maintainer-feedback requested: [Bug 246676] security/nss: fails to cross-build for armv7 using native-xtools

Sat May 23 13:28:01 UTC 2020

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Bug 246676: security/nss: fails to cross-build for armv7 using native-xtools
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=246676

--- Description ---
When using native-xtools, cross-building the port fails for libraries not
found:

ld: error: unable to find library -lplc4
ld: error: unable to find library -lplds4
ld: error: unable to find library -lnspr4

full log:
http://home.palmen-it.de/testbuilder/data/13xarm7-default/2020-05-22_17h47m36s/
logs/errors/nss-3.52.1.log

The port sets LIBRARY_PATH, and the linker seems to look there for libraries
automatically, but the one from native-xtools doesn't. Thanks to RhodiumToad
@#freebsd-ports for helping to analyze this!

The fix is to replace this with NSPR_LIB_DIR, which causes the build system to
add an explicit -L flag, see attached patch.

A few test builds with the change applied:

11.3/i386:
http://home.palmen-it.de/testbuilder/data/113i-default/2020-05-23_12h05m07s/log
s/nss-3.52.1.log
13/amd64:
http://home.palmen-it.de/testbuilder/data/13a-default/2020-05-23_12h01m03s/logs
/nss-3.52.1.log
13/armv7-cross:
http://home.palmen-it.de/testbuilder/data/13xarm7-default/2020-05-23_15h11m50s/
logs/nss-3.52.1.log