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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 |
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7 | <!ENTITY js68-download-http "&mozilla-http;/firefox/releases/&JS68-version;esr/source/firefox-&JS68-version;esr.source.tar.xz">
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8 | <!ENTITY js68-download-ftp " ">
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9 | <!ENTITY js68-md5sum "80ae7816399f20cc61c9b15495b2341d">
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10 | <!ENTITY js68-size "299 MB">
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11 | <!ENTITY js68-buildsize "2.8 GB (30 MB installed after removing 31MB static lib)">
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12 | <!ENTITY js68-time "2.1 SBU (with parallelism = 4)">
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13 | ]>
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14 |
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15 | <sect1 id="js68" xreflabel="js68-&JS68-version;">
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16 | <?dbhtml filename="js68.html"?>
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17 |
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18 | <sect1info>
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19 | <date>$Date$</date>
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20 | </sect1info>
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21 |
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22 | <title>JS-&JS68-version;</title>
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23 |
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24 | <indexterm zone="js68">
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25 | <primary sortas="a-js68">js68</primary>
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26 | </indexterm>
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27 |
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28 | <sect2 role="package">
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29 | <title>Introduction to JS</title>
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30 |
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31 | <para>
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32 | <application>JS</application> is Mozilla's JavaScript engine
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33 | written in C. JS68 is taken from Firefox.
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34 | </para>
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35 |
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36 | &lfs10_checked;
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37 |
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38 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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39 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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40 | <listitem>
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41 | <para>
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42 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&js68-download-http;"/>
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43 | </para>
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44 | </listitem>
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45 | <listitem>
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46 | <para>
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47 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&js68-download-ftp;"/>
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48 | </para>
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49 | </listitem>
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50 | <listitem>
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51 | <para>
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52 | Download MD5 sum: &js68-md5sum;
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53 | </para>
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54 | </listitem>
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55 | <listitem>
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56 | <para>
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57 | Download size: &js68-size;
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58 | </para>
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59 | </listitem>
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60 | <listitem>
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61 | <para>
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62 | Estimated disk space required: &js68-buildsize;
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63 | </para>
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64 | </listitem>
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65 | <listitem>
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66 | <para>
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67 | Estimated build time: &js68-time;
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68 | </para>
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69 | </listitem>
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70 | </itemizedlist>
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71 |
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72 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">JS68 Dependencies</bridgehead>
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73 |
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74 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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75 | <para role="required">
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76 | <xref linkend="autoconf213"/>,
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77 | <xref linkend="icu"/>,
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78 | <xref linkend="python2"/>, and
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79 | <xref linkend="which"/>
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80 | </para>
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81 |
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82 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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83 | <para role="optional">
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84 | <xref linkend="llvm"/> (with <application>Clang</application>),
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85 | <xref linkend="nasm"/>, and
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86 | <xref linkend="doxygen"/> (for documentation)
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87 | </para>
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88 |
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89 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
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90 | User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/js68"/>
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91 | </para>
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92 | </sect2>
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93 |
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94 | <sect2 role="installation">
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95 | <title>Installation of JS</title>
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96 |
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97 | <caution>
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98 | <para>
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99 | If you are upgrading JS68 from a previously installed old version,
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100 | save all work and exit your GNOME Session if you have one running.
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101 | Replacing the JS68 binary will cause the GNOME Shell to crash and
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102 | return you to your display manager or TTY. After installing the new
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103 | version, if GNOME Shell still doesn't work, reinstall
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104 | <xref linkend="gjs"/>.
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105 | </para>
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106 | </caution>
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107 |
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108 | <note>
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109 | <para>
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110 | Unlike most other packages in BLFS, the instructions below require you
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111 | to untar <filename>firefox-&JS68-version;esr.tar.xz</filename> and
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112 | change into the <filename>firefox-&JS68-version;</filename> folder.
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113 | </para>
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114 |
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115 | <para>
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116 | Extracting the tarball
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117 | will reset the permissions of the current directory to 0755 if you
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118 | have permission to do that. If you do this in a directory where
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119 | the sticky bit is set, such
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120 | as <filename class="directory">/tmp</filename> it will end with error
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121 | messages:
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122 | </para>
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123 |
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124 | <literallayout>tar: .: Cannot utime: Operation not permitted
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125 | tar: .: Cannot change mode to rwxr-xr-t: Operation not permitted
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126 | tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
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127 | </literallayout>
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128 |
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129 | <para>
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130 | This does finish with non-zero status, but it does
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131 | <emphasis>NOT</emphasis> mean there is a real problem.
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132 | Do not untar as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user
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133 | in a directory where the sticky bit is set - that will unset it.
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134 | </para>
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135 |
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136 | </note>
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137 |
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138 | <para>
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139 | Install <application>JS</application> by running the following
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140 | commands:
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141 | </para>
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142 |
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143 | <note>
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144 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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145 | href="../../xincludes/mozshm.xml"/>
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146 |
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147 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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148 | href="../../xincludes/mozconfigure.xml"/>
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149 | </note>
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150 |
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151 |
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152 | <screen><userinput>sed '21,+4d' -i js/moz.configure &&
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153 |
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154 | mkdir obj &&
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155 | cd obj &&
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156 |
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157 | CC=gcc CXX=g++ LLVM_OBJDUMP=/bin/false \
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158 | ../js/src/configure --prefix=/usr \
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159 | --with-intl-api \
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160 | --with-system-zlib \
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161 | --with-system-icu \
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162 | --disable-jemalloc \
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163 | --disable-debug-symbols \
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164 | --enable-readline \
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165 | --enable-unaligned-private-values &&
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166 | make</userinput></screen>
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167 |
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168 | <para>
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169 | This package does not come with a working test suite.
