Author: andy
Date: 2011-11-27 14:41:28 -0700 (Sun, 27 Nov 2011)
New Revision: 9021
Modified:
trunk/BOOK/general.ent
trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
trunk/BOOK/xsoft/graphweb/firefox.xml
Log:
Updated Firefox to 8.0.1
I've ripped out building against a system installed
xulrunner. I'm going to work on xulrunner next and
come back to Firefox
Modified: trunk/BOOK/general.ent
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/general.ent 2011-11-27 05:08:57 UTC (rev 9020)
+++ trunk/BOOK/general.ent 2011-11-27 21:41:28 UTC (rev 9021)
@@ -568,7 +568,6 @@
<!ENTITY freeglut-version "2.6.0">
<!ENTITY goffice-version "0.8.10">
<!ENTITY mesalib-version "7.9">
-<!-- The xulrunner version also appears in the firefox mozconfig as a literal
-->
<!ENTITY xulrunner-version "1.9.2.13">
<!ENTITY webkitgtk-version "1.2.5">
<!ENTITY libsexy-version "0.1.11">
@@ -783,7 +782,7 @@
<!-- Chapter 36 -->
<!ENTITY seamonkey-version "2.0">
-<!ENTITY firefox-version "3.6.13">
+<!ENTITY firefox-version "8.0.1">
<!ENTITY galeon-version "2.0.1">
<!-- Obsolete
Modified: trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml 2011-11-27 05:08:57 UTC
(rev 9020)
+++ trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml 2011-11-27 21:41:28 UTC
(rev 9021)
@@ -42,6 +42,15 @@
-->
<listitem>
+ <para>November 27th, 2011</para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>[abenton] - Updated Firefox to 8.0.1.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
<para>November 25th, 2011</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
Modified: trunk/BOOK/xsoft/graphweb/firefox.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/xsoft/graphweb/firefox.xml 2011-11-27 05:08:57 UTC (rev
9020)
+++ trunk/BOOK/xsoft/graphweb/firefox.xml 2011-11-27 21:41:28 UTC (rev
9021)
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
<!ENTITY firefox-download-http
"http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/&firefox-version;/source/firefox-&firefox-version;.source.tar.bz2";>
<!ENTITY firefox-download-ftp
"ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/&firefox-version;/source/firefox-&firefox-version;.source.tar.bz2";>
- <!ENTITY firefox-md5sum "d7c90aed8209beefa74badf02e8eeae1">
- <!ENTITY firefox-size "51 MB">
- <!ENTITY firefox-buildsize "780 MB (stand-alone) or 440 MB (on
Xulrunner)">
- <!ENTITY firefox-time "19 SBU (stand-alone) or 0.3 SBU (on
Xulrunner)">
+ <!ENTITY firefox-md5sum "b7d09b082e88a74860a51a8e04e29333">
+ <!ENTITY firefox-size "67 MB">
+ <!ENTITY firefox-buildsize "3 GB">
+ <!ENTITY firefox-time "24 SBU">
]>
<sect1 id="firefox" xreflabel="Firefox-&firefox-version;">
@@ -32,33 +32,8 @@
<para><application>Firefox</application> is a stand-alone browser
based on the <application>Mozilla</application> codebase.</para>
- <para>With the introduction of Firefox-3.x, the
- <application>pkgconfig</application> files for the Gecko engine (and for
- <application>NSS</application> and <application>NSPR</application>) are not
- installed. This means that applications such as <application>Yelp
- </application> can no longer be built against firefox, and must instead be
- built against Xulrunner (which is actually the same code, but built in a
- different way). If you wish to build other packages which use Gecko (of
the
- applications in this book, probably only the gnome applications
- will recognize this version of Xulrunner), build <xref
linkend="xulrunner"/>
- first.</para>
+ &lfs70_checked;
- <tip>
- <para>Firefox is updated frequently as new vulnerabilities are found.
