Running configure from a directory other than the mozilla source root gives the following error cp: ../build/unix/nspr_my_config.mk: No such file or directory cp: ../build/unix/nspr_my_overrides.mk: No such file or directory The following patch fixes the problem: Index: configure =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/mozilla/configure,v retrieving revision 1.508 diff -u -r1.508 configure --- configure 2000/04/23 17:46:28 1.508 +++ configure 2000/04/24 16:44:31 @@ -11809,10 +11809,10 @@ if test ! "$MOZ_NATIVE_NSPR" && test -z "$USE_NSPR_AUTOCONF" then - rm -f ${MOZ_BUILD_ROOT}/nsprpub/config/my_config.mk - rm -f ${MOZ_BUILD_ROOT}/nsprpub/config/my_overrides.mk - cp ${srcdir}/build/unix/nspr_my_config.mk ${MOZ_BUILD_ROOT}/nsprpub/config/my_config.mk - cp ${srcdir}/build/unix/nspr_my_overrides.mk ${MOZ_BUILD_ROOT}/nsprpub/config/my_overrides.mk + rm -f ${srcdir}/nsprpub/config/my_config.mk + rm -f ${srcdir}/nsprpub/config/my_overrides.mk + cp build/unix/nspr_my_config.mk ${srcdir}/nsprpub/config/my_config.mk + cp build/unix/nspr_my_overrides.mk ${srcdir}/nsprpub/config/my_overrides.mk fi CC="$_SUBDIR_CC" Thanks to tomi.leppikangas@oulu.fi for helping me figure this out.

Oh god, what the hell was I thinking? Revert! Revert! Revert!

Fix has been checked in. Sorry about my temporary insanity.

verified.

hmm.. first verify didn't take. re-verifying.