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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 thunderbird-download-http "&mozilla-http;/thunderbird/releases/&thunderbird-version;esr/source/thunderbird-&thunderbird-version;esr.source.tar.xz">
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| 8 | <!ENTITY thunderbird-download-ftp " ">
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| 9 | <!ENTITY thunderbird-md5sum "f20899eb706a94076ac88dfe97cc7a88">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY thunderbird-size "642 MB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY thunderbird-buildsize "7.8 GB (256 MB installed)">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY thunderbird-time "16 SBU (on a 8-core machine)">
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| 13 | <!-- Removed the -j1 time because python and rust do not obey it, although
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| 14 | the C/C++ code appears to obey it.
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| 15 |
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| 16 | Version 102.3.3: I disabled all but 4 cores. SBU was 20 (2019 seconds)
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| 17 | -->
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| 18 | ]>
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| 19 |
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| 20 | <sect1 id="thunderbird" xreflabel="Thunderbird-&thunderbird-version;esr">
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| 21 | <?dbhtml filename="thunderbird.html" ?>
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| 22 |
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| 23 |
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| 24 | <title>Thunderbird-&thunderbird-version;esr</title>
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| 25 |
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| 26 | <indexterm zone="thunderbird">
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| 27 | <primary sortas="a-Thunderbird">Thunderbird</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 Thunderbird</title>
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| 32 |
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| 33 | <para>
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| 34 | <application>Thunderbird</application> is a stand-alone mail/news client
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| 35 | based on the <application>Mozilla</application> codebase. It uses the
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| 36 | Gecko rendering engine to enable it to display and compose HTML emails.
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| 37 | </para>
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| 38 |
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| 39 | &lfs121_checked;
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| 40 |
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| 41 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 42 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 43 | <listitem>
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| 44 | <para>
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| 45 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&thunderbird-download-http;"/>
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| 46 | </para>
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| 47 | </listitem>
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| 48 | <listitem>
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| 49 | <para>
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| 50 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&thunderbird-download-ftp;"/>
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| 51 | </para>
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| 52 | </listitem>
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| 53 | <listitem>
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| 54 | <para>
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| 55 | Download MD5 sum: &thunderbird-md5sum;
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| 56 | </para>
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| 57 | </listitem>
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| 58 | <listitem>
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| 59 | <para>
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| 60 | Download size: &thunderbird-size;
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| 61 | </para>
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| 62 | </listitem>
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| 63 | <listitem>
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| 64 | <para>
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| 65 | Estimated disk space required: &thunderbird-buildsize;
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| 66 | </para>
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| 67 | </listitem>
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| 68 | <listitem>
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| 69 | <para>
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| 70 | Estimated build time: &thunderbird-time;
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| 71 | </para>
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| 72 | </listitem>
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| 73 | </itemizedlist>
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| 74 |
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| 75 |
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| 76 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Thunderbird Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 77 |
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| 78 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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| 79 | <para role="required">
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| 80 | <xref linkend="cbindgen"/>,
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| 81 | <xref linkend="dbus-glib"/>,
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| 82 | <xref linkend="gtk3"/>,
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| 83 | <xref linkend="llvm"/> including clang, <!-- used by default if found -->
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| 84 | <xref linkend="nodejs"/>,
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| 85 | <xref linkend="pulseaudio"/> (or <xref linkend="alsa-lib"/> if you edit
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| 86 | the mozconfig; although it is now deprecated by mozilla),
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| 87 | <xref linkend="python3"/> (rebuilt with the sqlite module),
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| 88 | <xref linkend="startup-notification"/>, and
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| 89 | <xref linkend="unzip"/>
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| 90 | <!--<xref linkend="yasm"/>-->
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| 91 | </para>
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| 92 |
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| 93 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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| 94 | <para role="recommended">
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| 95 | <!-- When using system ICU, a problem occurs where the calendar and mail
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| 96 | functions do not render correctly and it causes other strange
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| 97 | behavior to occur. See Ticket #18323 for more details, as well as
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| 98 | https://lore.kernel.org/distributions/075a20b1-869b-78f3-9ace-e106a4d43ac4@linuxlounge.net/T/#u -->
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| 99 | <!--<xref linkend="icu"/>,-->
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| 100 | <xref linkend="libevent"/>,
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| 101 | <xref linkend="libvpx"/>,
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| 102 | <xref linkend="libwebp"/>,
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| 103 | <xref linkend="nasm"/>,
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| 104 | <xref linkend="nspr"/>, and
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| 105 | <xref linkend="nss"/>
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| 106 | </para>
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| 107 |
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| 108 | <note>
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| 109 | <para>
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| 110 | If you don't install recommended dependencies,
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| 111 | then internal copies of those packages will
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| 112 | be used. They might be tested to work, but
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| 113 | they can be out of date or contain security
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| 114 | holes.
