Odd linking problem

[Nigel Rumens]

Hi,

I finally got around to trying out icecat 3.0.1 (late I know but I got 
there!)

Compile failed right at the end with this error:-

c++ -o icecat-bin  -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions -Wall -Wconversion 
-Wpointer-arith -Woverloaded-virtual -Wsynth -Wno-ctor-dtor-privacy 
-Wno-non-virtual-dtor -Wcast-align -Wno-long-long -pedantic 
-fno-strict-aliasing -fshort-wchar -pthread -pipe  -DNDEBUG -DTRIMMED 
-Os -freorder-blocks -fno-reorder-functions   nsBrowserApp.o 
nsStaticComponents.o    -lpthread   -Wl,-rpath-link,../../dist/bin  
-L../../dist/bin -L../../dist/lib -ljemalloc 
../../toolkit/xre/libxulapp_s.a -L../../staticlib  -L../../dist/bin 
-lmozjs -L../../dist/bin -lxpcom -lxpcom_core  -L../../dist/lib -lplds4 
-lplc4 -lnspr4 -lpthread -ldl -lgtk-x11-2.0 -latk-1.0 -lgdk-x11-2.0 
-lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lpangocairo-1.0 -lpango-1.0 -lcairo -lgmodule-2.0 -ldl 
-lgobject-2.0 -lglib-2.0     -L/usr/lib64 -lX11  -lz  -ldl -lm  
../../staticlib/components/libpref.a 
../../staticlib/components/libuconv.a 
../../staticlib/components/libucvmath.a 
../../staticlib/components/libi18n.a 
../../staticlib/components/libnecko.a 
../../staticlib/components/libxpconnect.a 
../../staticlib/components/libchardet.a 
../../staticlib/components/libzipwriter.a 
../../staticlib/components/libjar50.a 
../../staticlib/components/libcookie.a 
../../staticlib/components/libpermissions.a 
../../staticlib/components/libstoragecomps.a 
../../staticlib/components/librdf.a ../../staticlib/components/libcaps.a 
../../staticlib/components/libhtmlpars.a 
../../staticlib/components/libgkgfxthebes.a 
../../staticlib/components/libimglib2.a 
../../staticlib/components/libgkplugin.a 
../../staticlib/components/libwidget_gtk2.a 
../../staticlib/components/libtxmgr.a 
../../staticlib/components/libcomposer.a 
../../staticlib/components/libgklayout.a 
../../staticlib/components/libdocshell.a 
../../staticlib/components/libembedcomponents.a 
../../staticlib/components/libwebbrwsr.a 
../../staticlib/components/libnsappshell.a 
../../staticlib/components/libxmlextras.a 
../../staticlib/components/libuniversalchardet.a 
../../staticlib/components/liboji.a 
../../staticlib/components/libchrome.a 
../../staticlib/components/libmozfind.a 
../../staticlib/components/libfileview.a 
../../staticlib/components/libintlapp.a 
../../staticlib/components/libwindowds.a 
../../staticlib/components/libappcomps.a 
../../staticlib/components/libremoteservice.a 
../../staticlib/components/libplaces.a 
../../staticlib/components/libtkautocomplete.a 
../../staticlib/components/libsatchel.a 
../../staticlib/components/libcommandlines.a 
../../staticlib/components/libtoolkitcomps.a 
../../staticlib/components/libspellchecker.a 
../../staticlib/components/libunixproxy.a 
../../staticlib/components/libpipboot.a 
../../staticlib/components/libpipnss.a 
../../staticlib/components/libpippki.a 
../../staticlib/components/libautoconfig.a 
../../staticlib/components/libsystem-pref.a 
../../staticlib/libmozreg_s.a ../../staticlib/libunicharutil_s.a 
../../staticlib/libucvutil_s.a ../../staticlib/libgtkxtbin.a 
../../staticlib/libmorkreader_s.a ../../staticlib/libthebes.a 
../../staticlib/libgfxshared_s.a ../../staticlib/libgfxpsshar.a 
../../staticlib/libgkgfx.a ../../staticlib/libjsj.a  
-L../../modules/libimg/png -lmozpng -ljpeg  -lz  -L../../dist/bin 
-lmozlcms  -L../../dist/bin -L../../dist/lib -lcrmf -lsmime3 -lssl3 
-lnss3 -lnssutil3 -lsoftokn3  -lcairo -lfreetype -lfontconfig    
-L/usr/lib64 -lXrender -lcairo -lX11   -L/usr/lib64 -lXt -lgthread-2.0 
-lXft -lXrender -lfontconfig -lfreetype -lX11   -lpangocairo-1.0 -lcairo 
-lpangoft2-1.0 -lpango-1.0 -lfreetype -lfontconfig -lgobject-2.0 
-lgmodule-2.0 -ldl -lglib-2.0   -L../../dist/lib -lsqlite3   
../../staticlib/components/libembedcomponents.a(nsWindowWatcher.o): In 
function `AppendXRDBGeometryFeatures(char const*, int, nsCAutoString*)':
nsWindowWatcher.cpp:(.text+0x2b71): undefined reference to 
`XrmGetStringDatabase'
nsWindowWatcher.cpp:(.text+0x2ba0): undefined reference to `XrmGetResource'
nsWindowWatcher.cpp:(.text+0x2be0): undefined reference to 
`XrmDestroyDatabase'
/usr/bin/ld: icecat-bin: hidden symbol `XrmGetResource' isn't defined
/usr/bin/ld: final link failed: Nonrepresentable section on output
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
gmake[4]: *** [icecat-bin] Error 1
gmake[4]: Leaving directory 
`/home/wooky/src/jjj/icecat-3.0.1-g1/browser/app'
gmake[3]: *** [libs] Error 2
gmake[3]: Leaving directory `/home/wooky/src/jjj/icecat-3.0.1-g1/browser'
gmake[2]: *** [libs_tier_app] Error 2
gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/home/wooky/src/jjj/icecat-3.0.1-g1'
gmake[1]: *** [tier_app] Error 2
gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/home/wooky/src/jjj/icecat-3.0.1-g1'
make: *** [default] Error 2

I checked the previous thread on linking problems and tried out the 
fixes in it but none of them helped then (after a little googling about) 
I came across this:-

http://benjamin.smedbergs.us/blog/2005-10-27/gcc-40-workaround/

Old I know but I tried it. Just adding:-

ac_cv_visibility_pragma=no

to .mozconfig
and it compiled fine

I am using Fedora 9 (gcc 4.3.0) on AMD 64

Just thought you should know

Thanks and keep up the good work with icecat
wooky