- Consult
- <ulink
url="http://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/";>mozilla
security</ulink>
- for details of what is fixed in newer releases. The editors cannot guess
- what will differ in newer versions: it should be straightforward to upgrade
- within the same series (3.6), but it is always possible that newer versions
- will have increased dependencies, or that something using the nss or gecko
- libraries will break. If you update, begin by updating
- <application>Xulrunner</application> if you use that, then update Firefox
- (ensuring the libxul-sdk option points to the new version).</para>
- </tip>
-
- &lfs67_checked;
- <para>&lfssvn_checked;20101029&lfssvn_checked2;</para>
-
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
<itemizedlist spacing="compact">
<listitem>
@@ -81,51 +56,33 @@
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
- <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
- <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
- <listitem>
- <para>Optional patch: <ulink
-
url="&patch-root;/firefox-&firefox-version;-provide_system_nspr_nss-1.patch"/>
- (Required if using the included NSPR and NSS libs as system versions
for
- other packages)</para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
-
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Firefox Dependencies</bridgehead>
- <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
- <para role="recommended"><xref linkend="xulrunner"/> which shares all these
- dependencies, or for a standalone <application>Firefox</application> the
- following Required and Optional dependencies:</para>
-
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
<para role="required"><xref linkend="alsa-lib"/>,
<xref linkend="gtk2"/>,
- <xref linkend="libidl"/>,
- <xref linkend="pango"/>,
- <xref linkend="python"/>, and
+ <xref linkend="libidl"/> and
<xref linkend="zip"/></para>
- <para>Note: <application>libjpeg</application> should have been installed
- before <application>GTK+</application> and should exist on your system. If
- for some reason you haven't installed <application>libjpeg</application>,
- you should remove the <option>--with-system-jpeg</option> option from the
+ <para>Note: <application>libjpeg</application> and
+ <application>libpng</application> (patched for apng support) should have
+ been installed before <application>gdk-pixbuf</application> and should
+ exist on your system. If for some strange reason you haven't installed
+ them, you should remove the <option>--with-system-jpeg</option> and
+ <option>--with-system-png</option> options from the
<filename>mozconfig</filename> file created below.</para>
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
<para role="optional"><xref linkend="dbus-glib"/>,
- <xref linkend="doxygen"/>,
- <xref linkend="curl"/> (only for crash-reporter),
- <xref linkend="gnome-vfs"/> and <xref linkend="libgnomeui"/> (for gnome
integration),
- <xref linkend="libnotify"/>,
- <xref linkend="libpng"/> (patched for apng support),
- <xref linkend="nss"/> (recommended if you build any other Mozilla.org
packages),
- <xref linkend="startup-notification"/>,
- <xref linkend="sqlite"/>,
- <xref linkend="unzip"/>,
+ <xref linkend="startup-notification"/>, <xref linkend="sqlite"/>,
+ <ulink url="http://www.webmproject.org/code/";>libvpx</ulink>,
<ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/hunspell/";>Hunspell</ulink>,
- <ulink url="http://www.valgrind.org/";>Valgrind</ulink> (only for testing
the jemalloc code), and
- <xref linkend="wget"/></para>
+ <xref linkend="doxygen"/>,
+ <xref linkend="gnome-vfs"/> and <xref linkend="libgnomeui"/> (for gnome
+ integration), <xref linkend="libnotify"/>, <xref linkend="nss"/>,
+ <xref linkend="unzip"/>, <xref linkend="wireless_tools"/>,
+ <ulink url="http://www.valgrind.org/";>Valgrind</ulink> (only for testing
+ the jemalloc code) and <xref linkend="wget"/></para>
<para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
<ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/firefox"/></para>
@@ -140,183 +97,70 @@
the desired configuration options. A default <filename>mozconfig</filename>
is created below. To see the entire list of available configuration options
(and an abbreviated description of each one), issue
- <command>./configure --help</command>. If you are not building against
- <application>Xulrunner</application> you must comment the 'Xulrunner'
items.
- You may also wish to review the entire file and uncomment any other desired
- options. If you would prefer to download the file instead of creating it by
- typing or cut-and-pasting, you can find it at <ulink
- url="&files-anduin;/firefox-&firefox-version;-mozconfig"/>
- (the file must be installed in the root of the source tree
- <filename class='directory'>mozilla</filename> directory, and named
- <filename>mozconfig</filename> or <filename>.mozconfig</filename>). Create
- the file by issuing the following command:</para>
+ <command>./configure --help</command>. <!--If you are not building against
+ <application>Xulrunner</application> you must comment the 'Xulrunner'
+ items. --> You may also wish to review the entire file and uncomment any
+ other desired options. Create the file by issuing the following
+ command:</para>
<screen><?dbfo keep-together="auto"?><userinput>cat > mozconfig <<
"EOF"
-<literal># This file contains the options used in the Firefox build. You may
-# need to specify additional options for your specific build needs.
-# Use the information provided by running './configure --help' to
-# help you determine if you need to add any additional options.
-# Some additional options can be added by uncommenting the examples
-# in this file or adding options by inserting a line containing
-# 'ac_add_options --some-option-you-need'. Be aware that some accepted
-# options, such as '--with-system-bz2', do not affect the build.
