Hello, hope all is well.
I want to distribute NSS without the MS redistribution package. When I read the following, I got the impression that it should be theoretically possible: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/USE_STATIC_LIBS However, I had difficulty using these instructions verbatim for NSS. Maybe the above link only applies to building FireFox. Undeterred, I read the following: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/NSS_reference/Building_and_installing_NSS/Build_instructions >From here, I tried the following from start-msvc9.bat: export USE_STATIC_LIBS=1 make BUILD_OPT=1 NSDISTMODE='copy' nss_build_all and also... make BUILD_OPT=1 NSDISTMODE='copy' USE_STATIC_LIBS=1 nss_build_all In both cases I got NSS to build but I found that nss3.dll had a dependency on msvcr90.dll. I did some Googling and found: http://old.nabble.com/How-to-build-nspr%2Bnss-on-Windows-with-VS-2008-%28VC%2B%2B-9.0%29-td26081750.html Here, Wan-Teh seemed to suggest that using the redistribution package was unavoidable, whereas Nelson said you can use mozcrt19.dll instead. I'm sorry, guys, but I'm a bit confused here. * Am I doing something wrong when building NSS? * I thought static linking relieved the obligation to distribute a separate DLL. Or is it loaded at runtime into some kind of address space instead? * If so, does that mean I should be able to simply drop the msvcr90.dll into the working directory that contains a static build without worrying too much about the side-by-side/manifest file stuff? * I also thought of trying to build NSPR/NSS with mozcrt19, but struggled to find out how to do it. Would it help me to achieve what I want? As you can see, I'm a bit lost. Any assistance would be most gratefully received. Many thanks and best regards, Sam Laidler Senior Software Engineer direct +44 (0)1252 644 207 email samuel.laid...@the-logic-group.com<mailto:samuel.laid...@the-logic-group.com> The Logic Group Enterprises Limited [http://www.the-logic-group.com/UploadedImages/e41e3e9c-e72a-4079-b979-8b28a96e3294.jpg] Logic House Waterfront Business Park Fleet, Hampshire GU51 3SB United Kingdom [http://www.the-logic-group.com/UploadedImages/e41e3e9c-e72a-4079-b979-8b28a96e3294.jpg] phone fax email web +44 1252 776 700 +44 1252 776 738 i...@the-logic-group.com www.the-logic-group.com [http://www.the-logic-group.com/UploadedImages/e41e3e9c-e72a-4079-b979-8b28a96e3294.jpg] Registered in England Number 2609323 [http://www.the-logic-group.com/UploadedImages/e41e3e9c-e72a-4079-b979-8b28a96e3294.jpg] Join the conversation: [http://www.the-logic-group.com/UploadedImages/e41e3e9c-e72a-4079-b979-8b28a96e3294.jpg] [http://www.the-logic-group.com/UploadedImages/34e428b6-82a8-46f4-999d-89403051ff3c.jpg] [http://www.the-logic-group.com/UploadedImages/e41e3e9c-e72a-4079-b979-8b28a96e3294.jpg] [http://www.the-logic-group.com/UploadedImages/85c2880b-e962-4adb-a79c-71acc07d157b.jpg] <http://www.twitter.com/thelogicgroup> [http://www.the-logic-group.com/UploadedImages/cbfc0030-b42b-491f-be87-e86de56628c4.jpg] <http://www.linkedin.com/company/the-logic-group> [http://www.the-logic-group.com/UploadedImages/059d17b1-4780-46b8-8e06-a0030b6c0fa2.jpg] <http://www.youtube.com/user/customerinteractions> The Logic Group Enterprises Limited, Logic House, Waterfront Business Park, Fleet Road, Fleet, Hampshire, GU51 3SB, United Kingdom. Registered in England. Registered No. 2609323 The information in this email and any attachments are confidential and may be legally privileged and protected by law. It is for the intended recipient only. If you are not the intended recipient you may not use, disclose, copy, distribute, print or rely on the content of this email or its attachments. If this email has been received by you in error please advise the sender and delete the email from your system. -- dev-tech-crypto mailing list dev-tech-crypto@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-crypto
