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: 0.42
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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kyrylo commented on 2014-01-20 22:01 (UTC)

Does it even work? The compilaction process takes about 40 minutes or so on my machine and interrupts with /var/cache/pacman/pkg/icecat5724/icecat/src/icecat-24.0/config/rules.mk:1023: recipe for target 'libxul.so' failed make[5]: Leaving directory '/var/cache/pacman/pkg/icecat5724/icecat/src/icecat-24.0/obj-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/toolkit/library' /var/cache/pacman/pkg/icecat5724/icecat/src/icecat-24.0/config/makefiles/target_libs.mk:16: recipe for target 'libs_tier_platform' failed make[4]: Leaving directory '/var/cache/pacman/pkg/icecat5724/icecat/src/icecat-24.0/obj-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu' /var/cache/pacman/pkg/icecat5724/icecat/src/icecat-24.0/config/rules.mk:737: recipe for target 'tier_platform' failed make[3]: Leaving directory '/var/cache/pacman/pkg/icecat5724/icecat/src/icecat-24.0/obj-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu' /var/cache/pacman/pkg/icecat5724/icecat/src/icecat-24.0/config/rules.mk:670: recipe for target 'default' failed make[2]: Leaving directory '/var/cache/pacman/pkg/icecat5724/icecat/src/icecat-24.0/obj-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu' /var/cache/pacman/pkg/icecat5724/icecat/src/icecat-24.0/client.mk:372: recipe for target 'realbuild' failed make[1]: Leaving directory '/var/cache/pacman/pkg/icecat5724/icecat/src/icecat-24.0' client.mk:172: recipe for target 'build' failed

figue commented on 2013-10-22 13:41 (UTC)

A couple of days ago, v24.0 was out. Until now mozconfig was always the same. Now IceCat needs a couple of options to maintain the old user appdir (~/mozilla/icecat). I was playing a little bit with that options and I've decided to maintain it. It's not a big difference for me to keep ~/.mozilla or change it to ~/.gnuzilla. Any concerns? Another (old) thing: PGO (build optimization) is disabled in this version (again), I'm not able to build in any of my x64 boxes, so can't test it fully. If anyone is interested in build and test it, download the tarball here: http://mirror.lnx.im/icecat/testing/icecat-24.0-1.src.tar.gz

goviedo commented on 2013-09-27 16:31 (UTC)

Thank you very much Rozan. I use your build and now i will test it. I change my Intel Core I3 for a AMD APU HP, is smallest, has more lights but, i think is a little slow, damn it, trying to improve it.

figue commented on 2013-05-21 11:10 (UTC)

@Rozan if I unset CPPFLAGS, like you said, it doesn't build in my x86_64 box. I need more time to test it. Lastest version is several months old and GNUzilla seems that are not interested in new versions of Firefox.

Rozan commented on 2013-05-21 03:02 (UTC)

@figue That is great. Do you think it is a good idea to change the PKGBUILD the way I suggested?

figue commented on 2013-05-20 23:16 (UTC)

Also I'm maintaining a personal repo: [blackhole] Server = http://mirror.lnx.im/icecat/repo/$arch

Rozan commented on 2013-05-20 11:58 (UTC)

If you don't want to wait that long and you have a x86_64 system, here's my binary: https://www.dropbox.com/s/4yida7axhcbyf7w/icecat-17.0.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz

Rozan commented on 2013-05-20 11:50 (UTC)

I got an error saying: configure: error: system NSPR does not support PR_STATIC_ASSERT This can be fixed by putting "unset CPPFLAGS" right before the "make -f client.mk build" line in the build section. Then it compiles just fine. It took me about 1.5 hours to compile. Can't we persuade the maintainers to put this in the standard repo? I think it is a pretty important program.

figue commented on 2012-08-26 21:09 (UTC)

@yoelion sorry about that. The domain linuzeros.org is not managed by me and it seems that it was a problem with the registrar. BTW you can use my own domain for the repo: [blackhole] Server = http://mirror.lnx.im/icecat/repo/$arch I have only i686 version right now, I'll upload the x86_64 tomorrow.

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