#28238: Use mingw-w64/clang toolchain to build Firefox
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Reporter: gk | Owner: tbb-
| team
Type: defect | Status:
| needs_review
Priority: High | Milestone:
Component: Applications/Tor Browser | Version:
Severity: Normal | Resolution:
Keywords: tbb-rbm, tbb-9.0-must-nightly, | Actual Points:
TorBrowserTeam201908R, GeorgKoppen201908 |
Parent ID: #30322 | Points:
Reviewer: | Sponsor:
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Comment (by gk):
Replying to [comment:46 tom]:
> > > - fxc2 requires the winpthread dll to be in its bin directly IIRC;
but I don't see where you're copying that. (I might have missed it. If
you're not getting errors on fxc2 it must be working.)
> >
> > I think we don't need it when building with `mingw-w64-clang`. At
least the build passes and I'd suspect compile time issues if that were a
problem.
> >
>
> No, from my recollection it will compile fine but won't run if the dll
is missing from the directory. (However if firefox builds, then fxc2
didn't error and it worked...)
Another thought here: how are you compiling `fxc2`? I recall that I needed
to resort to the .dll when compiling `fxc2` with `mingw-w64-gcc`, which
was my main motivation to use `mingw-w64-clang` when building `fxc2` as
well.
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