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Issue 3536010: Update to NSS 3.12.8. (Closed) Base URL: svn://chrome-svn/chrome/trunk/deps/third_party/

Patch Set: Created 10 years, 2 months ago

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1 Network Security Services (NSS)	1 Network Security Services (NSS)

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3 URL: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/pki/nss/	3 URL: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/pki/nss/

4 Version: NSS 3.12.7 with NSPR 4.8.6	4 Version: NSS 3.12.8 with NSPR 4.8.6

5 License: MPL/LGPL/GPL tri-license	5 License: MPL/LGPL/GPL tri-license

6 License File: http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/	6 License File: http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/

7	7

8 Description:	8 Description:

9	9

10 This copy of NSS has been customized for Chromium. NSPR is also put here	10 This copy of NSS has been customized for Chromium. NSPR is also put here

11 rather than in a separate directory to emphasize the fact that Chromium is	11 rather than in a separate directory to emphasize the fact that Chromium is

12 using NSPR strictly as an NSS dependency.	12 using NSPR strictly as an NSS dependency.

13	13

14 We took a subset of NSS, omitting the SSL and SMIME libraries and the	14 We took a subset of NSS, omitting the SSL and SMIME libraries and the

15 built-in root CA certificates module. This NSS subset satisfies the	15 built-in root CA certificates module. This NSS subset satisfies the

16 dependencies of the NSS SSL library in src/net/third_party/nss. Do NOT use	16 dependencies of the NSS SSL library in src/net/third_party/nss. Do NOT use

17 this copy of NSS on platforms that have NSS as system libraries, such as	17 this copy of NSS on platforms that have NSS as system libraries, such as

18 Linux.	18 Linux.

19	19

20 The source code was checked out from the mozilla.org CVS repository using	20 The source code was checked out from the mozilla.org CVS repository using

21 the nspr-checkout.sh and nss-checkout.sh scripts in the scripts directory.	21 the nspr-checkout.sh and nss-checkout.sh scripts in the scripts directory.

22 The current source code was checked out with the CVS tags -r NSS_3_12_7_RTM	22 The current source code was checked out with the CVS tags -r NSS_3_12_8_RTM

23 and -r NSPR_4_8_6_RTM.	23 and -r NSPR_4_8_6_RTM.

24	24

25 Local Modifications:	25 Local Modifications:

26	26

27 We made the following local changes to NSPR.	27 We made the following local changes to NSPR.

28 - patches/nspr-static.patch: to build NSPR as static libraries. See NSPR	28 - patches/nspr-static.patch: to build NSPR as static libraries. See NSPR

29 bug 533014 (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=533014).	29 bug 533014 (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=533014).

30 - patches/prcpucfg.h: added to the mozilla/nsprpub/pr/include directory.	30 - patches/prcpucfg.h: added to the mozilla/nsprpub/pr/include directory.

31 - patches/nspr-attach-as-system-thread.patch: attach a "foreign" thread	31 - patches/nspr-attach-as-system-thread.patch: attach a "foreign" thread

32 (a thread not created by NSPR) to NSPR as a "system" thread rather than	32 (a thread not created by NSPR) to NSPR as a "system" thread rather than

33 a "user" thread, which needs to terminate before PR_Cleanup can return.	33 a "user" thread, which needs to terminate before PR_Cleanup can return.

34 (The "system" vs. "user" thread distinction comes from Java, and	34 (The "system" vs. "user" thread distinction comes from Java, and

35 ultimately from Solaris threads.) This is a workaround for	35 ultimately from Solaris threads.) This is a workaround for

36 http://crbug.com/40663.	36 http://crbug.com/40663.

37	37

38 We made the following local changes to NSS.	38 We made the following local changes to NSS.

39 - patches/nss-static.patch: to build NSS as static libraries and omit	39 - patches/nss-static.patch: to build NSS as static libraries and omit

40 libpkix (the new certification path validation library) and	40 libpkix (the new certification path validation library) and

41 softoken/legacydb (support for the old Berkeley DB databases). See NSS	41 softoken/legacydb (support for the old Berkeley DB databases). See NSS

42 bug 534471 (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=534471).	42 bug 534471 (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=534471).

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