On Mon, Oct 05, 2015 at 11:09:17PM +0100, Ken Moffat wrote: > On Mon, Oct 05, 2015 at 11:07:58PM +0200, Tim Tassonis wrote: > > On 10/05/15 22:27, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > > >Pierre Labastie wrote: > > >>Hi, > > >> > > >>When upgrading to Firefox 41.0, the build failed with: > > >>--- > > >>configure: error: * * * Could not find gconf-2.0 > > >>--- > > >>Actually, the behavior has changed for FF 41, see: > > >>https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1167201 > > >> > > >>There are two possibilities: > > >>a) Add --disable-gconf to mozconfig > > >>b) Make gconf a recommended dependency > > > > > >The definition we use for gconf is : contains a configuration database > > >system used by many GNOME applications. > > > > > >Does FF need that? I suspect not. My reaction is to put gconf into the > > >optional dependencies and use --disable-gconf in the mozconfig file. > > > > > >Has FF been tested without gconf? > > > > Yes, I'm running it withouth gconf for a week now, without any problems. > > Same for thunderbird. > > > Mea culpa. I *thought* I had put that into the mozconfig. I > suppose I checked that system cairo was commented (a last-minute > decision), and overlooked this earlier change. > Fixed in svn. The 7.8 book is, of course, broken by this - is there somewhere to put an errata ?
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