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: 0.34
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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<deleted-account> commented on 2015-08-26 16:50 (UTC)

Hi figue, 1) What are the differences between the 1st release and 2nd release of this 31.8.0 package? I need to know if the reasons justify a rebuild (for me, at least, because it will take some time to rebuild). 2) The mirrors.kernel.org source still points to a non-existent (very outdated) file and is still not https. I made the request to update that url on 2015-04-09 16:56, can you please change it before the next release? Thank you very much.

figue commented on 2015-08-19 21:05 (UTC)

Hi ErkanMDR, you are building IceCat in /tmp. If is mounted as tmpfs probably you don't have enough space. Can you try to build in another (physical) filesystem?

hexvalid commented on 2015-08-17 09:50 (UTC)

Hi! I get this error: ../../../build/unix/gold/ld: error: hidden symbol 'FT_Get_X11_Font_Format' is not defined locally collect2: error: ld returned exit 1 status /tmp/yaourt-tmp-erkanmdr/aur-icecat/src/icecat-31.8.0/config/rules.mk:882: recipe for target 'libxul.so' failed make[5]: *** [libxul.so] Error 1 make[5]: Leaving directory '/tmp/yaourt-tmp-erkanmdr/aur-icecat/src/icecat-31.8.0/obj-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/toolkit/library/build' /tmp/yaourt-tmp-erkanmdr/aur-icecat/src/icecat-31.8.0/config/recurse.mk:95: recipe for target 'toolkit/library/build/libs' failed make[4]: *** [toolkit/library/build/libs] Error 2 make[4]: Leaving directory '/tmp/yaourt-tmp-erkanmdr/aur-icecat/src/icecat-31.8.0/obj-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu' /tmp/yaourt-tmp-erkanmdr/aur-icecat/src/icecat-31.8.0/config/recurse.mk:39: recipe for target 'libs' failed make[3]: *** [libs] Error 2 make[3]: Leaving directory '/tmp/yaourt-tmp-erkanmdr/aur-icecat/src/icecat-31.8.0/obj-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu' /tmp/yaourt-tmp-erkanmdr/aur-icecat/src/icecat-31.8.0/config/rules.mk:592: recipe for target 'default' failed make[2]: *** [default] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory '/tmp/yaourt-tmp-erkanmdr/aur-icecat/src/icecat-31.8.0/obj-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu' /tmp/yaourt-tmp-erkanmdr/aur-icecat/src/icecat-31.8.0/client.mk:381: recipe for target 'realbuild' failed make[1]: *** [realbuild] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory '/tmp/yaourt-tmp-erkanmdr/aur-icecat/src/icecat-31.8.0' client.mk:168: recipe for target 'build' failed make: *** [build] Error 2

figuepluto commented on 2015-07-19 16:25 (UTC)

Hi @respiranto, answered in your thread[1].

respiranto commented on 2015-07-18 14:22 (UTC)

Even after building in a clean chroot and having removed firefox, I still have the problem, that the red loading wheel is stagnating, as I already described in this[1] forum post. Does it work for you? If so, do you have an idea, why it might not work for me? [1] https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=199692

figue commented on 2015-07-17 14:38 (UTC)

Hi @respiranto that's true. I always use a clean chroot to build IceCat and it's always clean. IMHO I prefer to delete src and pkg directory before any build, because the compilation will be the same when the version change (so you can't use makepkg -e). But in case of tests or minor updates directly in src/ those parameters will work. Anyway, I will push these changes later, so if someone needs to relaunch a build it will never fail.

respiranto commented on 2015-07-17 13:11 (UTC)

I get this error: mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/home/respiranto/Downloads/AUR/icecat/src/path’: File exists ==> ERROR: A failure occurred in prepare(). Aborting... This is because I generally keep the sources and rebuild in the same directory. Am I not supposed to do so? Changing 'mkdir' to 'mkdir -p' (l.69) as well as appending '-f' to 'ln -s' (l.70) in the PKGBUILD obviously prevents any such error. ln would else complain about an already existing symlink.

jfigueras commented on 2015-07-15 13:16 (UTC)

That patch works. v31.8.0 is up.

jfigueras commented on 2015-07-15 11:40 (UTC)

@Cork Build 31.8 fails too. I'm trying with this patch[1] right now. 1.- https://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit/packages.git/commit/trunk?h=packages/firefox&id=d270c2593553c2c495168ab6ced4c707e1fc3907

Cork commented on 2015-07-14 17:15 (UTC)

Tried to compile it today and got: ../../../build/unix/gold/ld: warning: hidden symbol 'FT_Get_X11_Font_Format' in /usr/lib/../lib/libfreetype.so is referenced by DSO /usr/lib/../lib/libcairo.so ../../../build/unix/gold/ld: error: /tmp/icecat/src/icecat-31.7.0/obj-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/toolkit/library/build/../../../gfx/skia/SkFontHost_FreeType.o: requires dynamic R_X86_64_PC32 reloc against 'FT_Get_X11_Font_Format' which may overflow at runtime; recompile with -fPIC ../../../build/unix/gold/ld: error: read-only segment has dynamic relocations ../../../build/unix/gold/ld: error: hidden symbol 'FT_Get_X11_Font_Format' is not defined locally collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status