[Mageia-dev] [changelog] [RPM] 2 core/updates_testing firefox-17.0-3.mga2

Sun Nov 25 20:29:10 CET 2012

On 25 November 2012 16:15, Olivier Blin <mageia at blino.org> wrote:
+>>> This looks strongly like #6299 (symbols conflicts between firefox's
+>>> mozjs and mozjs185 pulled by libproxy).
+>>> It did not occur with the initial firefox version from Mageia 2, I think
+>>> it started with firefox 13.
+>>>
+>>> I suggest pushing to Mageia 2 updates libproxy-0.4.7-9 (or why not
+>>> 0.4.10-1 since it fixes more issues).
+>>
+>> It fixed this crash
+>> Now just add the proper conflict tag in order to have a smooth upgrade:
+>> Conflicts: %{_lib}proxy1 < 0.4.10
+>>
+>> (also in cauldron)
+>
+> Great!
+> Which conflict is this supposed to fix?
+
+.........
+$ rpm -qR firefox |grep proxy
+libproxy.so.1()(64bit)
+
+However it won't run without latest libproxy and will just segfault with older
+libraries.
+Having proper versionned requires will ensure it will pull a working set of
+packages.
+Also having proper versionned requires in cauldron package means
+that we'll know what to backport when pushing such an update.
+