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| 115 | </para>
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| 116 | </note>
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| 117 |
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| 118 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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| 119 | <para role="optional">
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| 120 | <xref role="runtime" linkend="pciutils"/> (runtime),
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| 121 | <xref linkend="wget"/>,
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| 122 | <xref linkend="wireless_tools"/>, and
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| 123 | <ulink url="https://facebook.github.io/watchman/">watchman</ulink>
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| 124 | </para>
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| 125 |
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| 126 | </sect2>
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| 127 |
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| 128 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 129 | <title>Installation of Thunderbird</title>
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| 130 |
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| 131 | <note>
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| 132 | <para>
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| 133 | The build process for Thunderbird can use 8 GB or more of RAM when
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| 134 | linking. Make sure that you have adequate swap or RAM before
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| 135 | continuing.
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| 136 | </para>
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| 137 | </note>
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| 138 |
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| 139 | <!-- Restore after Python 3.12 is usable for this package again
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| 140 | <para>
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| 141 | The building system ships several internal copies of the Python 3
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| 142 | modules <application>setuptools</application> and
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| 143 | <filename>six.py</filename>. The shipped copies are too old
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| 144 | to work well with Python 3.12 or later. Replace them with the
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| 145 | symlinks to the LFS <application>setuptools</application> package and
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| 146 | <xref linkend='six'/> already installed on the system, and adapt the
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| 147 | building system for these updated Python modules. We also need to
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| 148 | rewrite the code based on the <filename>imp</filename> module removed
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| 149 | in Python 3.12 and later using the <filename>importlib</filename>
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| 150 | module:
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| 151 | </para>
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| 152 |
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| 153 | <screen><userinput>(for i in $(find -name six.py); do
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| 154 | ln -sfv /usr/lib/python&python3-majorver;/site-packages/six.py $i
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| 155 | [ $? = 0 ] || exit $?
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| 156 | done) &&
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| 157 |
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| 158 | sed '/ConfigParser/s/Safe//' \
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| 159 | -i testing/mozbase/mozprofile/mozprofile/prefs.py &&
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| 160 |
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| 161 | (for i in setuptools distutils-precedence.pth \
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| 162 | pkg_resources _distutils_hack; do
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| 163 | rm -rf third_party/python/setuptools/$i &&
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| 164 | ln -sv /usr/lib/python&python3-majorver;/site-packages/$i \
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| 165 | third_party/python/setuptools
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| 166 | [ $? = 0 ] || exit $?
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| 167 | done) &&
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| 168 |
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| 169 | sed 's/distutils/setuptools._&/' \
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| 170 | -i python/mozbuild/mozbuild/nodeutil.py &&
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| 171 |
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| 172 | sed -e '/^import/s/imp$/importlib.util/' \
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| 173 | -e 's/imp.new_module/__import__/' \
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| 174 | -e "s/imp.load_source\(.*\)/spec = \
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| 175 | importlib.util.spec_from_file_location\1; \
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| 176 | mod = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec); \
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| 177 | spec.loader.exec_module(mod)/" -i python/mach/mach/main.py &&
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| 178 | sed '/import imp/d' -i netwerk/dns/prepare_tlds.py
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| 179 | </userinput></screen>
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| 180 | -->
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| 181 |
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| 182 | <para>
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| 183 | The configuration of <application>Thunderbird</application> is
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| 184 | accomplished by creating a <filename>mozconfig</filename> file containing
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| 185 | the desired configuration options. A default
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| 186 | <filename>mozconfig</filename> is created below. To see the entire list
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| 187 | of available configuration options (and a brief description of each),
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| 188 | issue <command>./mach configure -- --help | less</command>. Create the file with
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| 189 | the following command:
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| 190 | </para>
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| 191 |
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| 192 | <screen><userinput>cat > mozconfig << "EOF"
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| 193 | <literal># If you have a multicore machine, all cores will be used.
