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=Overview=
The way I decided to proceed with this assignment was to read all the information out there about how the build process works before trying anything out. I did this to decrease my chances that I do not fall into a "try, fail, try again" scenario.However, as it came to be, finding a bug is inevitable. :(
=Computer Specs=
*[http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Mozilla_Build_FAQ Mozilla Build FAQ]
*[http://cs.nyu.edu/rgrimm/teaching/fa05-oop/windows-make.html Getting Make to place nice with Cygwin]
* [http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewforum.php?f=23 Firefox Build Forum @ MozillaZine]*[http://cs1.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/Assignment_1_List Other Student's Assignments]
==Downloaded And Installed The Tools==
*Microsoft® Visual Studio .NET 2003® (C++ module is needed mainly). It's available from [http://acs.senecac.on.ca/pages/download.php ACS] -- [http://sonic.senecac.on.ca/download/getfile.php?username=sfernan2&filename=MSDN/2072.2.ISO Pre-requesite Disc)], [http://sonic.senecac.on.ca/download/getfile.php?username=sfernan2&filename=MSDN/2070.ISO Disc 1], [http://sonic.senecac.on.ca/download/getfile.php?username=sfernan2&filename=MSDN/2071.ISO Disc 2]
*[http://www.rarlabs.com WinRar] to extract several files
*[ftp://ftp.cygwin.com/pub/cygwin/setup.exe Cygwin] | [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Windows_Build_Prerequisites#GNU_Tools_for_Microsoft_Windows_.28Cygwin.29 More Info] | [http://www.cygwin.com Cyqwin Cygwin Main Website] When installing Cygwin the following packages need to be selected: <pre>* ash -- UNIX-like command line interpreter shell (Base category) * coreutils -- GNU core utilities (includes fileutils, install, sh-utils, and textutils) (Base category) * cvs -- concurrent versions system (Devel category) * diffutils -- file comparison utility (Base category) * findutils (Base category) * gawk -- pattern matching language (Base and Interpretors categories) * grep -- text search tool (Base category) * libiconv -- character set conversion (Devel category) * make -- dependency analyzer for software builds (Devel category) (not mandatory if the version is 3.81)* patchutils -- a small collection of programs that operate on patch files (Devel category) * perl -- a scripting language used to control parts of the build (Interpreters category) * sed -- a search and replace language (Base category) * unzip -- zip file extraction (Archive category) * zip -- zip file creation (Archive category)</pre>
*[http://cygwin.paracoda.com/release/make/make-3.80-1.tar.bz2 Make 3.80] (to overwrite the 3.81 version from the Cygwin install)
Once MAKE is downloaded and saved on your hard drive: <pre>1. Use WinRAR to extract the file to any folder of your choosing.2. Copy the make.exe file located within the usr/bin folder and overwrite the make.exe located in C:\cygwin\bin </pre> *[http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mozilla/libraries/win32/moztools-static.zip MozTools] | [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Windows_Build_Prerequisites#moztools MozTools More Info] Once downloaded, extrcat the contents to any location. Remember the location though as you will need to edit your batch file with this location.
*[http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0baf2b35-c656-4969-ace8-e4c0c0716adb&DisplayLang=en Microsoft ® Windows Server® 2003 R2 Platform SDK] | [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Windows_Build_Prerequisites#Platform_SDK More Info]
==The Build Begins==
==Problems And Solutions==
===Problem 1===
===Problem 2===
===Problem 3===
==Apendix==
===Batch File===
===.mozconfig File===