Compiling Mozilla with usr_devx.sfs

[flavour]

I'm trying to compile Mozilla using Puppy-1.0.5alpha2 & the excellent usr_devx.sfs developer package.
1st problem was that I needed the full version of mktemp instead of the busybox version, ok no problem.
Next problem was that I needed libIDL/IDL.h
Reading the Mozilla Build FAQ: http://www.mozilla.org/build/faq.html#libidl-2
I see that v0.8.x is for GTK2 & we want GTK1.2
I therefore initially tried the latest pre-0.8.x version: 0.7.4
This failed.
Looking in /usr/lib/libIDLConf.sh, it seems that Puppy comes with v0.6.8 of libIDL (the last version before it moved into Gnome) - is this correct?
I therefore tried using IDL.h from that release, however still no joy (see below).
Anyone able to help get this a step further?
Should I install 0.7.4 instead?
- which version was used for the Mozilla build already in Puppy?

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In file included from xpidl.h:49,
from xpidl_java.c:29:
/usr/include/glib-1.2/glib.h23: warning: ISO C does not permit named variadic macros
/usr/include/glib-1.2/glib.h25: warning: ISO C does not permit named variadic macros
/usr/include/glib-1.2/glib.h26: warning: ISO C does not permit named variadic macros
/usr/include/glib-1.2/glib.h25: warning: ISO C does not permit named variadic macros
gcc -o xpidl -I/usr/X11R6/include -Wall -W -Wno-unused -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Wno-long-long -pedantic -pthread -pipe -DNDEBUG -DTRIMMED -Os -I/usr/include/glib-1.2 -I/usr/lib/glib/include -I/usr/include/orbit-1.0 xpidl.o xpidl_idl.o xpidl_util.o xpidl_header.o xpidl_typelib.o xpidl_doc.o xpidl_java.o -L../../../dist/bin -L../../../dist/lib ../../../dist/lib/libxpt.a -L/usr/lib -lIDL -lglib -ldl -lm
/usr/lib/libIDL.a(parser.o)(.text+0x396c): In function `get_name_token':
: undefined reference to `__ctype_b'
/usr/lib/libIDL.a(parser.o)(.text+0x41d8): In function `__IDL_do_pragma':
: undefined reference to `__ctype_b'
/usr/lib/libIDL.a(lexer.o)(.text+0x22c): In function `__IDL_lex':
: undefined reference to `__ctype_b'
/usr/lib/libIDL.a(lexer.o)(.text+0x39f): In function `__IDL_lex':
: undefined reference to `__ctype_b'
/usr/lib/libIDL.a(lexer.o)(.text+0x3dd): In function `__IDL_lex':
: undefined reference to `__ctype_b'
/usr/lib/libIDL.a(lexer.o)(.text+0x444): more undefined references to `__ctype_b' follow
/usr/lib/libIDL.a(util.o)(.text+0x18): In function `IDL_strcase_hash':
: undefined reference to `__ctype_tolower'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

[BarryK]

You have that IDL problem if you are trying to compile 1.7.x Mozilla.

Moz 1.8beta will compile okay.
The Moz in Puppy 1.0.5alpha2 was compiled using usr_devx.sfs, that was
the latest "nightly source".

There's also a problem with libart_lgpl.so, if you want to enable SVG.
1.7.x won't, 1.8beta will.

Ditto for mktemp.

[flavour]

Thanks

Latest tarball I can find on ftp.mozilla.org is from 2nd July 2005:
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/ ... ce.tar.bz2
- is this what you used?

Otherwise it's a CVS download, which might be OK, but might not.

Can you confirm that libIDL-0.6.8 is fine?

Cheers,
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[BarryK]

Updated source is posted almost daily, you don't need cvs.

I'll go look for it.......
oh dear, . the "nightly source" is now 2 July, as you reported.
The last one I got from there was dated 17th Aug. but it is no longer there.

[BarryK]

Oh, my mistake.
I just checked my latest source, it does seem to be 2 July -- all the files in the CVS directories have that date.
In my notebook I had written down 17 Aug, but that must have been just because I downloaded it on that date.

So, that should work for you, with usr_devx.sfs.

[flavour]

I have Firefox compiling from current CVS now, which is great, thanks
- now having trouble with Thunderbird...but I'm sure I can beat it since Firefox was such a hunt

I must confess that I really tried to like the Mozilla suite, but just can't - going back to Firefox is *such* a joy!

My Firefox .mozconfig is attached, if anyone's interested, wants to comment...

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[BarryK]

Ah, yes, I'm always interested to see config files used for compiling from the moz source!

The last Moz I compiled, I enabled all of these extensions:
--enable-extensions=cookie,transformiix,wallet,xmlextras,inspector,pref,spellcheck,universalchardet,permissions

Yours:
--enable-extensions=cookie,xml-rpc,xmlextras,pref,universalchardet

I think I will get rid of "inspector" -- it is something to do with inspecting JAR/XUL files?
You have chosen "xml-rpc", I haven't -- what am I missing out on?

I think you need "wallet" for remembering usernames and passwords ...I think.

[flavour]

Well, my Firefox (Deerpark Alpha since latest CVS) does store passwords even without 'wallet'.
It's down on my list as an option for the 'mail' component for some reason
The official page says it's for storing form information, which we can prob do without:
http://www.mozilla.org/wallet/samples/

I'm not sure why xml-rpc would be needed in practise - it's just something I got from the DSL build, I think.
The official page is here: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/xmlrpc/
However, practical needs evade me right now...I'll try again without.

Inspector is for DOM debugging-type stuff, so prob not needed for Puppy:
http:://www.mozilla.org/projects/inspector/

Spellcheck useful for the 'mail' component, I guess, but I personally never use it

I think I should have 'oji' since I do want the Java plugin & it doesn't seem to work without it (I thought this was an alternative..)

Why use transformiix or permissions?
- permissions seems to be about sharing folds with other users...not commonplace, I'd have thought
- transformiix is XSLT: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/xslt/
(again, I'm not sure what this is useful for in the 'RealWorld' TM)

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