Package Details: icecat 115.10.0-1

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: 251
Popularity: 0.80
First Submitted: 2007-12-09 10:12 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2024-04-29 09:15 (UTC)

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xiota commented on 2024-02-27 10:57 (UTC) (edited on 2024-02-27 10:59 (UTC) by xiota)

icecatbrowser.org is unofficial, separate from GNU, which is stated at the site itself. classictetris.net is used by the site owner to serve the prepatched sources. They are used only when _build_prepatched=true to save time by skipping the patching step. The default is false.

The site was created to fill the gap after GNU stopped distributing prepatched sources and binaries. As far as I can tell, the makeicecat script is run without any modification, while this PKGBUILD does make some changes. For version 115.8.0, the only differences between the prepatched sources and a fresh patch from this PKGBUILD are:

  • services/settings/dumps/monitor/changes – "last_modified" and "collection" entries are different. This is expected because timestamps differ based on when makeicecat is run.

  • Some different l10n files (translations). This is also somewhat expected because the latest commit is checked out prior to patching. Exact contents can differ based on when the script is run.

  • .hg* files and directories. They are not needed, and this PKGBUILD deletes them.

xiota commented on 2024-02-26 07:32 (UTC) (edited on 2024-03-13 20:04 (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.

Test builds can be expedited by:

  • Using prepatched sources by setting _build_prepatched=true
  • Using a premade profile.

Notes:

  • 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.

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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wonder commented on 2010-06-24 06:27 (UTC)

@tjwoosta you are such full of crap. if you don't know the difference between depends and makedepends you are not allowed to speak.

crank commented on 2010-05-28 11:26 (UTC)

I can confirm that, it builds fine without it. Does anybody know what necko-wifi is? This is what depends on the wireless_tools package. If you want to get rid of this dependency you must add "ac_add_options --disable-necko-wifi" to mozconfig. .c

tjwoosta commented on 2010-05-24 00:47 (UTC)

Still, its not required, it builds perfectly fine without it, and it pulls a bunch of gnome crap that nobody needs. They should really change the firefox pkgbuild too. Its not the first time the arch maintainers have screwed up with the depends. Compate the gtk-qt-engine pkgbuild (extra) with the gtk-qt-engine-svn pkgbuild (AUR). The maintainers screwed up big time with the one in extra, it pulls about 50 depends (mostly gnome crap) when gtk-qt-engine really only needs gtk and qt. Its like a chain reaction, one unnescessary depend pulls another which pulls another which then pulls most of gnome. Its just a pointless waste of space for anyone who doesnt use gnome, and even if they do use gnome its not nescessary.

figue commented on 2010-05-15 08:47 (UTC)

Check Firefox dependencies (http://repos.archlinux.org/wsvn/packages/firefox/trunk/PKGBUILD). IceCat PKGBUILD was created from it.

tjwoosta commented on 2010-05-15 08:16 (UTC)

Why is libgnomeui a makedepend? It pulls in a bunch of other useless gnome dependencies and icecat builds and runs perfectly fine without it.

figue commented on 2010-05-05 18:21 (UTC)

It's strange... Not the same code except for the closed source?

wonder commented on 2010-05-05 18:18 (UTC)

because is not needed.

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