mozilla build from source code

1. get the mozilla source code
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Get source code from
https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Download_Mozilla_Source_Code

Copy the firefox-1.5-source.tar.tar in e:\
Create a directory called e:\mozilla
Extract the firefox-1.5.source.tar.tar into mozilla directory

2. install cygwin
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run http://www.cygwin.com/setup.exe

choose the first type of install (the first form with the 3 radio-buttons) and choose "DOS" style line endings

as you read the http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Windows_Build_Prerequisites you see that
you need to make sure that the cygwin packages include these:

ash -- UNIX-like command line interpreter shell (Base category)
coreutils -- GNU core utilities (includes fileutils, sh-utils, and textutils) (Base category)
diffutils -- file comparison utility (Base category)
findutils (Base category)
gawk -- pattern matching language (Base and Interpretors categories)
grep -- text search tool (Base category)
make -- dependency analyzer for software builds (Devel category)
patchutils -- a small collection of programs that operate on patch files (Devel category)
perl -- a scripting language used to control parts of the build (Interpreters category)
sed -- a search and replace language (Base category)
unzip -- zip file extraction (Archive category)
zip -- zip file creation (Archive category)

( u need to click if the package is marked as Skipped and choose latest version (some packages have multiple versions))


3. setup environment variables
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create a file called 1.bat near the cygwin.bat, in c:\cygwin
put the followin content in 1.bat (attention to the VS.net paths and others if necessary)

@echo off
rem --- Basic config, with VC7 libIDL files
SET MOZ_TOOLS=C:\moztools
SET GLIB_PREFIX=C:\vc71
SET LIBIDL_PREFIX=C:\vc71
SET MINGWBASE=C:\Dev-Cpp
SET CYGWINBASE=C:\cygwin

rem --- Clean slate start
SET INCLUDE=
SET LIB=
SET PATH=C:\;C:\windows\system32;C:\windows;C:\windows\system32\wbem


rem --- Set VC7 compiler environment vars
CALL "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\bin\vcvars32.bat"

rem --- Then prepend Cygwin path
SET PATH=%CYGWINBASE%\bin;%PATH%

rem --- Add glib/libidl to build environment
SET PATH=%PATH%;%GLIB_PREFIX%;%GLIB_PREFIX%\bin
SET INCLUDE=%GLIB_PREFIX%\include;%INCLUDE%;%MINGWBASE%\include
SET LIB=%GLIB_PREFIX%\lib;%LIB%

rem -- moztools comes last after glib/libIDL
SET PATH=%PATH%;%MOZ_TOOLS%\bin


4. edit the c:\cygwin\cygwin.bat
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add the following line at the beginning of the cygwin.bat content

call 1.bat

cygwin.bat should now like this:

@echo off

call 1.bat

C:
chdir C:\cygwin\bin

bash --login -i

5. create a folder called C:\vc71
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get the http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mozilla/source/wintools.zip
and extract the content in c:\vc71

only 3 dirs are needed: bin, include and lib
so the content of c:\vc71 should be:
c:\vc71\bin
c:\vc71\include
c:\vc71\lib

this dirs are the
SET GLIB_PREFIX=C:\vc71
SET LIBIDL_PREFIX=C:\vc71

from the 1.bat file

also, read the 'Netscape wintools' section from http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Windows_Build_Prerequisites
install.bat needs to be run

6. create a file called 'mozconfig' in E:\mozilla with the following content:
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mk_add_options MOZ_CO_PROJECT=all
ac_add_options --enable-application=browser
ac_add_options --disable-optimize
ac_add_options --enable-debug

this is taken from: http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Configuring_Build_Options
read the instructions



7 build it !
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run the cygwin.bat from c:\cygwin
make sure that at the top you see some comments from the vsvars32.bat (this means the environment variables are set)

type:
make -f client.mk build_all

in order to do a cleanup after a build, type
make -f client.mk clobber_all

if errors are encountered, use the http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Mozilla_Build_FAQ

for example, it is possible that this error to appear (at least i got it):
configure: error: the linker major version, , does not match the compiler suite version, 6.
The cygwin tool "link.exe" is being confused for an object linker.
Make sure that the Microsoft tools are before cygwin in your PATH, or rename or remove /bin/link.exe

as it says i needed to rename the c:\cygwin\link.exe to link__.exe