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[[Dive into Mozilla]] > [[Dive into Mozilla Day 2]] > Build Mozilla Lab
== Overview ==
This lab is designed to give you first-hand experience building Mozilla from source code. This includes setting-up a proper development/build environment, using CVS to obtain the code, configuring your build, and actually doing a complete build.
By the end of this lab you should have a functioning debug trunk build of Firefox, which we'll use for the remainder of the week for our other development work.
== Instructions ==
The lab machines have already been set-up to use MSVC 8 and MozillaBuild RC1. You only need to run '''Mozilla-Build MSVC 8.bat''' (there is a link on the desktop) to begin (i.e., you shouldn't need to install anything).
# Create a directory called '''C:\ff''' to hold the source
# Make sure the tree is '''not red''' on [http://tinderbox.mozilla.org/showbuilds.cgi?tree=Firefox tinderbox]
# Check-out the Firefox code from '''CVS''' into C:\ff ([http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Mozilla_Source_Code_%28CVS%29 instructions are here]). You can use either of the following CVSROOT values:
#* :pserver:anonymous@cvs-mirror.mozilla.org:/cvsroot
#* :pserver:anonymous@hera.senecac.on.ca:/cvsroot
# Create a '''.mozconfig''' file ([http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Configuring_Build_Options instructions are here]) in C:\ff\mozilla with the following:
#* Use an Object Directory (OBJDIR) named '''objdir'''
#* '''Disable''' Optimization
#* '''Enable''' Debugging
#* Use '''Shared''' libraries instead of Static
# Build the source (instructions are here)
# wait, wait, wait...NOTE: the build process (a debug build) takes approximately '''1 hour''' to complete in the lab.
# Test your new browser:
## Set the following environment variables to turn-off assertion dialogs and allow for multiple versions of the browser to be run simultaneously:
##* export XPCOM_DEBUG_BREAK=warn
##* export MOZ_NO_REMOTE=1
## Run the browser as follows: C:\ff\mozilla\objdir\dist\bin\firefox -Profilemanager
## When prompted, create a new profile called '''development'''
## In the address bar, enter the following URI and note the build information: '''about:'''
== Resources ==
== Overview ==
This lab is designed to give you first-hand experience building Mozilla from source code. This includes setting-up a proper development/build environment, using CVS to obtain the code, configuring your build, and actually doing a complete build.
By the end of this lab you should have a functioning debug trunk build of Firefox, which we'll use for the remainder of the week for our other development work.
== Instructions ==
The lab machines have already been set-up to use MSVC 8 and MozillaBuild RC1. You only need to run '''Mozilla-Build MSVC 8.bat''' (there is a link on the desktop) to begin (i.e., you shouldn't need to install anything).
# Create a directory called '''C:\ff''' to hold the source
# Make sure the tree is '''not red''' on [http://tinderbox.mozilla.org/showbuilds.cgi?tree=Firefox tinderbox]
# Check-out the Firefox code from '''CVS''' into C:\ff ([http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Mozilla_Source_Code_%28CVS%29 instructions are here]). You can use either of the following CVSROOT values:
#* :pserver:anonymous@cvs-mirror.mozilla.org:/cvsroot
#* :pserver:anonymous@hera.senecac.on.ca:/cvsroot
# Create a '''.mozconfig''' file ([http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Configuring_Build_Options instructions are here]) in C:\ff\mozilla with the following:
#* Use an Object Directory (OBJDIR) named '''objdir'''
#* '''Disable''' Optimization
#* '''Enable''' Debugging
#* Use '''Shared''' libraries instead of Static
# Build the source (instructions are here)
# wait, wait, wait...NOTE: the build process (a debug build) takes approximately '''1 hour''' to complete in the lab.
# Test your new browser:
## Set the following environment variables to turn-off assertion dialogs and allow for multiple versions of the browser to be run simultaneously:
##* export XPCOM_DEBUG_BREAK=warn
##* export MOZ_NO_REMOTE=1
## Run the browser as follows: C:\ff\mozilla\objdir\dist\bin\firefox -Profilemanager
## When prompted, create a new profile called '''development'''
## In the address bar, enter the following URI and note the build information: '''about:'''
== Resources ==
