[389-users] Problems compiling svrcore

[Rich Megginson]

Stefan-Michael Guenther wrote:
> Hi,
>
>>>
>>> checking for --with-nss...
>>> configure: error: /usr/src/mozilla/dist/public/nss not found
>> Because /usr/src/mozilla/dist/public/nss/nss.h is not found.
>>> Thanks for any hints or suggestions,
>>>
> okay, what might cause configure not find a file that is available in 
> that directory:
>
> ls /usr/src/mozilla/dist/public/nss/nss.h -l
>
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root src 35 2010-07-12 12:31 
> /usr/src/mozilla/dist/public/nss/nss.h -> 
> ../../../security/nss/lib/nss/nss.h
That is a symlink - does it point to a real file?
>
> none of the following options work:
>
> --with-nss=/usr/src/mozilla/dist/public/nss/nss.h
the with options usually take a directory name, not a file name
> --with-nss=/usr/src/mozilla/dist/public/nss/
--with-nss is the directory containing both the lib and include directories.
>
> --with-nss=/usr/src/mozilla/security/nss/lib/nss.h
> --with-nss=/usr/src/mozilla/security/nss/lib/
I think you mean
--with-nss-inc=/path/to/directory/containing/nss *.h files
--with-nss-lib=/path/to/directory/containing/nss *.so files

Can you paste your config.status?
>
>
> Stefan
>