+<literal># If you have a multicore machine you can speed up the build by
running
+# several jobs at once, but if you have a single core, delete this line:
+mk_add_options MOZ_MAKE_FLAGS="-j4"
-# Specify that Firefox should be built. Note that this line is commented out
-# because it is redundant with the next setting.
-#ac_add_options --enable-application=browser
-
-# Use the default settings specified in the source tree. The
-# --enable-application=browser is set in this file.
-. $topsrcdir/browser/config/mozconfig
-
-# Create an object directory and specify to build the package in that
-# directory. If desired, modify the location of the object directory
-# to a directory inside the source tree by removing '../' from the
-# line below.
-mk_add_options MOZ_OBJDIR=@TOPSRCDIR@/../firefox-build
-
-# Specify the installation prefix. If you would prefer Firefox installed in a
-# different prefix, modify the line below to fit your needs.
-ac_add_options --prefix=/usr
-
-# Apply a minimal level of optimization (-O).
-ac_add_options --enable-optimize
-
-# These options are used so that the Firefox binaries are linked to
-# the system-installed copies of the specified libraries instead of
-# the source tree code which may not be the most recent versions.
-# With the exception of libsqlite3, the libraries are statically linked.
-
-# (Options to use system installed libraries)
-# Using the shipped version of libsqlite3 has been reported to cause
-# problems with other applications which were using sqlite3.
-# Only comment this line if you know exactly what you are doing!
-ac_add_options --enable-system-sqlite
-
-# Comment this only if you want to use whatever patched version of cairo
-# is in the shipped mozilla tree, together with the system headers.
-ac_add_options --enable-system-cairo
-
-# Comment this if you have not installed lcms.
-ac_add_options --enable-system-lcms
-
-# Uncomment this if you have installed Hunspell
-#ac_add_options --enable-system-hunspell
-
-# Uncomment this if you have installed startup-notification
-#ac_add_options --enable-startup-notification
-
-# Comment this if you did not build libjpeg before GTK+-2.
-ac_add_options --with-system-jpeg
-
-# These two options enable support for building Xulrunner with
-# system-installed versions of the Network Security Services (NSS)
-# and Netscape Portable Runtime (NSPR) libraries. Comment them if
-# you wish to use the included copies (not recommended).
-ac_add_options --with-system-nspr
-ac_add_options --with-system-nss
-
-# Comment this if you have not built png with the apng patch.
-ac_add_options --with-system-png
-
-# The pthreads option is only used when building nspr
-# Uncomment this if you build the included nspr.
-#ac_add_options --with-pthreads
-
-# Zlib is included in LFS. Do not comment this line.
-ac_add_options --with-system-zlib
-
-# (Options to disable parts of the package)
-# This option is used to disable the a11y support in the Xulrunner
-# binaries. Comment out this option if you require a11y support.
-ac_add_options --disable-accessibility
-
-# Uncomment this if you did not build cURL.
-#ac_add_options --disable-crashreporter
-
-# Comment this if you have built DBus-Glib.
+# If you have installed DBus-Glib you can delete this option:
ac_add_options --disable-dbus
-# Comment this if you have Gnome-VFS and libgnomeui, and wish to
-# integrate Firefox into your Gnome desktop
-ac_add_options --disable-gnomevfs
-
-# Comment this if you have wireless-tools installed and wish to use the new
-# Necko WiFi scanning.
+# If you have installed wireless-tools you can delete this option:
ac_add_options --disable-necko-wifi
-# Comment this if you have installed libnotify.
-ac_add_options --disable-libnotify
+# Uncomment these if you have installed them:
+# ac_add_options --enable-system-sqlite
+# ac_add_options --enable-system-lcms
+# ac_add_options --with-system-libvpx
+# ac_add_options --enable-startup-notification
-# This option is added so that the Mozilla Installer program is not
-# built or installed. The program is not required for a BLFS
-# installation of Xulrunner.
+mk_add_options MOZ_OBJDIR=@TOPSRCDIR@/firefox-build-dir
+ac_add_options --enable-official-branding
+ac_add_options --prefix=/usr
+ac_add_options --enable-application=browser
+ac_add_options --enable-pthreads
+ac_add_options --enable-system-ffi
+ac_add_options --enable-system-jpeg
+ac_add_options --enable-system-png
+ac_add_options --enable-system-cairo
+ac_add_options --enable-system-zlib
+ac_add_options --enable-shared
+ac_add_options --disable-static
+ac_add_options --disable-debug
+ac_add_options --disable-crashreporter
ac_add_options --disable-installer
-
-# If you enable javaxpcom, you must have a java compiler installed.
