AUR (en) - icecat

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:	0.34
First Submitted:	2007-12-09 10:12 (UTC)
Last Updated:	2024-11-30 19:41 (UTC)

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.

Thanks for your work on this @figue, much appreciated.

figue commented on 2015-10-14 22:26 (UTC) (edited on 2015-10-14 22:31 (UTC) by figue)

Hi @archaurwiki! I've pushed some changes: - Added mirror.kernel.org missing signature file. . Removed ssp-buffer-size flag. I missed that. - Cleaned old patch files from repo. Can't see any signature file in Ruben's site. I leave it as it is. Anyway it's there just in case. Thanks!

<deleted-account> commented on 2015-10-14 20:42 (UTC)

It also builds fine for me. figue, thanks for the update. Some points I noticed: 1) --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 was recently disabled by default in makepkg.conf but this PKGBUILD still keeps it 2) The 2nd and 3rd mirrors are missing the trailing signature 3) I think the comment about unsetting CPPFLAGS still applies 38.3.0 but I haven't tested to verify so I'm not sure. If it does, maybe rewording the comment would help for clarity Thanks!

figue commented on 2015-10-14 11:12 (UTC)

Hi @test0, can you try to build IceCat in a clean chroot? You can use devtools: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/DeveloperWiki:Building_in_a_Clean_Chroot#Convenience_Way I did last night with extra-x86_64 and it builds. And FYI, xulrunner is not a dependency of this package.

test0 commented on 2015-10-14 11:01 (UTC)

Executing /tmp/yaourt-tmp-Happy/aur-icecat/src/icecat-38.3.0/obj-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/dist/bin/xpcshell -g /tmp/yaourt-tmp-Happy/aur-icecat/src/icecat-38.3.0/obj-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/dist/bin/ -a /tmp/yaourt-tmp-Happy/aur-icecat/src/icecat-38.3.0/obj-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/dist/bin/ -f /tmp/yaourt-tmp-Happy/aur-icecat/src/icecat-38.3.0/toolkit/mozapps/installer/precompile_cache.js -e precompile_startupcache("resource://gre/"); /tmp/yaourt-tmp-Happy/aur-icecat/src/icecat-38.3.0/obj-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/dist/bin/xpcshell: /usr/lib/icecat/libxul.so: version `xul38' not found (required by /tmp/yaourt-tmp-Happy/aur-icecat/src/icecat-38.3.0/obj-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/dist/bin/xpcshell) Traceback (most recent call last): File "/tmp/yaourt-tmp-Happy/aur-icecat/src/icecat-38.3.0/toolkit/mozapps/installer/packager.py", line 403, in <module> main() File "/tmp/yaourt-tmp-Happy/aur-icecat/src/icecat-38.3.0/toolkit/mozapps/installer/packager.py", line 397, in main args.source, gre_path, base) File "/tmp/yaourt-tmp-Happy/aur-icecat/src/icecat-38.3.0/toolkit/mozapps/installer/packager.py", line 156, in precompile_cache errors.fatal('Error while running startup cache precompilation') File "/tmp/yaourt-tmp-Happy/aur-icecat/src/icecat-38.3.0/python/mozbuild/mozpack/errors.py", line 101, in fatal self._handle(self.FATAL, msg) File "/tmp/yaourt-tmp-Happy/aur-icecat/src/icecat-38.3.0/python/mozbuild/mozpack/errors.py", line 96, in _handle raise ErrorMessage(msg) mozpack.errors.ErrorMessage: Error: Error while running startup cache precompilation /tmp/yaourt-tmp-Happy/aur-icecat/src/icecat-38.3.0/toolkit/mozapps/installer/packager.mk:36: recipe for target 'stage-package' failed make[2]: *** [stage-package] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory '/tmp/yaourt-tmp-Happy/aur-icecat/src/icecat-38.3.0/obj-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/browser/installer' /tmp/yaourt-tmp-Happy/aur-icecat/src/icecat-38.3.0/browser/build.mk:21: recipe for target 'install' failed make[1]: *** [install] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory '/tmp/yaourt-tmp-Happy/aur-icecat/src/icecat-38.3.0/obj-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu' client.mk:405: recipe for target 'install' failed I already switch my xulrunner to version 38.1 and still getting this errors.

figue commented on 2015-10-13 13:15 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll try. First attempt to build the new source fails... I'm starting again.

Lowe commented on 2015-10-13 10:43 (UTC)

It's official now. http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gnuzilla.git If you could update the package when you have the time that would be great.

figue commented on 2015-10-04 09:58 (UTC)

Thanks. v38.3.0 seems OK. I'm going to wait a little bit until Ruben's announce, but for those that want to try the new version, a tarball can be found here: https://mirror.lnx.im/icecat/testing/icecat-38.3.0-1.src.tar.gz

Lowe commented on 2015-10-04 05:36 (UTC)

Looks like it's been released. http://jenkins.trisquel.info/icecat/icecat-38.3.0-gnu1.tar.bz2

figue commented on 2015-10-02 09:01 (UTC)

Yeah, I think that Ruben is working on it. FYI I'm not using IceCat since security flaws were published.

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