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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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[4eef56d] | 7 | <!ENTITY js68-download-http "&mozilla-http;/firefox/releases/&firefox-version;esr/source/firefox-&firefox-version;esr.source.tar.xz">
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[7af46e6] | 8 | <!ENTITY js68-download-ftp " ">
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[3bf88d0] | 9 | <!ENTITY js68-md5sum "a1156aed941b28a06115a9450a46563d">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY js68-size "303 MB">
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[f3d9ce9] | 11 | <!ENTITY js68-buildsize "2.8 GB (31 MB installed after removing 31MB static lib)">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY js68-time "2.4 SBU (with parallelism = 4)">
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[32c8c96] | 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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[4eef56d] | 15 | <!--<sect1 id="js68" xreflabel="js68-&JS68-version;">-->
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[3bf88d0] | 16 | <sect1 id="js68" xreflabel="js68-&JS68-version;">
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[32c8c96] | 17 | <?dbhtml filename="js68.html"?>
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| 18 |
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| 19 | <sect1info>
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| 20 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 21 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 22 | </sect1info>
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| 23 |
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[3bf88d0] | 24 | <title>JS-&JS68-version;</title>
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[32c8c96] | 25 |
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| 26 | <indexterm zone="js68">
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| 27 | <primary sortas="a-js68">js68</primary>
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| 28 | </indexterm>
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| 29 |
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| 30 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 31 | <title>Introduction to JS</title>
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| 32 |
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| 33 | <para>
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| 34 | <application>JS</application> is Mozilla's JavaScript engine
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[7af46e6] | 35 | written in C. JS68 is taken from Firefox.
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[32c8c96] | 36 | </para>
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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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[3bf88d0] | 52 | Download MD5 sum: &js68-md5sum;
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[32c8c96] | 53 | </para>
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| 54 | </listitem>
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| 55 | <listitem>
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| 56 | <para>
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[3bf88d0] | 57 | Download size: &js68-size;
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[32c8c96] | 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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[7af46e6] | 72 | <!--
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[32c8c96] | 73 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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| 74 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 75 | <listitem>
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| 76 | <para>
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| 77 | Required patch:
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| 78 | <ulink url="&patch-root;/js68-&JS68-version;-python_3-1.patch"/>
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| 79 | </para>
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| 80 | </listitem>
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| 81 | </itemizedlist>
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[7af46e6] | 82 | -->
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[32c8c96] | 83 |
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| 84 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">JS68 Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 85 |
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| 86 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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| 87 | <para role="required">
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| 88 | <xref linkend="autoconf213"/>,
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| 89 | <xref linkend="icu"/>,
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[b2b75375] | 90 | <xref linkend="python2"/>, and
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| 91 | <xref linkend="which"/>
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[32c8c96] | 92 | </para>
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| 93 |
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| 94 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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| 95 | <para role="optional">
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| 96 | <xref linkend="llvm"/> (with <application>Clang</application>) and
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| 97 | <xref linkend="doxygen"/>
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| 98 | </para>
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| 99 |
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| 100 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
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| 101 | User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/js68"/>
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| 102 | </para>
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| 103 | </sect2>
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| 104 |
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| 105 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 106 | <title>Installation of JS</title>
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| 107 |
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| 108 | <caution>
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[d56e7df] | 109 | <para>
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| 110 | If you are upgrading JS68 from a previously installed old version,
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| 111 | save all work and exit your GNOME Session if you have one running.
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| 112 | Replacing the JS68 binary will cause the GNOME Shell to crash and
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| 113 | return you to your display manager or TTY. After installing the new
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[b0eb7c40] | 114 | version, if GNOME Shell still doesn't work, reinstall
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| 115 | <xref linkend="gjs"/>.
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[d56e7df] | 116 | </para>
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[32c8c96] | 117 | </caution>
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| 118 |
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[7af46e6] | 119 | <note>
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| 120 | <para>
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| 121 | Unlike most other packages in BLFS, the instructions below require you
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[4eef56d] | 122 | to untar <filename>firefox-&firefox-version;esr.tar.xz</filename> and
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| 123 | change into the <filename>firefox-&firefox-version;</filename> folder.
