When emerging "=www-client/firefox-69.0::gentoo" while clearing/disabling the "dbus" USE flag (i.e. "-dbus"): ----8<---- /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/8.3.0/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld.bfd: /var/tmp/portage/www-client/firefox-69.0/work/firefox-69.0/ff/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/release/libgkrust.a(gkrust-713746b1b1dcf87c.gkrust.2skrfxrn-cgu.0.rcgu.o): in function `audio_thread_priority::promote_current_thread_to_real_time': gkrust.2skrfxrn-cgu.0:.text._ZN21audio_thread_priority35promote_current_thread_to_real_time17hcb9eeb851c002882E+0xe0): undefined reference to `dbus_error_init' /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/8.3.0/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld.bfd: gkrust.2skrfxrn-cgu.0:(.text._ZN21audio_thread_priority35promote_current_thread_to_real_time17hcb9eeb851c002882E+0x10d): undefined reference to `dbus_bus_get_private' /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/8.3.0/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld.bfd: gkrust.2skrfxrn-cgu.0:(.text._ZN21audio_thread_priority35promote_current_thread_to_real_time17hcb9eeb851c002882E+0x20a): undefined reference to `dbus_connection_add_filter' ---->8---- And a lot more messages like above all relating to dbus. Upstream bug: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1561207 Thanks. Ziyad.
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=5b4aca3b6fb8d2d95ed83b7bd4f6eb16e02288f8 commit 5b4aca3b6fb8d2d95ed83b7bd4f6eb16e02288f8 Author: Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2019-09-04 18:51:01 +0000 Commit: Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2019-09-04 18:58:48 +0000 www-client/firefox: dbus is now required Link: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1561207 Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/693468 Signed-off-by: Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@gentoo.org> www-client/firefox/firefox-69.0.ebuild | 16 ++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
This is fixed in firefox 80, ref. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1561207 Can confirm that reverting the above commit on the recently commited firefox-80.0.ebuild enables firefox to once again compile without dbus enabled.
