Re: XPISTUB

Hello Lee,

As a temporary solution, if you have root privledges, run the installer 
telling it to save (or cache) downloaded files, try to install - it will 
fail again but install files are now on your hd; then start a console and
cd [netscape-installer-dir]/xpi/ # where [netscape-installer-dir] is the 
directory in which you are running the installer (I don't know about rpm 
installs, but it probably resides in /tmp)

unzip xpcom.xpi
cd bin/
cp libxpistub.so / #note: this copies the library to your root 
directory, rm it after the install is complete - this method is a 
security risk

now run the installer, it should install without a hitch (remember to 
remove libxpistub.so from /).  Warning: do not install over a previous 
version of netscape, there are various conflicts which will arise!  Hope 
this helps.


Technical Solution:
If you have the sources:
/mozilla/xpinstall/stub/unix/src2/nsXIEngine.cpp in the function 
LoadXPIStub uses MAXPATHLEN but does not define it - this is why 
installs are failing with  error code ~618 (patch to be submited soon). 
  Near the top of the file add:
#ifndef MAXPATHLEN
#define MAXPATHLEN 1024
#endif

Bjorn Pearson.

Lee Mahan wrote:
> I've been attempting to upgrade to Netscape 6.x on my Red Hat 7.1
> machine, but it won't install, keeps saying that it can't find
> xpistub.
> 
> Anyone have a solution?
> 
> 
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