Package Details: icecat 115.17.0-1

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: 0.39
First Submitted: 2007-12-09 10:12 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2024-11-04 00:48 (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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jaro3 commented on 2019-10-24 00:40 (UTC)

Nope, please go ahead!

figue commented on 2019-10-23 09:38 (UTC)

Hi jaro3. Thanks for the feedback. Indeed it works well, so far I hadn't received any feedback, so I didn't want to upgrade without that.. I can push version in any time. So any objection?

jaro3 commented on 2019-10-23 01:28 (UTC)

The v68.1 works pretty well, why we wouldn't put it here instead of the old v60.9? Hopefully the current ff v69 will appear soon at:

https://src.fedoraproject.org/lookaside/pkgs/icecat/

EndUserOnly commented on 2019-10-16 12:43 (UTC)

Yes! That did it. Thank you very much.

figue commented on 2019-10-15 23:25 (UTC) (edited on 2019-10-15 23:30 (UTC) by figue)

@EndUserOnly can you try if this builds fine?

Seems that rust 1.38 breaks ESR60.0 build, so I've disabled stylo to workaround, but I don't know the overall performance.

Instead, you can build a testing release based on Fedora sources, available here:

EndUserOnly commented on 2019-10-15 11:47 (UTC)

unfortunately I do not have the skills to help with that.

figue commented on 2019-10-15 11:31 (UTC)

I'm trying if this patch solves the build errors:

https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-esr68/rev/f0020f517832

EndUserOnly commented on 2019-10-14 13:16 (UTC) (edited on 2019-10-14 13:19 (UTC) by EndUserOnly)

I am building the snapshot from this page. 60.9.0-1

figue commented on 2019-10-13 21:59 (UTC)

@EndUserOnly what version are you building: 60.9.0 or this https://mirror.lnx.im/icecat/testing/icecat-68.1.0-1.src.tar.gz ?

EndUserOnly commented on 2019-10-13 12:52 (UTC)

For a better view:

https://pastebin.com/QWN24MYm