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The host utilities are executable files that run on a *host* machine. The utilities provide services to an Android *target* device, including a web server and certificate authority. For historical reason, the host utilities include an essentially complete version of Firefox. Here's how to package new versions of the host utilities. | The host utilities are executable files that run on a *host* machine. The utilities provide services to an Android *target* device, including a web server and certificate authority. For historical reason, the host utilities include an essentially complete version of Firefox. Here's how to package new versions of the host utilities. | ||
First, identify the target build. Generally, prefer | First, identify the target build. Generally, prefer Beta channel builds to Nightly channel builds. | ||
=== Linux === | === Linux === | ||
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mv bin/* firefox | mv bin/* firefox | ||
mv firefox host-utils-37.0a2.en-US.linux-x86_64 | mv firefox host-utils-37.0a2.en-US.linux-x86_64 | ||
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For the version 58 update, host utils was based on builds from https://treeherder.mozilla.org/#/jobs?repo=autoland&revision=dab1c5badddbf3dafd34b52700c3e1129f76d632. For each of "Linux opt" and "Linux x64 opt", the build's target.tar.bz2 and target.common.tests.zip were downloaded, then: | |||
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tar xvf target.tar.bz2 | |||
unzip target.common.tests.zip "bin/*" | |||
rm firefox/firefox* | |||
rm -r firefox/browser | |||
mv bin/* firefox | |||
mv firefox host-utils-58.0a1.en-US.linux-x86_64 | |||
</pre> | </pre> | ||
If preparing a new archive for upload to tooltool: | If preparing a new archive for upload to tooltool: | ||