt.a ../../dist/lib/libxptcmd.a ../../dist/lib/libstring_s.a -Wl,--no-whole-archive -L../../dist/lib -lplds4 -lplc4 -lnspr4 -lpthread -ldl -ldl -lm /usr/bin/ld: nsCOMPtr.o: relocation R_X86_64_PC32 against `nsGetServiceByContractIDWithError::operator()(nsID const&, void**) const' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC /usr/bin/ld: final link failed: Bad value collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[4]: *** [libxpcom_core.so] Error 1 make[4]: Leaving directory `/tmp/buildd/firefox-1.99+2.0b2+dfsg/xpcom/build' make[3]: *** [libs] Error 2 make[3]: Leaving directory `/tmp/buildd/firefox-1.99+2.0b2+dfsg/xpcom' make[2]: *** [tier_2] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/buildd/firefox-1.99+2.0b2+dfsg' make[1]: *** [default] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/buildd/firefox-1.99+2.0b2+dfsg' make: *** [build-stamp] Error 2 pbuilder: Failed autobuilding of package -- please include patch for a highly visible crash in epiphany https://launchpad.net/bugs/63814 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs