Package Details: icecat 115.18.0-1

Git Clone URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/icecat.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base: icecat
Description: GNU version of the Firefox ESR browser
Upstream URL: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gnuzilla.git
Keywords: browser esr gnuzilla web
Licenses: MPL-2.0
Submitter: None
Maintainer: figue (xiota)
Last Packager: xiota
Votes: 250
Popularity: 0.42
First Submitted: 2007-12-09 10:12 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2024-11-30 19:41 (UTC)

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xiota commented on 2024-02-26 07:32 (UTC) (edited on 2024-08-08 03:44 (UTC) by xiota)

PKGBUILD has been updated. Major changes:

  • Downloads Firefox ESR and localization using the source array. Files are saved for reuse.
  • Saves freshly patched IceCat sources in a tarball for reuse.
  • Saves the PGO profile for reuse.

Notes:

  • Currently requires clang/llvm 17, which has to be built from AUR.
  • Wayland users, consider setting _build_pgo_xvfb=false. This will use xwayland-run for profiling.
  • PGO should work now, but if it doesn't and you're willing to go without, try _build_pgo=false.
  • Running out of RAM? Try adding mk_add_options MOZ_PARALLEL_BUILD=___ around line 300. Pick a value less than number of cores and free RAM in GB. For example, on a system with 8 cores, 64GB total RAM, but only 6 GB free, the value should be set to 4 or 5.
    • If a few people can confirm this is helpful, I will consider adding it as an additional option.
    • Main resource hog seems to be linking libxul.so. Leave a comment if you have a potential solution.

Having problems? Please provide details: processor make and model, number of cores, free -m, full log in pastebin, whether using AUR helper/makepkg/clean chroot, etc.

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figue commented on 2021-11-13 22:12 (UTC)

@cysp74 I'm not having issues like you. But I usually use IceCat in some static sites, so maybe I'm not the best to say. Please, post some examples to try to replicate them here.

cysp74 commented on 2021-11-13 17:41 (UTC)

So,

I made an absolutely new, fresh version of icecat with rolled out packages of llvm + rust.

llvm-libs 13.0.0-3, compiler-rt 13.0.0-1, clang 13.0.0-2, lib32-llvm-libs 13.0.0-1, llvm 13.0.0-3, rust 1:1.56.1-3. + lld 13.0.0-1 (by makepkg)

Additionally, I've started icecat with new, empty .mozilla + .cache/mozilla directory. The new build stuck (freeze) on some sites (I faced occasionally strange behavior on eg. youtube also) due to webgl and/or javascript. Alas I can't specify this error more detailed, I couldn't catch any relevant log by console. - yet

cysp74 commented on 2021-11-03 21:49 (UTC)

@figue : By default isn't installed, but... PKGBUILD refers to lld package:


akedepends=(m4 unzip zip diffutils python2-setuptools python-jsonschema yasm mesa imake inetutils
             xorg-server-xvfb autoconf2.13 rust clang llvm jack gtk2
             python nodejs python2-psutil cbindgen nasm wget mercurial git lld perl-rename)

So "makepkg -sr" installs.

figue commented on 2021-11-03 18:45 (UTC)

@cysp74 do you have lld package installed?

cysp74 commented on 2021-11-03 14:04 (UTC)

@figue:

My second attempt placed in absolutely clean directory, started by "git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/icecat.git", blabla and failed.

But I pulled through after nth try after installation of llvm stuffs + rust from testing repo: clang-13.0.0-2 compiler-rt-13.0.0-1 lib32-llvm-libs-13.0.0-1 llvm-13.0.0-2 llvm-libs-13.0.0-2 rust-1:1.56.1-1

Pretty weird, (ofcoz I forgot to include the most important line into my previous comment):

0:01.85 DEBUG: Executing: /usr/bin/clang -std=gnu99 -fuse-ld=lld -Wl,--version 0:01.85 ERROR: Could not use lld as linker

So, I'll be vigilant and make new test once those packages above will be pushed into regular repo.

figue commented on 2021-11-02 22:47 (UTC)

@cysp74 can you build in a clean chroot?

cysp74 commented on 2021-11-02 12:31 (UTC)

Heya,

Building attempt of 91.3.0-1 stopped with error below:

Exception: Process executed with non-0 exit code 1: ['/usr/bin/python3', '/xxx/yyy/icecat/src/gnuzilla-32631cac00953abbac61dc7ab1a0eafbdd59b53a/output/icecat-91.3.0/configure.py']

File "/xxx/yyy/icecat/src/gnuzilla-32631cac00953abbac61dc7ab1a0eafbdd59b53a/output/icecat-91.3.0/python/mozbuild/mozbuild/build_commands.py", line 159, in build return driver.build( File "/xxx/yyy/icecat/src/gnuzilla-32631cac00953abbac61dc7ab1a0eafbdd59b53a/output/icecat-91.3.0/python/mozbuild/mozbuild/controller/building.py", line 1144, in build config_rc = self.configure( File "/xxx/yyy/icecat/src/gnuzilla-32631cac00953abbac61dc7ab1a0eafbdd59b53a/output/icecat-91.3.0/python/mozbuild/mozbuild/controller/building.py", line 1528, in configure status = self._run_command_in_objdir( File "/xxx/yyy/icecat/src/gnuzilla-32631cac00953abbac61dc7ab1a0eafbdd59b53a/output/icecat-91.3.0/python/mozbuild/mozbuild/base.py", line 845, in _run_command_in_objdir return self.run_process(cwd=self.topobjdir, **args) File "/xxx/yyy/icecat/src/gnuzilla-32631cac00953abbac61dc7ab1a0eafbdd59b53a/output/icecat-91.3.0/python/mach/mach/mixin/process.py", line 176, in run_process raise Exception( ==> ERROR: A failure occurred in build(). Aborting... ==> Removing installed dependencies...

figue commented on 2021-10-20 21:24 (UTC)

@dale6998 something in your $PATH seems not "correct". Can you check it?

@Ningen yeah, I saw it. The orphan request only is accepted if a maintainer is not active or is doing something that is against Arch rules. In this case, as you said, the only way is some TU take care of it or become TU. Unfortunately I don't know any other TU who can sponsor me.

The right way I think is go to IRC or Arch's forums and request it. Feel free to promote it if you like.

dale6998 commented on 2021-10-20 18:58 (UTC)

this fails to build with this message:

find: The current directory is included in the PATH environment variable, which is insecure in combination with the -execdir action of find. Please remove the current directory from your $PATH (that is, remove ".", doubled colons, or leading or trailing colons) ==> ERROR: A failure occurred in prepare(). Aborting... :: Unable to build icecat - makepkg exited with code: 4

Ningen commented on 2021-10-20 00:27 (UTC)

@figue As per the email you got CC'd in, there are only two ways for the package to be put in the community repo, either a current TU adopts it (Do you know any?) or you become a TU yourself.

Would you be willing to become a TU?

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