QA/Build IDs

Verifying the Build ID

Every Mozilla product has a build ID associated with it. This string represents the date and hour of the day the build was made. When a Mozilla Product is released, we need to verify that the product has the right build ID on each platform and for each locale.

Windows

Make sure you install the Talkback component. You need to do a manual custom install via the installer to make sure talkback gets installed.

In a DOS window, go to the installation directory (usually c:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox or c:\Program Files\Mozilla Thunderbird).

Now cd into extensions\talkback@mozilla.org\components

In your favorite editor (like notepad) open the file called master.ini. Near the top of the file you should see a BuildID string that looks like the following: BuildID = "2005120115"

That's the build ID string.

Mac OS X

In a shell window, go to the directory containing the application package and cd into it (i.e. cd ~/Desktop/Thunderbird.app).

Now cd into Contents/MacOS/extensions/talkback@mozilla.org/components

In your favorite editor (like vi) open the file called master.ini. Near the top of the file you should see a BuildID string that looks like the following: BuildID = "2005120115"

That's the build ID string.

Linux

Go to the directory you untarred the Mozilla product into.

cd extensions/talkback@mozilla.org/components

In your favorite editor (like vi) open the file called master.ini. Near the top of the file you should see a BuildID string that looks like the following: BuildID = "2005120113"

That's the build ID string.