On Thu, 9 Nov 2006 09:34:22 -0500, Michel Salim wrote:
> > > The problem is that each version of Mozilla/Firefox
uses a
> > > different installation prefix. For Firefox 1.5.0.7 this
> > > is /usr/lib/firefox-1.5.0.7
> > >
> > > When a application links with some Mozilla/Firefox library
> > > the full path gets saved in the final executable.
> > >
> > In case of liferea, the dependency is not actually that hard-coded.
>
> It is, it is.
>
> This has been the result of discussion in an upstream bug ticket.
>
> > liferea uses LD_LIBRARY_PATH to add Firefox's installation directory
> > before calling the actual liferea-bin binary. This path is detected at
> > build time and hardcoded into the script.
>
> It used to be like this, but has been error-prone (leading to
> crashes, even) and has changed to a really hardcoded path in the
> binary.
>
My mystake, then. The ones in Extras still use the script, and ldd-ing
the actual binary did not show a dependency on Firefox.
$ strings /usr/lib/liferea/liblihtmlm.so |grep fire
/usr/lib/firefox-1.5.0.7