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[7af46e6] | 124 | </para>
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[4eef56d] | 125 |
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| 126 | <para>
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| 127 | Extracting the tarball
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| 128 | will reset the permissions of the current directory to 0755 if you
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| 129 | have permission to do that. If you do this in a directory where
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| 130 | the sticky bit is set, such
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| 131 | as <filename class="directory">/tmp</filename> it will end with error
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| 132 | messages:
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| 133 | </para>
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| 134 |
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| 135 | <literallayout>tar: .: Cannot utime: Operation not permitted
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| 136 | tar: .: Cannot change mode to rwxr-xr-t: Operation not permitted
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| 137 | tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
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| 138 | </literallayout>
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| 139 |
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| 140 | <para>
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| 141 | This does finish with non-zero status, but it does
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| 142 | <emphasis>NOT</emphasis> mean there is a real problem.
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| 143 | Do not untar as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user
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| 144 | in a directory where the sticky bit is set - that will unset it.
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| 145 | </para>
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| 146 |
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[7af46e6] | 147 | </note>
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| 148 |
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| 149 | <!--
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[32c8c96] | 150 | <para>
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| 151 | First, apply a patch so we can run the shipped build scripts with
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| 152 | Python 3, instead of the EOL'ed Python 2:
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| 153 | </para>
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| 154 |
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| 155 | <screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../js68-&JS68-version;-python_3-1.patch</userinput></screen>
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[7af46e6] | 156 | -->
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[32c8c96] | 157 | <para>
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| 158 | Install <application>JS</application> by running the following
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| 159 | commands:
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| 160 | </para>
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| 161 |
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[5b0a978e] | 162 | <!-- &shell-env;-->
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| 163 |
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| 164 | <note>
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| 165 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 166 | href="../../xincludes/mozshm.xml"/>
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| 167 |
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| 168 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 169 | href="../../xincludes/mozconfigure.xml"/>
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| 170 | </note>
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| 171 |
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[32c8c96] | 172 |
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| 173 | <screen><userinput>sed '21,+4d' -i js/moz.configure &&
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| 174 |
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[7af46e6] | 175 | mkdir obj &&
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| 176 | cd obj &&
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[32c8c96] | 177 |
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| 178 | CC=gcc CXX=g++ LLVM_OBJDUMP=/bin/false \
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| 179 | ../js/src/configure --prefix=/usr \
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| 180 | --with-intl-api \
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| 181 | --with-system-zlib \
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| 182 | --with-system-icu \
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| 183 | --disable-jemalloc \
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| 184 | --disable-debug-symbols \
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| 185 | --enable-readline \
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[5ab87cfa] | 186 | --enable-unaligned-private-values &&
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[32c8c96] | 187 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 188 |
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| 189 | <para>
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| 190 | This package does not come with a working test suite.
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| 191 | </para>
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| 192 |
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| 193 | <para>
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| 194 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 195 | </para>
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| 196 |
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[5ab87cfa] | 197 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install &&
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| 198 | rm -v /usr/lib/libjs_static.ajs</userinput></screen>
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[32c8c96] | 199 |
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| 200 | </sect2>
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| 201 |
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| 202 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 203 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 204 |
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| 205 | <para>
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[c8e3444] | 206 | <command>sed '21,+4d' js/moz.configure</command>: Firefox building
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| 207 | system searches for <command>rustc</command> and
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| 208 | <command>cargo</command>.
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| 209 | Since we are building the standalone JS engine instead of the entire
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| 210 | browser, they are not actually used.
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| 211 | Remove the reference to them so we can
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[32c8c96] | 212 | build JS68 without <xref role="nodep" linkend="rust"/> installed.
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| 213 | </para>
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| 214 |
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| 215 | <para>
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| 216 | <envar>CC=gcc CXX=g++</envar>: Upstream now prefers
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| 217 | <application>clang</application>, override it like other Mozilla
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| 218 | packages in BLFS book.
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| 219 | </para>
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| 220 |
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| 221 | <para>
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[c8e3444] | 222 | <envar>LLVM_OBJDUMP=/bin/false</envar>: Firefox building system
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| 223 | searches for <command>llvm-objdump</command>.