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| 194 |
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| 195 | # If you have installed wireless-tools comment out this line:
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| 196 | ac_add_options --disable-necko-wifi
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| 197 |
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| 198 | # Uncomment the following option if you have not installed PulseAudio
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| 199 | #ac_add_options --enable-audio-backends=alsa
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| 200 |
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| 201 | # Comment out following options if you have not installed
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| 202 | # recommended dependencies:
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| 203 | ac_add_options --with-system-libevent
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| 204 | ac_add_options --with-system-libvpx
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| 205 | ac_add_options --with-system-nspr
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| 206 | ac_add_options --with-system-nss
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| 207 | ac_add_options --with-system-webp
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| 208 | <!-- With Thunderbird ESR 128 we'd replace the following part with
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| 209 | "- -enable-elf-hack=relr", or remove it if relr becomes the default. -->
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| 210 | # on some machines. It is supposed to improve startup time and it shrinks
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| 211 | # libxul.so by a few MB. With recent Binutils releases the linker already
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| 212 | # supports a much safer and generic way for this.
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| 213 | ac_add_options --disable-elf-hack
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| 214 | export LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Wl,-z,pack-relative-relocs"
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| 215 |
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| 216 | # The BLFS editors recommend not changing anything below this line:
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| 217 | ac_add_options --prefix=/usr
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| 218 | ac_add_options --enable-application=comm/mail
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| 219 |
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| 220 | ac_add_options --disable-crashreporter
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| 221 | ac_add_options --disable-updater
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| 222 | ac_add_options --disable-debug
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| 223 | ac_add_options --disable-debug-symbols
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| 224 | ac_add_options --disable-tests
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| 225 |
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| 226 | # The SIMD code relies on the unmaintained packed_simd crate which
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| 227 | # fails to build with Rustc >= 1.78.0. We may re-enable it once
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| 228 | # Mozilla port the code to use std::simd and std::simd is stabilized.
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| 229 | ac_add_options --disable-rust-simd
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| 230 |
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| 231 | ac_add_options --enable-strip
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| 232 | ac_add_options --enable-install-strip
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| 233 |
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| 234 | # You cannot distribute the binary if you do this.
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| 235 | ac_add_options --enable-official-branding
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| 236 |
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| 237 | ac_add_options --enable-system-ffi
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| 238 | ac_add_options --enable-system-pixman
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| 239 |
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| 240 | ac_add_options --with-system-jpeg
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| 241 | ac_add_options --with-system-png
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| 242 | ac_add_options --with-system-zlib
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| 243 |
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| 244 | # Using sandboxed wasm libraries has been moved to all builds instead
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| 245 | # of only mozilla automation builds. It requires extra llvm packages
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| 246 | # and was reported to seriously slow the build. Disable it.
