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==Build Firefox==
Here are the information that were useful for me to get the set of instructions and to figure out how to deal with errors.
One thing that was really helpful to me was annasob's tip on separating mozilla-build (where the build package is installed) and mozilla-central(where the source is cloned from Mozilla repository).
I didn't figure out why it was so slow though on both Vista and Win 7.
* Steps to build firefox
I followed the instructions on [http://annasob.wordpress.com/category/build/ annasob's blog] on how to build firefox on different platforms, also took a look at Build instructions @ [https://developer.mozilla.org/En/Developer_Guide/Build_Instructions developer.mozilla.org].
First, I tried to build firefox on Vista:
: Intel(R) Processor D CPU 32.20 17 GHz
: 2GB DDR2 memory
: Windows Vista 32bit
: Visual Studio 2008
I tried to build based on the same .mozconfig file, but the first error I got was related to SDK. I needed to upgrade SDK version based on these[https://developer.mozilla.org/En/Windows_SDK_versions recommendations] to SDK 7, and then the .Net Framework to 4. Also I needed to change the SDK version in the SDK configuration toolto 7.1.
At the end, the build was successfully done after 2 hours on Win 7 and on Vista it's not completed yet after almost more than 4 hours!
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*Links:
:[[Real_World_Mozilla_Build_Mozilla_Lab]]
: [[Mozilla_Community | Mozilla Community]]
: Build instructions @ [https://developer.mozilla.org/En/Developer_Guide/Build_Instructions developer.mozilla.org]
:: [https://developer.mozilla.org/En/Developer_Guide/Build_Instructions/Windows_Prerequisites Windows Prerequisites ]
: Blogs:
:: Anna:[http://annasob.wordpress.com/category/build/ annasob Blog1] - [http://annasob.blogspot.com/2009/09/mozilla-community.html old blog]
:: Scott:[http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/Scott_Mozilla_Build]
: [http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/FAQ FAQ]
: [http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/Fall_2007_Weekly_Schedule Fall 2007]
: [http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/DPS909_and_OSD600_Fall_2010_Weekly_Schedule Fall 2010]
: [http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/DPS909 DPS909]
