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 whenmakeicecat
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.
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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 isfalse
.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 whenmakeicecat
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:
Test builds can be expedited by:
_build_prepatched=true
Notes:
_build_pgo_xvfb=false
. This will usexwayland-run
for profiling._build_pgo=false
.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.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.