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170 | </para>
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171 |
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172 | <para>
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173 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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174 | </para>
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175 |
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176 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install &&
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177 | rm -v /usr/lib/libjs_static.ajs</userinput></screen>
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178 |
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179 | </sect2>
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180 |
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181 | <sect2 role="commands">
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182 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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183 |
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184 | <para>
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185 | <command>sed '21,+4d' js/moz.configure</command>: Firefox building
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186 | system searches for <command>rustc</command> and
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187 | <command>cargo</command>.
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188 | Since we are building the standalone JS engine instead of the entire
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189 | browser, they are not actually used.
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190 | Remove the reference to them so we can
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191 | build JS68 without <xref role="nodep" linkend="rust"/> installed.
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192 | </para>
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193 |
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194 | <para>
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195 | <envar>CC=gcc CXX=g++</envar>: Upstream now prefers
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196 | <application>clang</application>, override it like other Mozilla
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197 | packages in BLFS book.
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198 | </para>
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199 |
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200 | <para>
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201 | <envar>LLVM_OBJDUMP=/bin/false</envar>: The firefox build system
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202 | searches for <command>llvm-objdump</command>.
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203 | Since we are building the standalone JS engine instead of the entire
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204 | browser, they are not actually used.
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205 | Override it so we can build JS68 without
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206 | <xref role="nodep" linkend="llvm"/> installed.
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207 | </para>
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208 |
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209 | <para>
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210 | <parameter>--with-*</parameter>: These parameters allow the build system
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211 | to use system versions of the above libraries. These are required for
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212 | stability.
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213 | </para>
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214 |
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215 | <para>
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216 | <parameter>--enable-readline</parameter>: This switch enables Readline
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217 | support in the JS shell.
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218 | </para>
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219 |
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220 | <para>
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221 | <parameter>--disable-jemalloc</parameter>: This switch disables the
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222 | internal memory allocator used in JS68. jemalloc causes a conflict with glibc.
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223 | </para>
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224 |
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225 | <para>
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226 | <parameter>--disable-debug-symbols</parameter>: Don't generate debug
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227 | symbols since they are very large and most users won't need it. Remove
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228 | it if you want to debug JS68.
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229 | </para>
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230 |
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231 | <para>
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232 | <parameter>--enable-unaligned-private-values</parameter>: This switch
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233 | allows the code using JS68 not to align all pointers in the same way
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234 | JS68 does. <xref linkend="gjs"/> requires JS68 to be built with this
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235 | switch.
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236 | </para>
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237 |
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238 | <para>
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239 | <command>rm -v /usr/lib/libjs_static.ajs</command>: Remove a large
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240 | static library which is not used by any BLFS package.
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241 | </para>
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242 |
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243 | </sect2>
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244 |
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245 | <sect2 role="content">
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246 | <title>Contents</title>
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247 |
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248 | <segmentedlist>
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249 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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250 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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251 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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252 |
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253 | <seglistitem>
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254 | <seg>
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255 | js68 and js68-config
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256 | </seg>
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257 | <seg>
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258 | libmozjs-68.so
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259 | </seg>
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260 | <seg>
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261 | /usr/include/mozjs-68
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262 | </seg>
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263 | </seglistitem>
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264 | </segmentedlist>
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265 |
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266 | <variablelist>
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267 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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268 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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269 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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270 |
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271 | <varlistentry id="js6-js68">
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272 | <term><command>js68</command></term>
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273 | <listitem>
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274 | <para>
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275 | provides a command line interface to the
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276 | <application>JavaScript</application> engine.
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277 | </para>
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278 | <indexterm zone="js68 js68">
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279 | <primary sortas="b-js68">js68</primary>
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280 | </indexterm>
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281 | </listitem>
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282 | </varlistentry>
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283 |
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284 | <varlistentry id="js68-config">
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285 | <term><command>js68-config</command></term>
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286 | <listitem>
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287 | <para>
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288 | is used to find the JS compiler and linker flags.
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289 | </para>
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290 | <indexterm zone="js68 js68-config">
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291 | <primary sortas="b-js68-config">js68-config</primary>
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292 | </indexterm>
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293 | </listitem>
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294 | </varlistentry>
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295 |
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296 | <varlistentry id="libmozjs-68">
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297 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libmozjs-68.so</filename></term>
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298 | <listitem>
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299 | <para>
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300 | contains the Mozilla JavaScript API functions.
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301 | </para>
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302 | <indexterm zone="js68 libmozjs-68">
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303 | <primary sortas="c-libmozjs68">libmozjs-68.so</primary>
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304 | </indexterm>
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305 | </listitem>
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306 | </varlistentry>
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307 | </variablelist>
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308 | </sect2>
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309 | </sect1>
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