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Currently, distcc does not transmit debug .pdb files. So you cannot currently do a debug build. Here is a sample MOZCONFIG file. All you need to do is modify the object directory (MOZ_OBJDIR).
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'''Note the last line''', which is required for any MOZCONFIG file that wants to build using distcc.
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<pre>
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mk_add_options MOZ_OBJDIR=/cygdrive/c/home/cesar/mozobj
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ac_add_options --enable-application=browser
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ac_add_options --enable-optimize
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ac_add_options --disable-debug
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ac_add_options --enable-debugger-info-modules=no
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mk_add_options MOZ_CO_PROJECT=browser
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mk_add_options MOZ_MAKE_FLAGS="CC='distcc cl' CXX='distcc cl' -j4"
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</pre>
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Revision as of 15:27, 20 March 2007

What is this?

This is a tutorial to get distcc to compile Mozilla Firefox on cygwin.

Requirements

  1. Window machines. For distcc to be of any use, there should be at least 2 machines
  2. Cygwin. You will need gcc to build distcc. We built using gcc-3.4.4
  3. Mozilla requirements
  4. Patience

MOZCONFIG

Currently, distcc does not transmit debug .pdb files. So you cannot currently do a debug build. Here is a sample MOZCONFIG file. All you need to do is modify the object directory (MOZ_OBJDIR).

Note the last line, which is required for any MOZCONFIG file that wants to build using distcc.

	mk_add_options MOZ_OBJDIR=/cygdrive/c/home/cesar/mozobj
	ac_add_options --enable-application=browser
	ac_add_options --enable-optimize
	ac_add_options --disable-debug
	ac_add_options --enable-debugger-info-modules=no
	mk_add_options MOZ_CO_PROJECT=browser
	mk_add_options MOZ_MAKE_FLAGS="CC='distcc cl' CXX='distcc cl' -j4"

Environment

Check out

Build