Thunderbird:Build

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Build

See Simple Thunderbird Build for build instructions.

Other Useful Commands

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