[lsb-discuss] Checking Firefox for LSB-compliance

[Jeff Licquia]

On Thu, 2007-04-19 at 11:56 -0400, Sam Hart wrote:
> On 4/19/07, Wichmann, Mats D <mats.d.wichmann at intel.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Symbol __cxa_pure_virtual has version CXXABI_1.2 expecting CXXABI_1.3
> > > Symbol _ZdlPv has version GLIBCPP_3.2 expecting GLIBCXX_3.4
> > > Symbol _ZnwjRKSt9nothrow_t has version GLIBCPP_3.2 expecting
> > GLIBCXX_3.4
> > > Symbol _Znaj has version GLIBCPP_3.2 expecting GLIBCXX_3.4
> > > Symbol _ZdaPv has version GLIBCPP_3.2 expecting GLIBCXX_3.4
> > > Symbol _Znwj has version GLIBCPP_3.2 expecting GLIBCXX_3.4
> >
> > besides the core dump problem, this stuff tells you Firefox is
> > currently linked against "the wrong" (too old) libstdc++.
> 
> I figured as much, which was why I was trying to build Firefox by
> hand. Ran into some trouble there and have been talking with some
> people with more experience than I at building Firefox to resolve it.

I've just verified that the problem also occurs with the iceweasel
package as shipped in Debian etch.  ("Iceweasel" is the name Debian uses
for Firefox because of a trademark dispute with the Mozilla Foundation.)

This Iceweasel uses libstdc++6, so we can eliminate that concern.