-ac_add_options --disable-javaxpcom
-
-# This option is added so that test libraries and programs are not
-# built. These would only be required for debugging purposes.
-ac_add_options --disable-tests
-
-# Disable the updater, which is not appropriate if you build from source.
ac_add_options --disable-updater
+ac_add_options --disable-tests</literal>
+EOF</userinput></screen>
-# (options to add extra parts of the package)
-# This option causes the installed Firefox binaries to have the official
-# Firefox name embedded in them. Due to license restrictions, you
-# may not distribute binaries created using this option. It also
-# means you get a popup EULA when you first run Firefox.
-ac_add_options --enable-official-branding
-
-# Use the anti-phishing measures (a blacklist of sites).
-ac_add_options --enable-safe-browsing
-
-# This option is used so that the debugging symbols are removed from
-# the installed binaries during the installation process. Comment out
-# this option if you may have a need to retain the debugging symbols
-# in the installed binaries (the resulting binaries will be about 7MB
-# bigger).
-ac_add_options --enable-strip
-
-# Uncomment this option if you desire support for dual-monitor
-# display using the X-Window Xinerama libraries.
-#ac_add_options --enable-xinerama
-
-# This option identifies the default binary directory of the Firefox
-# installation and is used to locate Firefox's installed files. This
-# option is is only used for development purposes.
-#ac_add_options
--with-default-mozilla-five-home=/usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version;
-
+<!--
# Point to the Xulrunner libraries - comment these for a standalone browser.
-ac_add_options --with-system-libxul
-ac_add_options
--with-libxul-sdk=/usr/lib/xulrunner-devel-&xulrunner-version;</literal>
-EOF</userinput></screen>
+ac_add_options - -with-system-libxul
+ac_add_options - -with-libxul-sdk=/usr/lib/xulrunner-devel-&xulrunner-version;
+-->
<para>Compile <application>Firefox</application> by issuing the
following commands:</para>
-<screen><userinput>make -f client.mk build</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>make -f client.mk</userinput></screen>
<para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
<para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user,
install the package:</para>
-<screen role="root"><userinput>make -f client.mk install &&
+<screen role="root"><userinput>make -C firefox-build-dir install &&
+mkdir -p /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins &&
+ln -sv ../mozilla/plugins /usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version; &&
+chown -R -v root:root /usr/{include,lib,share/idl}/firefox-&firefox-version;
&&
+chown -R -v root:root
/usr/lib/firefox-devel-&firefox-version;</userinput></screen>
-chown -R -v root:root /usr/share/idl/firefox-&firefox-version; \
- /usr/include/firefox-&firefox-version; \
-
destdir/usr/lib/firefox-devel-3.6.13/sdk/lib</userinput></screen>
-
- <para>If you are building Firefox on Xulrunner, as the
- <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user enter the following
- symbolic link:</para>
-
-<screen role="root"><userinput>ln -sv
/usr/lib/xulrunner-&xulrunner-version;/plugins \
- /usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version;</userinput></screen>
-
</sect2>
<sect2 role="commands">
@@ -326,114 +170,18 @@
packaged to allow the use of a configuration file which can be used to
pass the configuration settings to the <command>configure</command>
command. <command>make</command> uses the <filename>client.mk</filename>
- file to get initial configuration and setup parameters, then depending on
- the target parameter (<parameter>build</parameter> or
- <parameter>install</parameter>), either runs the
- <command>configure</command> script and compiles the package or installs
- the package.</para>
+ file to get initial configuration and setup parameters.</para>
- <para><command>ln -sv /usr/lib/xulrunner-&xulrunner-version;/plugins
- /usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version;/plugins</command>:
- <application>Firefox</application> looks for plugins in its own directory,
- but when building on <application>Xulrunner</application> the plugins were
- installed by that package. Note that any plugins in
- <filename class="directory">/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins</filename> will also
be
- found.</para>
+ <para><command>make -C firefox-build-dir install</command>: this runs
+ <command>make install</command> inside the firefox-build-dir folder.</para>
- <tip>
- <para>If you upgrade firefox, ensure that any additional plugins are moved
- to the plugin directory of the new version.</para>
- </tip>
+ <para><command>mkdir -p /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins</command>: this checks
+ that /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins exists (if you installed
+ <xref linkend="librsvg"/>, it was probably already there).</para>
- </sect2>
+ <para><command>ln -sv ... /usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version;</command>:
+ this makes a symbolic link to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins.</para>
- <sect2 role="configuration">
- <title>Configuring Firefox</title>
-
- <para>No specific configuration is required as long as the
- <command>firefox</command> script is in the user's path. If
- <application>Firefox</application> is installed in a non-standard location,
- then make a symlink to the <command>firefox</command> script in the
- <filename class="directory">/usr/bin</filename> directory.</para>
-
- <para>If your Window or Desktop Manager does not allow you to configure
- a default mail client, you can add a configuration parameter to
- <application>Firefox</application> so that an email client will start
- when you click on a <systemitem role='url'>mailto:</systemitem> URL.