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| 224 | Since we are building the standalone JS engine instead of the entire
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| 225 | browser, they are not actually used.
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[32c8c96] | 226 | Override it so we can build JS68 without
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| 227 | <xref role="nodep" linkend="llvm"/> installed.
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| 228 | </para>
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| 229 |
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| 230 | <para>
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| 231 | <parameter>--with-*</parameter>: These parameters allow the build system
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| 232 | to use system versions of the above libriares. These are required for
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| 233 | stability.
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| 234 | </para>
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| 235 |
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| 236 | <para>
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| 237 | <parameter>--enable-readline</parameter>: This switch enables Readline
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| 238 | support in the JS shell.
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| 239 | </para>
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| 240 |
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| 241 | <para>
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| 242 | <parameter>--disable-jemalloc</parameter>: This switch disables the
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| 243 | internal memory allocator used in JS68. jemalloc causes a conflict with glibc.
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| 244 | </para>
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| 245 |
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| 246 | <para>
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| 247 | <parameter>--disable-debug-symbols</parameter>: Don't generate debug
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| 248 | symbols since they are very large and most users won't need it. Remove
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| 249 | it if you want to debug JS68.
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| 250 | </para>
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| 251 |
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| 252 | <para>
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| 253 | <parameter>--enable-unaligned-private-values</parameter>: This switch
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| 254 | allows the code using JS68 not to align all pointers in the same way
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| 255 | JS68 does. <xref linkend="gjs"/> requires JS68 to be built with this
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| 256 | switch.
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| 257 | </para>
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| 258 |
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[5ab87cfa] | 259 | <para>
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| 260 | <command>rm -v /usr/lib/libjs_static.ajs</command>: Remove a large
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| 261 | static library which is not used by any BLFS package.
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| 262 | </para>
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| 263 |
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[32c8c96] | 264 | </sect2>
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| 265 |
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| 266 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 267 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 268 |
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| 269 | <segmentedlist>
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| 270 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 271 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 272 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 273 |
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| 274 | <seglistitem>
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| 275 | <seg>
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| 276 | js68 and js68-config
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| 277 | </seg>
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| 278 | <seg>
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| 279 | libmozjs-68.so and libjs_static.ajs <!-- The AJS file doesn't
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| 280 | conflict with the one from js52 like originally thought -->
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| 281 | </seg>
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| 282 | <seg>
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| 283 | /usr/include/mozjs-68
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| 284 | </seg>
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| 285 | </seglistitem>
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| 286 | </segmentedlist>
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| 287 |
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| 288 | <variablelist>
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| 289 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 290 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 291 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 292 |
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| 293 | <varlistentry id="js6-js68">
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| 294 | <term><command>js68</command></term>
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| 295 | <listitem>
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| 296 | <para>
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| 297 | provides a command line interface to the
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| 298 | <application>JavaScript</application> engine.
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| 299 | </para>
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| 300 | <indexterm zone="js68 js68">
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| 301 | <primary sortas="b-js68">js68</primary>
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| 302 | </indexterm>
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| 303 | </listitem>
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| 304 | </varlistentry>
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| 305 |
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| 306 | <varlistentry id="js68-config">
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| 307 | <term><command>js68-config</command></term>
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| 308 | <listitem>
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| 309 | <para>
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| 310 | is used to find the JS compiler and linker flags.
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| 311 | </para>
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| 312 | <indexterm zone="js68 js68-config">
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| 313 | <primary sortas="b-js68-config">js68-config</primary>
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| 314 | </indexterm>
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| 315 | </listitem>
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| 316 | </varlistentry>
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| 317 |
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| 318 | <varlistentry id="libmozjs-68">
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| 319 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libmozjs-68.so</filename></term>
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| 320 | <listitem>
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| 321 | <para>
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| 322 | contains the Mozilla JavaScript API functions.
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| 323 | </para>
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| 324 | <indexterm zone="js68 libmozjs-68">
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| 325 | <primary sortas="c-libmozjs68">libmozjs-68.so</primary>
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| 326 | </indexterm>
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| 327 | </listitem>
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| 328 | </varlistentry>
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| 329 | </variablelist>
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| 330 | </sect2>
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| 331 | </sect1>
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