1363348 - network.standard-url.enable-rust=false is sometimes ignored

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Core :: Networking, defect)

Description

[Jan Beich]

Bug 1324243 introduced a direct dependency on rust-url-capi instead of using RustURL wrapper.

$ hg import https://github.com/jbeich/gecko-dev/commit/97edad93c6b9.patch
$ echo "ac_add_options --disable-rust" >>.mozconfig
$ ./mach build
[...]
../../netwerk/base/Unified_cpp_netwerk_base3.o: In function `mozilla::net::nsStandardURL::BuildNormalizedSpec(char const*)':
objdir/netwerk/base/Unified_cpp_netwerk_base3.cpp:(.text+0x195c6): undefined reference to `rusturl_parse_ipv6addr'
/usr/bin/ld: ../../netwerk/base/Unified_cpp_netwerk_base3.o: relocation R_X86_64_PC32 against `rusturl_parse_ipv6addr' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
/usr/bin/ld: final link failed: Bad value
clang++: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)

Comment 1

[Jan Beich]

Ah, bug 1324243 comment 2 suggests the current behavior is intentional.