| Git Clone URL: | https://aur.archlinux.org/icecat.git (read-only, click to copy) |
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| 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: | 251 |
| Popularity: | 0.58 |
| First Submitted: | 2007-12-09 10:12 (UTC) |
| Last Updated: | 2025-07-11 02:08 (UTC) |
May I ask what "software.classictetris.net" is?
It seems to be used in the PKGBUILD along with another site "icecatbrowser.org," but neither of these are listed under Sources. A quick search of the GNU foundation's page for Icecat/GNUzilla does not show any connection to either of these sites either: https://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/
Description of build options and defaults. See PKGBUILD for current list.
_build_save_source (true) – save tarball of patched sources_build_repatch (false) – discard previously saved tarball_build_pgo (true) – enable profile guided optimization; ~20% better benchmarks, 3× build time_build_pgo_reuse (try) – reuse previously generated profile_build_pgo_xvfb (true) – use Xvfb for profiling, otherwise, use xwayland-run_build_lto (false) – use link-time optimization (LTO); disabling may prevent spurious crashes_build_system_libs (true) – use system libraries_build_limit_cores (false) – limit parallelization based on memory and core availabilityExamples of use:
_build_pgo=false makepkg -Csrextra-x86_64-build -- -- _build_limit_cores=true_build_pgo_xvfb=false yay icecat # usage with AUR helpers may vary@figue The current 115.8.0esr candidate is the same as the 115.8.0esr release version, but in future why should it matter? if the future candidate builds go through successive versions it's just like updating for any other minor commit fix on the upstream
@agapito indeed, thanks. Perhaps we can add a new variable to disable LTO only... But in my case I'm not sure why I'm not capable to build IceCat with LTO (cross) and without PGO, perhaps 16 GB is not enough.
@xiota it seems IceCat code was added to enable candidate builds. I'm not sure if we have to update AUR to a candidate release.
What do you think?
Memory needed to build IceCat depends on number of cores and baseline memory usage. An absolute value, like 16GB or even 64GB, may be sufficient on some systems, but not others. zswap, zram, and tmpfs may reduce the amount of memory available for use during compilation.
@figue Firefox ESR 115.8.0 download link seems to be active now, but I don't see any official release announcement. Download links on the website still redirect to 115.7.0.
Several sed commands in prepare() are no longer needed or relevant.
_SPEED/_LOCALE settings fail.brand.dtd is no longer referenced in makeicecat.$(libdir)/$(MOZ_APP_NAME) is the default install path.PGO is not the problem, LTO is.
Building FF/Icecat with "ac_add_options --enable-lto=cross,full" needs 64G of RAM or 32G + a really big swap partition.
"ac_add_options --enable-lto=cross" needs less memory.
I guess, avoiding LTO is the solution here for people with 16G of memory or less.
For those who have resource issues (code dumps, OOM kill, etc) try this PKGUILD and build IceCat this way:
https://gist.github.com/figue/1bb711434e92fc3d146e49679e77453a
env _build_pgo=false _build_pgo_reuse=false makepkg -sicC
@Rnek0 "Started Process Core Dump" means your computer can't build IceCat with PGO enabled (probably because insufficient memory). I'm testing a new approach with this package.
Test with 115.7.0-2
Crash on compilation:
https://paste.sr.ht/~rnek0/155182515eb7b0be4e7286419c881c985595b1b2
Thanks for your work, it's great.
Pinned Comments
xiota commented on 2024-02-26 07:32 (UTC) (edited on 2025-07-20 23:15 (UTC) by xiota)
Description of build options and defaults. See PKGBUILD for current list.
_build_save_source(true) – save tarball of patched sources_build_repatch(false) – discard previously saved tarball_build_pgo(true) – enable profile guided optimization; ~20% better benchmarks, 3× build time_build_pgo_reuse(try) – reuse previously generated profile_build_pgo_xvfb(true) – use Xvfb for profiling, otherwise, use xwayland-run_build_lto(false) – use link-time optimization (LTO); disabling may prevent spurious crashes_build_system_libs(true) – use system libraries_build_limit_cores(false) – limit parallelization based on memory and core availabilityExamples of use:
_build_pgo=false makepkg -Csrextra-x86_64-build -- -- _build_limit_cores=true_build_pgo_xvfb=false yay icecat# usage with AUR helpers may vary