Thunderbird:Build

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Mozilla Developer Center has the documentation required to build Thunderbird.

To build on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard,

1. Get your build environment up and running.

2. Check out your code on CVS. Be sure to decide if you want a trunk build or a branch build.

The following command works for the mozconfig shown below: (time, a Unix app, will tell you how long the compile took.)

$ time make -f client.mk checkout MOZ_CO_PROJECT=mail,calendar

A sample .mozconfig for a dual-core MacBook Pro, which checks out Firefox, Thunderbird (with Lightning enabled), and Sunbird code at the same time:

# Sample .mozconfig
mk_add_options MOZ_MAKE_FLAGS="-j3"
mk_add_options MOZ_OBJDIR=@TOPSRCDIR@/../objdir-@CONFIG_GUESS@
mk_add_options MOZ_BUILD_PROJECTS="mail calendar"
mk_add_options MOZ_CO_PROJECT="mail calendar"
# For debugging, enable if necessary
#mk_add_options MOZ_CO_MODULE="mozilla/tools/trace-malloc"
#ac_add_options --enable-trace-malloc
# To enable multi-app compilation from one .mozconfig
ac_add_app_options mail --enable-application=mail
ac_add_app_options calendar --enable-application=calendar
# Compilation options
ac_add_options --disable-optimize
ac_add_options --enable-debug
ac_add_options --disable-static
ac_add_options --enable-shared
ac_add_options --with-macos-sdk=/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk
# Build Thunderbird with preinstalled Lightning if needed.
ac_add_options --enable-extensions=default,lightning

3. Compile the build: (feel free to replace "mail" with "browser" and "calendar")

time make -f client.mk build MOZ_CURRENT_PROJECT=mail

4. To run the builds in Terminal in the following recommended way, go through the following commands:

• Set up for leak detection.

$ export XPCOM_MEM_LEAK_LOG=2

• mail-dumped.txt will show the objects dumped when shut down.

$ export XPC_SHUTDOWN_HEAP_DUMP=mail-dumped.txt

• Change into the directory where ThunderbirdDebug.app is found.

$ cd @@@YOURDIRECTORY@@@/objdir-i386-apple-darwin9.2.0/mail/dist/ThunderbirdDebug.app/Contents/MacOS/

• Create your profile here.

$ ./thunderbird-bin -Profilemanager --no-remote

• Run Thunderbird within gdb to get stack traces when the application crashes.

$ gdb ./thunderbird-bin

• Within gdb, type this command:

(gdb) handle SIG33 noprint nostop

• Run the debug Thunderbird build with your just-created profile.

(gdb) run -P "@@@YOURPROFILE@@@" -no-remote

• When the application crashes, run backtrace within gdb:
  • and attach the trace shown in your Terminal window as an attachment in a Bugzilla report if there are no other duplicates.

(gdb) backtrace

• To quit gdb, type:

(gdb) quit

Build Machines

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Helping With Build

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