161582 - Linux build won't load--bad link to libhpi.so

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(JSS Graveyard :: Library, defect)

Description

[Jamie Nicolson]

On linux, libjss3.so is getting linked to libhpi.so. libhpi is obsolete as of
jdk 1.4. Although it still exists, the directory where it resides is not
automatically loaded into the LD_LIBRARY_PATH by the JVM, so the loader can't
find it when it is trying to resolve the dependencies of libjss3.so.

It appears that we shouldn't be linking to libhpi at all, since we don't call
directly into it.

I experimented by removing this library from the link step, and libjss3 loaded
correctly under jdk 1.4.0. Then I tried the same build with jdk 1.3.1_02, and it
still worked.

Comment 1

[Jamie Nicolson]

Fixed on trunk and JSS_3_2_BRANCH.

Trunk: /mozilla/security/coreconf/jdk.mk 1.12 -> 1.13

JSS_3_2_BRANCH: 1.12 -> 1.12.12.1

Comment 2

[Jamie Nicolson]

I should note that this change caused JSS to hang badly when run with JDK 1.3.
strace reveals several SEGVs and then the whole thing just hangs. However, it
works fine with jdk 1.3.1_02. The JSS team has previously experienced bugs with
JDK 1.3.0, so I am going to assume it is a problem with the JVM. Anyone using
1.3 will have to upgrade at least to 1.3.1.