IBM Java plugin problem

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richip
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IBM Java plugin problem

Post by richip »

I've built Phoenix from CVS on my platform and now everytime it tries to initialize the Java plugin (from IBM), I get a message that _._17nsGetServiceByCID is not defined in Phoenix.

Did I miss some option in my build? Is this function deprecated? Any solutions?

I just wanted to know if this might be a deprecated symbol before submitting a bug report.
eu/NEKE
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Post by eu/NEKE »

Did you compile phoenix using gcc 3.x? If so, you won't be able to use most binary-distributed plugins due to silly incompatibilities in name mangling etc. between compiler versions. This is a mozilla bug* which affects any gcc 3.x build of a mozilla-based browser. Don't bother trying sun's jre either - it does the same thing.

This bug has been reported for mozilla. Essentially it boils down to (a) don't use java, (b) don't use gcc 3.x, or (c) go hassle these people to release a gcc 3.x compiled version of their plugin.

* It's not really a mozilla bug, it's more of a mozilla hassle based on a gcc 3.x feature (grr)
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