Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] Audio/Video calls do not work (WebRTC issue?)

[Mark H Weaver]

Hi,

Tirifto <address@hidden> writes:

>> Odds are the binary is explicitly build without webrtc. The GNU/Linux
>> mozconfig file in the icecat repos indeed has the --disable-webrtc
>> compilation flag in there. You can check about:buildconfig to see if
>> the flag is present.
>
> It is indeed! I suppose that means there's no way to enable WebRTC
> unless I just use a different build, which hasn't disabled it? I'm
> curious about the motivation and future plans concerning that, but
> I guess I'll be getting my binaries some other way for now!

FYI, the IceCat package in GNU Guix is built with WebRTC support
enabled.  Guix also has IceCat version 60.8.0, which means that it's not
vulnerable to the security flaws announced by Mozilla a month ago, here:

  https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2019-22/

The security flaws fixed in 60.8.0 include critical memory safety bugs
that in Mozilla's estimation "could be exploited to run arbitrary code."
(quoting from the Mozilla security advisory cited above)

      Mark