- There are two parameters you need to check. The procedure to check or
- modify any of the configuration parameters is quite simple and the
- instructions here can be used to view or modify any of the
- parameters.</para>
-
- <para>First, open the configuration dialog by entering
- <systemitem role='url'>about:config</systemitem> in the address bar. This
- will display a list of the configuration preferences and information
- related to each one. You can use the <quote>Filter:</quote> bar to enter
- search criteria and narrow down the listed items. Changing a preference
- can be done using two methods. One, if the preference has a boolean value
- (True/False), simply double-click on the preference to toggle the value
- and two, for other preferences simply right-click on the desired line,
- choose <quote>Modify</quote> from the menu and change the value. Creating
- new preference items is accomplished in the same way, except choose
- <quote>New</quote> from the menu and provide the desired data into the
- fields when prompted.</para>
-
- <para>The two configuration preference items you need to check so that
- <application>Firefox</application> uses a specified default mail client
- are the <parameter>network.protocol-handler.external.mailto</parameter>
- which should be set to <option>True</option> and the
- <parameter>network.protocol-handler.app.mailto</parameter> which should
- be set to the path of the desired mail client, e.g.,
- <option>/usr/bin/thunderbird</option>.</para>
-
- <tip>
- <para>There is a multitude of configuration parameters you can tweak to
- customize <application>Firefox</application>. A very extensive and
- up-to-date list of these parameters can be found at <ulink
- url="http://preferential.mozdev.org/preferences.html"/>.</para>
- </tip>
-
- <para>Many old applications used to look for <command>netscape</command>
- when they needed to open a browser. You may wish to make the following
- symlink for convenience (as the <systemitem
class="username">root</systemitem>
- user).</para>
-
-<screen role="root"><userinput>ln -v -sf firefox
/usr/bin/netscape</userinput></screen>
-
- <para>For installing various <application>Firefox</application> plugins,
- refer to <ulink url="http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/linux.html";>Mozdev's
- PluginDoc Project</ulink>. If you have the <xref linkend="jdk"/> already
- installed, create the following link as the
- <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user to utilize the
installed
- <application>Java</application> plugin: </para>
-
-<screen role="root"><userinput>ln -v -s $JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so \
- /usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version;/plugins</userinput></screen>
-
- <para>If you have <xref linkend="icedtea6"/> installed as opposed to the
- <xref linkend="jdk"/>, create the following link (again as the
- <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user) to use the
- <application>IcedTea6</application> plugin: </para>
-
-<screen role="root"><userinput>ln -v -s
$JAVA_HOME/jre/plugin/i386/IcedTeaPlugin.so \
- /usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version;/plugins</userinput></screen>
-
- <para>Some packages install Mozilla plugins into the default system-wide
- directory <filename class='directory'>/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins</filename>.
- If you have not already done this for <application>Xulrunner</application>
- create symbolic links in the <application>Firefox</application>
- plugin directory
- <filename
class='directory'>/usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version;/plugins</filename>
- to the files in the default plugin directory (you should link to the actual
- files and not other links). Alternatively, you can move or copy the files
- in the default plugin directory to the
- <application>Firefox</application> plugin directory. An example of creating
- a symbolic link is shown below. Create the links as the
- <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
-
-<screen role="root"><userinput>ln -v -s
../../mozilla/plugins/<replaceable><plugin.so></replaceable> \
- /usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version;/plugins</userinput></screen>
-
</sect2>
<sect2 role="content">
@@ -464,14 +212,8 @@
<varlistentry id="firefox-prog">
<term><command>firefox</command></term>
<listitem>
- <para>in a stand-alone build is a symbolic link to shell script in
- <filename
class="directory">/usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version;</filename>
- that sets up the environment and calls the
<filename>firefox-bin</filename>
- binary. When built on <application>Xulrunner</application>,
- <command>firefox</command> is a symbolic link to a
- <command>firefox</command> binary in
- <filename
class="directory">/usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version;</filename>.
- </para>
+ <para>is a gtk2 internet browser that uses the gecko rendering
+ engine.</para>
<indexterm zone="firefox firefox-prog">
<primary sortas="b-firefox">firefox</primary>
</indexterm>
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