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==Build Firefox==
 
==Build Firefox==
 
For building firefox I followed the instructions on [http://annasob.wordpress.com/category/build/ annasob's blog] on how to build firefox on different platforms, also looked at build instructions and prerequisites @ [https://developer.mozilla.org/En/Developer_Guide/Build_Instructions Mozilla Developing Center(MDC)].
 
For building firefox I followed the instructions on [http://annasob.wordpress.com/category/build/ annasob's blog] on how to build firefox on different platforms, also looked at build instructions and prerequisites @ [https://developer.mozilla.org/En/Developer_Guide/Build_Instructions Mozilla Developing Center(MDC)].
One thing that was really helpful to me was anna's tip on separating mozilla-build (where the build package is installed) and mozilla-central(where the source is cloned from Mozilla repository).
 
 
I didn't figure out why it was so slow though on both Vista and Win 7.
 
I didn't figure out why it was so slow though on both Vista and Win 7.
  
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I tried to build based on the same .mozconfig file, but the first error I got was related to SDK. I needed to upgrade SDK version based on these [https://developer.mozilla.org/En/Windows_SDK_versions recommendations] to SDK 7, and the .Net Framework to 4. Also I needed to change the SDK version in the SDK configuration tool to 7.1.  
 
I tried to build based on the same .mozconfig file, but the first error I got was related to SDK. I needed to upgrade SDK version based on these [https://developer.mozilla.org/En/Windows_SDK_versions recommendations] to SDK 7, and the .Net Framework to 4. Also I needed to change the SDK version in the SDK configuration tool to 7.1.  
  
At the end, the build was successfully done after 2 hours on Win 7 and on Vista it's not completed yet after more than 4 hours!
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At the end, the build was successfully done after 2 hours on Win 7 and more than 4 hours on Vista!
 
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[[File:Minefield_final.jpg|thumb|none|300px]]

Latest revision as of 00:38, 20 January 2011

Build Firefox

For building firefox I followed the instructions on annasob's blog on how to build firefox on different platforms, also looked at build instructions and prerequisites @ Mozilla Developing Center(MDC). I didn't figure out why it was so slow though on both Vista and Win 7.

First, I tried to build firefox on Vista:

Intel(R) Processor D CPU 2.17 GHz
2GB DDR2 memory
Windows Vista 32bit
Visual Studio 2010

and this was my .mozconfig:

. $topsrcdir/browser/config/mozconfig
mk_add_options MOZ_OBJDIR=@TOPSRCDIR@/objdir-ff-release
mk_add_options MOZ_MAKE_FLAGS="-j2"
mk_add_options MOZ_CO_PROJECT=browser
ac_add_options --enable-application=browser
ac_add_options --disable-optimize
ac_add_options --enable-debug

Then I started to build it on Windows 7:

Intel(R) Processor D CPU 3.20 GHz
4GB DDR2 memory
Windows 7 64bit
Visual Studio 2008

I tried to build based on the same .mozconfig file, but the first error I got was related to SDK. I needed to upgrade SDK version based on these recommendations to SDK 7, and the .Net Framework to 4. Also I needed to change the SDK version in the SDK configuration tool to 7.1.

At the end, the build was successfully done after 2 hours on Win 7 and more than 4 hours on Vista!

Minefield final.jpg