source: general/genutils/spidermonkey.xml@ 8aeb474

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<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY SpiderMonkey-download-http
           "http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/js/js185-&spidermonkey-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY SpiderMonkey-download-ftp
           "ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/js/js185-&spidermonkey-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY SpiderMonkey-md5sum        "a4574365938222adca0a6bd33329cb32">
  <!ENTITY SpiderMonkey-size          "5.9 MB">
  <!ENTITY SpiderMonkey-buildsize     "99 MB">
  <!ENTITY SpiderMonkey-time          "1.1 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="SpiderMonkey" xreflabel="SpiderMonkey-&spidermonkey-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="SpiderMonkey.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>SpiderMonkey-&spidermonkey-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="SpiderMonkey">
    <primary sortas="a-SpiderMonkey">SpiderMonkey</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to SpiderMonkey</title>

    <para>
      <application>SpiderMonkey</application> is Mozilla's JavaScript engine
      written in C/C++. The most recent standalone source code release implements
      JavaScript 1.8.5.
    </para>

    &lfs72_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&SpiderMonkey-download-http;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (FTP): <ulink url="&SpiderMonkey-download-ftp;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download MD5 sum: &SpiderMonkey-md5sum;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download size: &SpiderMonkey-size;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated disk space required: &SpiderMonkey-buildsize;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated build time: &SpiderMonkey-time;
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">SpiderMonkey Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required">
      <xref linkend="nspr"/>,
      <xref linkend="python2"/> and
      <xref linkend="zip"/>
    </para>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
      <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/SpiderMonkey"/>
    </para>
  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of SpiderMonkey</title>

    <para>
      Install <application>SpiderMonkey</application> by running the
      following commands:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>cd js/src &amp;&amp;
sed -i 's#s \($(SHLIB_\(ABI\|EXACT\)_VER)\)#s $(notdir \1)#' Makefile.in &amp;&amp;
./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-threadsafe --with-system-nspr &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      To test the results, issue: <command>TZ=US/Pacific make check</command>.
    </para>

    <para>
      Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
      user:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <para>
      <command>sed -i 's#s \($(SHLIB_\(ABI\|EXACT\)_VER)\)#s $(notdir \1)#'
      Makefile.in</command>: This sed fixes the symlinks for
      <filename>libmozjs185.so</filename> so that they are
      relative and not absolute symlinks.
    </para>

    <para>
      <command>TZ=US/Pacific make check</command>: the timezone tests were
      written to be executed in Pacific time and to assume an mm/dd/yyyy
      date format. The test suite runs in the local timezone, so override
      its environment to prevent multiple failures in the
      <command>check-date-format-tofte.js</command> tests.
    </para>

    <para>
      <option>--enable-threadsafe</option>: This switch enables
      support for multiple threads.
    </para>

    <para>
      <option>--with-system-nspr</option>: This parameter forces the
      package to link to the system version of <application>NSPR</application>
      instead of using its included, and now old, version.
    </para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Program</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>
          js-config
        </seg>
        <seg>
          libmozjs185-1.0.a and libmozjs185.so
        </seg>
        <seg>
          /usr/include/js
        </seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="js-config">
        <term><command>js-config</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is used to find out <application>SpiderMonkey</application>
            compiler and linker flags.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="SpiderMonkey js-config">
            <primary sortas="b-js-config">js-config</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libmozjs185">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libmozjs185.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            contains the <application>Mozilla JavaScript</application> API functions.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="SpiderMonkey libmozjs185">
            <primary sortas="c-libmozjs185">libmozjs185.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>