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diff --git a/external/nss/README b/external/nss/README index 0c5adf808ce4..d4fbd68bd193 100644 --- a/external/nss/README +++ b/external/nss/README @@ -1,32 +1,9 @@ -Contains the security libraries which are also part of [[moz]]. However nss is meant to be more current. - -== Relation between nss, moz, moz_prebuilt == - -nss contains the security libraries which are also part of moz. However nss is -meant to be more current, that is it to be updated more often. This should be -easier than doing this with moz. - -If nss is built depends on an environment variable (SYSTEM_NSS=NO) which -is per default set to YES. In this case nss is build before moz. The nss -libraries/lib files/headers built in moz are then not delivered. Otherwise they -would overwrite those from nss. That is, the nss libraries build in moz are -removed from mozruntime.zip (build in moz/solver/bin), they are removed from the -lib directory (for example moz/unxlngi6.pro/lib), and the nss and nspr headers -are also removed (inc/nss and inc/nspr). The nss libraries from the nss module -are then added to mozruntime.zip. - -This also applies for moz_prebuilt. Therefore moz and moz_prebuilt must be build -again after changes have been made to the libraries in the nss module. - -Also when moz was updated to use a newer version of mozilla, then one must make -sure that new files which also belong to nss are not delivered and are removed -from mozruntime.zip. - +Contains the Network Security Services (NSS) libraries from Mozilla == Fips 140 and signed libraries == Fips 140 mode is not supported. That is, the *.chk files containing the -checksums for the cryptographic module are not delivered into solver and will +checksums for the cryptographic module are not delivered into instdir and will not be part of the OOo installation sets. Signing has been turned off because @@ -34,48 +11,15 @@ Signing has been turned off because (Mac) - sqlite conflicts with the system sqlite when signing which breaks the build - -== libfreebl3 == - -Porting to other platforms may require to deliver other variants of -libfreebl*. The library name varies according to the platform. Changes need to -be made to -ooo/moz/extractfiles.mk -ooo/moz/zipped/makefile.mk -sun/moz_prebuilt/zipped/makefile.mk - See also -[http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/pki/nss/tech-notes/tn6.html] - - -== Windows builds of nss == - -To build mozilla on windows you'll need the mozilla build tools - -Build requirements containing the link to the build tools: -[https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Windows_Build_Prerequisites#ss2.2] - -The direct link: -[http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mozilla/libraries/win32/MozillaBuildSetup-1.3.exe] - +[https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_Tech_Notes/nss_tech_note6] == libsqlite3 == -The system sqlite in Mac OS X versions older than 10.6 is incompatible -with the softokn3 in nss which requires a later version of sqlite. -With SDK 10.6 (and more current SDK) we use +With all supported Mac OS X SDK we use NSS_USE_SYSTEM_SQLITE=1 to build using the system sqlite. -The problem described here was found on Mac with OS 10.6 -We cannot deliver sqlite in the lib directory of the solver. This directory is -used by tools of the build environment. Using the sqlite from NSS breaks the -tools if they use system libraries which are linked with the system -sqlite. Therefore we deliver it into lib/sqlite on unix systems. - -See also issue: -[https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=106132] - == system NSS on Linux == Note that different Linux distributions use different SONAMEs for the |