User:JoeyArmstrong/build/windows

MDN::Docs

• http://developer.mozilla.org/en/Build_Documentation
• http://developer.mozilla.org/en/Windows_Build_Prerequisites
  • https://developer.mozilla.org/en/atlbase.h [pass0: disabled]
• https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Configuring_Build_Options
• http://developer.mozilla.org/en/Configuring_Build_Options

ERRORS - cygwin

make -f /c/mozilla/sandbox/sbx/client.mk realbuild

package deps

• configure: error: zip not found in $PATH
• gtk+ >= 2.1
  • Install libgtk2.0-devel for access to package headers

atlbase.h

• Disable unless a copy of msvc 2003 will be installed
  • ac_add_options --disable-accessibility
  • Flag is a nop, comment out check in configure

checking for application to build... browser
checking if app-specific confvars.sh exists... /c/mozilla/sandbox/sbx/browser/confvars.sh
configure: error: System header atlbase.h is not available.
See http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/atlbase.h for details on fixing this problem.
\*** Fix above errors and then restart with               "make -f client.mk build"
make[2]: *** [configure] Error 1

[bug669829]

ERRORS - mingw

• pkg-config missing
  • http://www.mingw.org/wiki/FAQ - How do I get pkg-config installed?
    • http://sourceforge.net/projects/gimp-win/files - gimp+gtk
    • http://www.gtk.org/downlaod/win64.php
    • Add $install_path/pkg-config/bin on your searchpath
• libglib-2.0-0.dll is missing from your computer
  • Install gtk+ and add $install_path/gtk/bin on your searchpath

conftest.exe

Transient problem - permission problem reported periodically while trying to generate conftest.exe. Removing files and re-running configure will usually get the build back on track.

Creating library xul.lib and object xul.exp

   Creating library xul.lib and object xul.exp
NeckoChild.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: void __thiscall mozilla::net::HttpChannelChild::AddIPDLReference(void)" (?AddIPDLReference@HttpChannelChild@net@mozilla@@QAEXXZ) ref
erenced in function "protected: virtual class mozilla::net::PHttpChannelChild * __thiscall mozilla::net::NeckoChild::AllocPHttpChannel(class mozilla::dom::PBrowserChild *)" (?AllocPHttpChannel@NeckoCh
ild@net@mozilla@@MAEPAVPHttpChannelChild@23@PAVPBrowserChild@dom@3@@Z)
NeckoChild.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: __thiscall mozilla::net::HttpChannelChild::HttpChannelChild(void)" (??0HttpChannelChild@net@mozilla@@QAE@XZ) referenced in function
"protected: virtual class mozilla::net::PHttpChannelChild * __thiscall mozilla::net::NeckoChild::AllocPHttpChannel(class mozilla::dom::PBrowserChild *)" (?AllocPHttpChannel@NeckoChild@net@mozilla@@MAE
PAVPHttpChannelChild@23@PAVPBrowserChild@dom@3@@Z)
NeckoChild.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: void __thiscall mozilla::net::HttpChannelChild::ReleaseIPDLReference(void)" (?ReleaseIPDLReference@HttpChannelChild@net@mozilla@@QAE
XXZ) referenced in function "protected: virtual bool __thiscall mozilla::net::NeckoChild::DeallocPHttpChannel(class mozilla::net::PHttpChannelChild *)" (?DeallocPHttpChannel@NeckoChild@net@mozilla@@MA
E_NPAVPHttpChannelChild@23@@Z)

TODO

• https://developer.mozilla.org/En/Developer_Guide/Build_Instructions/Building_JavaXPCOM

mozilla-build upgrades

• hg package can be updated
• infozip from cygwin

Bugs of interest

• [official support for windows 64-bit builds]

Tools of interest

• binscope Security/Binary analyzer [add support]
• ASLR [wikipedia, [ms toolkit]
• DES [wikipedia]

URLs of interest

• http://www.mozilla-x86-64.com
• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/fwkeyyhe(v=vs.71).aspx

Overhead?

• cl.py - loading interpreter, post-processing generated output.
  • make could set CL_INCLUDES_PREFIX for the cl command line, check on removing the extra layer and post-processing output.
  • -showincluds is a cl.exe command line option not cl.py

• Consolidate os/compiler type flags
  • -DOS_WIN=1
  • -DWIN32
  • -D_WIN32
  • -D_WINDOWS
  • -DWIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
  • -DOSTYPE=\"WINNT6.1\" # windows 7
  • -DOSARCH=WINNT

• cl.exe - consider using
  • /Wall /WX