Building win32 firefox nightly from source

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koboltzz
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Building win32 firefox nightly from source

Post by koboltzz »

Hello guys,

I want to build nightly/inbound builds on ubuntu. But for win32 (because win64 builds still uses too much RAM if hundered of tabs opened).

Sadly after googling around there is no full 'howto' for building that.

I did the following:

1. Install ubuntu 16.04
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wget -O bootstrap.py https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/raw-file/default/python/mozboot/bin/bootstrap.py && python bootstrap.py
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hg clone https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/mozilla-inbound/ inbound
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echo "# My first mozilla config" > mozconfig
export MOZCONFIG=~/inbound/browser/config/mozconfig
5. Editing mozconfig to

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. "$topsrcdir/build/mozconfig.win-common"
. "$topsrcdir/browser/config/mozconfigs/win32/common-opt"

ac_add_options --enable-profiling
ac_add_options --enable-verify-mar

ac_add_options --with-branding=browser/branding/nightly

. "$topsrcdir/build/mozconfig.common.override"
. "$topsrcdir/build/mozconfig.cache"
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cd inbound
./mach build
ERROR: cmd.exe not found :shock:
inbound_IS_SET=1 not found :shock:


Please anyone can give me advice to build inbound firefox for win32.
frg
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Re: Building win32 firefox nightly from source

Post by frg »

>> Please anyone can give me advice to build inbound firefox for win32.

Install Windows 7 x64 in a virtualbox vm. I do it the other way around and build Linux in a vm.
koboltzz
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Re: Building win32 firefox nightly from source

Post by koboltzz »

And then? I do not find any complete instructions for building a win32 firefox nightly on Windows 7.
frg
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Re: Building win32 firefox nightly from source

Post by frg »

If you want I can send you my setup guide for SeaMonkey. Other than a different source checkout its almost the same for Firefox. Occasionally I even build one for patch testing and comparison.
koboltzz
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Re: Building win32 firefox nightly from source

Post by koboltzz »

This would be reeeally great!
frg
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Re: Building win32 firefox nightly from source

Post by frg »

Send me a pm with you email address and I will send it to you.
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