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: 0.52
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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jackoneill commented on 2010-09-22 12:28 (UTC)

Is there some very good reason for icecat to provide firefox? I want to install firefox-beta, but pacman won't let me, because it conflicts with firefox, and icecat provides firefox. There should be no file conflicts between the two, after all firefox and icecat can live on the same system just fine.

cb474 commented on 2010-09-19 20:51 (UTC)

Yeah, I know they've done that in the past, when there was a release to change one setting in about:config, Gnuzilla didn't upgrade Icecat. But Firefox 3.6.10 was released because users were having issues with it crashing on startup (in Windows, OS X, and Linux). Seems more significant. There may only be a couple lines of code different, but that doesn't mean they don't resolve a real problem. Anyway, I'm not having the crash problem. I was just surprised Gnuzilla wasn't upgrading this time.

jackoneill commented on 2010-09-19 11:39 (UTC)

@cb474: They probably think the differences between 3.6.9 and 3.6.10 are insignificant. You can see for yourself by downloading these two: http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/3.6.9/source/firefox-3.6.9.source.tar.bz2 http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/3.6.10/source/firefox-3.6.10.source.tar.bz2 Put each in its own folder, extract, then run `diff -r firefox369/mozilla-1.9.2 firefox3610/mozilla-1.9.2` There's not much to see, though.

cb474 commented on 2010-09-19 08:53 (UTC)

Yes, I meant on the Gnuzilla site. Why is Gnuzilla not upgrading to 3.6.10. That was my question.

wonder commented on 2010-09-18 20:26 (UTC)

because there is no 3.6.10 version? look in the ftp tree

cb474 commented on 2010-09-18 20:25 (UTC)

Is there a reason why Icecat is not being upgraded to 3.6.10?

jackoneill commented on 2010-09-18 11:04 (UTC)

I just compiled icecat with xulrunner 1.9.2.10 and it works.

haawda commented on 2010-09-18 01:25 (UTC)

Builds fine with latest xulrunner and autoconf.

jackoneill commented on 2010-09-13 09:49 (UTC)

I see. Thanks.

figue commented on 2010-09-13 09:46 (UTC)

@cantabile Sorry, I've forgot to comment. New release use /usr/lib/icecat-3.6 for instalation path because locale packages use /usr/lib/icecat symlink to install in correct place, though IceCat use /usr/lib/icecat-3.6.X, so those directories don't remove on every upgrade. With this method, all was clean. post_install() has a suggestion to remove those old directories. If you don't use any locale, you can ignore this upgrade.

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