293592 - Unsatisfied symbol while linking firefox on HP-UX

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox Build System :: General, defect)

Description

[Stefan Blobner]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; HP-UX 9000/785; en-US; rv:1.8a6) Gecko/20050119
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; HP-UX 9000/785; en-US; rv:1.7.7) Gecko/20050510 Firefox/1.0.3

When statically linking firefox-bin on HP-UX:
  /usr/ccs/bin/ld: Unsatisfied symbols:
  static DOMCSSDeclarationImpl::operator new(unsigned long) (first referenced
  in ../../dist/lib/components/libgklayout.a(nsCSSStyleRule.o)) (code)

This is caused by a missing implementation in
./content/html/style/src/nsCSSStyleRule.cpp, line #893:
void* operator new(size_t size) CPP_THROW_NEW;

possibly, the CPP_THROW_NEW is undefined on HP-UX...
we managed to fix it to get the build to work by modifying the line to:
void* operator new(size_t size) CPP_THROW_NEW { throw bad_alloc(); return 0;}

but this might not be really the final solution that you want in the generic code.


the same issue happens in the Mozilla 1.8.x build. only the location there is
./layout/style/nsCSSStyleRule.cpp, line #915.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
happens while building on HP-UX

Comment 1

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 2

[Stefan Blobner]

The issue is still reproducable on Firefox 1.5b1, only the location of the
issues has been moved to ./layout/style/nsCSSStyleRule.cpp, line 926.

Comment 3

[Gowri Kandasamy]

I see the same failure with  Firefox 1.5 RC2 also. 

/usr/ccs/bin/ld: Unsatisfied symbols:
   static DOMCSSDeclarationImpl::operator new(unsigned long) (first referenced in ../../dist/lib/components/libgklayout.a(nsCSSStyleRule.o)) (code)
make[4]: *** [firefox-bin] Error 1
make[4]: *** Deleting file `firefox-bin'

Comment 4

[Stefan Blobner]

this issue still exists in FireFox 2.0 Beta 2.

Comment 5

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

Reporter, are you still seeing this issue with Firefox 3.6.13 or later in safe mode or a fresh profile? If not, please close. These links can help you in your testing.
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles

Comment 6

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

This bug has had the CLOSEME tag for several weeks and the date in the tag is
far gone. If the reporter can still see this issue, Please retest with Firefox
3.6.x or later and a new profile
(http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles). Then please remove the
closeme tag in the whiteboard, mark the bug against the proper version and
comment on the bug.