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[http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Build_Documentation See:I Surfed to somewhere]

= Start =

''I previous compiled and ran a tarball version of firefox''

[http://mikemoz.blogspot.com/2007/09/moz-compiling.html See:Previous Blog Entry]

== This is what I did to compile firefox from scratch the ==

[http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Build_Documentation See:I opened the documentation]

''I Ran Terminal.app; now I gotta get the source''

  $ rm -rf moz_src
  $ mkdir moz_src
  $ cd moz_src
  $ mkdir learncompile
  $ cd learncompile/
  $ cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@cvs-mirror.mozilla.org:/cvsroot co mozilla/client.mk
  $ cd mozilla/
  $ make -f client.mk checkout MOZ_CO_PROJECT=browser
  checkout start: Mon Sep 17 17:34:54 EDT 2007
  ...
  checkout finish: Mon Sep 17 17:40:07 EDT 2007

''Ok the source is retreived; now I gotta run configure my compile options''
[http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Configuring_Build_Options See:Configs]

  $ pwd
  /Users/coren/moz_src/learncompile/mozilla
  $ pico mozconfig-firefox

''The following is what I put in the mozconfig-firefox file

  mk_add_options MOZ_BUILD_PROJECTS=browser
  mk_add_options MOZ_CO_PROJECT=browser
  mk_add_options MOZ_OBJDIR=/Users/coren/moz_ff_trunk/
  ac_add_options --enable-application=browser
  ac_add_options --disable-optimize
  ac_add_options --enable-debug
  ac_add_options --enable-static

''Save; Exit''

  $ export MOZCONFIG=~/moz_src/learncompile/mozilla/mozconfig-firefox
  $ make -f client.mk build

''Now Mozilla compies; watch a bit of TV; oh sadness... a bug''

  /usr/bin/ld: Undefined symbols:
  __moz_cairo_image_surface_create
  __moz_cairo_surface_destroy
  __moz_cairo_surface_get_reference_count
  __moz_cairo_surface_reference
  __moz_cairo_surface_set_user_data
  __moz_cairo_surface_finish
  __moz_cairo_surface_flush
  __moz_cairo_surface_get_content
  __moz_cairo_surface_get_device_offset
  __moz_cairo_surface_get_type
  __moz_cairo_surface_get_user_data
  __moz_cairo_surface_mark_dirty
  __moz_cairo_surface_mark_dirty_rectangle
  __moz_cairo_surface_set_device_offset
  __moz_cairo_surface_status
  __moz_cairo_image_surface_create_for_data
  __moz_cairo_image_surface_get_data
  __moz_cairo_image_surface_get_format
  __moz_cairo_image_surface_get_height
  __moz_cairo_image_surface_get_stride
  __moz_cairo_image_surface_get_width
  __moz_cairo_quartz_surface_create
  __moz_cairo_quartz_surface_create_for_cg_context
  __moz_cairo_quartz_surface_get_cg_context
  symbol _libVersionPoint used from dynamic library ../../../dist/bin/libnspr4.dylib(prvrsion.o) not from earlier dynamic library @executable_path/libplds4.dylib(plvrsion.o)
  symbol _libVersionPoint used from dynamic library ../../../dist/bin/libnspr4.dylib(prvrsion.o) not from earlier dynamic library @executable_path/libplc4.dylib(plvrsion.o)
  collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
  make[7]: *** [gfxSurfaceRefCountTest] Error 1
  make[6]: *** [tools] Error 2
  make[5]: *** [tools] Error 2
  make[4]: *** [tools_tier_gecko] Error 2
  make[3]: *** [tier_toolkit] Error 2
  make[2]: *** [default] Error 2
  make[1]: *** [build] Error 2
  make: *** [build] Error 2

''ok I changed the mozconfig-firefox to this''

  mk_add_options MOZ_OBJDIR=/Users/coren/moz_ff_trunk/
  ac_add_options --enable-application=browser
  ac_add_options --disable-optimize
  ac_add_options --enable-debug
  ac_add_options --disable-static --enable-shared

''... deleted /Users/coren/moz_ff_trunk/ ... and recompiled''

'' ... compiled a file called MinefieldDebug.app, which ran fine''

DONE