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| 247 | ac_add_options --without-wasm-sandboxed-libraries</literal>
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| 248 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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| 249 |
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| 250 | <!-- https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-bindgen/pull/2689 -->
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| 251 | <!--
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| 252 | <para>
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| 253 | Adapt the shipped <application>rust-bindgen</application> copy for
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| 254 | LLVM-18 and later, and tell <command>cargo</command> we've modified
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| 255 | the code of <application>rust-bindgen</application> so the checksum
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| 256 | verification of this crate should be skipped:
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| 257 | </para>
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| 258 |
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| 259 | <screen><userinput>sed -e "/match cursor.kind()/a \
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| 260 | CXCursor_LinkageSpec => return Err(ParseError::Recurse)," \
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| 261 | -i third_party/rust/bindgen/ir/item.rs &&
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| 262 |
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| 263 | cat >> Cargo.toml << EOF &&
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| 264 | <literal>[patch.crates-io.bindgen_0_64_0]
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| 265 | package = "bindgen"
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| 266 | version = "0.64.0"
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| 267 | path = "third_party/rust/bindgen"</literal>
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| 268 | EOF
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| 269 |
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| 270 | sed -r '/name = "bindgen"/,+5 s/^source|^checksum/#&/' \
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| 271 | -i Cargo.lock</userinput></screen>
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| 272 | -->
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| 273 |
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| 274 | <!-- https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/ba6abbd36b49 -->
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| 275 | <!--
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| 276 | <para>
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| 277 | Adapt the WebRTC code to use 64-bit timestamp to fix a build
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| 278 | failure with Clang-18 and later:
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| 279 | </para>
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| 280 |
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| 281 | <screen><userinput>sed 's/uint32_t timestamp/uint64_t timestamp/' \
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| 282 | -i dom/media/gmp-plugin-openh264/gmp-fake-openh264.cpp \
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| 283 | dom/media/gtest/TestGMPRemoveAndDelete.cpp \
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| 284 | dom/media/webrtc/libwebrtcglue/WebrtcGmpVideoCodec.cpp &&
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| 285 |
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| 286 | sed '/mInputImageMap/s/uint32_t/uint64_t/' \
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| 287 | -i dom/media/webrtc/libwebrtcglue/WebrtcGmpVideoCodec.h</userinput></screen>
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| 288 |
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| 289 | <para>
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| 290 | Remove several lines of Rust code only useful for ARM and failing to
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| 291 | compile with Rustc-1.78.0 or newer:
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| 292 | </para>
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| 293 |
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| 294 | <screen><userinput>sed '/cfg_attr/,/)]/d' -i gfx/qcms/src/lib.rs</userinput></screen>
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| 295 | -->
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| 296 |
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| 297 | <para>
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| 298 | Now invoke the Python <command>mach</command> script to compile
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| 299 | <application>Thunderbird</application>:
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| 300 | </para>
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| 301 |
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| 302 | <note>
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| 303 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 304 | href="../../xincludes/mozshm.xml"/>
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| 305 | </note>
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| 306 |
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| 307 | <screen><userinput>export MACH_BUILD_PYTHON_NATIVE_PACKAGE_SOURCE=none &&
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| 308 | export MOZBUILD_STATE_PATH=$(pwd)/mozbuild &&
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| 309 | ./mach build</userinput></screen>
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| 310 |
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| 311 | <para>
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| 312 | This package does not come with a test suite.
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| 313 | </para>
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| 314 |
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| 315 | <para>
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| 316 | Install <application>Thunderbird</application> by running the following
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| 317 | commands as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 318 | </para>
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| 319 |
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| 320 | <screen role="root"><userinput>MACH_BUILD_PYTHON_NATIVE_PACKAGE_SOURCE=none ./mach install</userinput></screen>
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| 321 | <!-- devs: For DESTDIR install, prepend DESTDIR=<dest> to the above -->
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| 322 |
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| 323 | <para>
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| 324 | Empty the environment variables which were set above:
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| 325 | </para>
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| 326 |
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| 327 | <screen><userinput>unset MACH_BUILD_PYTHON_NATIVE_PACKAGE_SOURCE &&
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| 328 | unset MOZBUILD_STATE_PATH</userinput></screen>
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| 329 |
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| 330 | </sect2>
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| 331 |
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| 332 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 333 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 334 |
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| 335 | <para>
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| 336 | <command>MACH_BUILD_PYTHON_NATIVE_PACKAGE_SOURCE=none</command>: Use the
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| 337 | system python to create a virtual environment for <command>mach</command>
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| 338 | without downloading any python wheels nor using the system python modules.
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| 339 | This prevent version mismatches between system modules and bundled ones.
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| 340 | </para>
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| 341 |
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| 342 | <!--
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| 343 | <para>
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| 344 | <command>./mach configure</command>: This validates the supplied
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| 345 | dependencies and the <filename>mozconfig</filename>.
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| 346 | </para>
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| 347 | -->
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| 348 |
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| 349 | <para>
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| 350 | <option>./mach build --verbose</option>: Use this alternative if you
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| 351 | need details of which files are being compiled, together with any C or
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| 352 | C++ flags being used.
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| 353 | </para>
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| 354 |
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| 355 | <para>
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| 356 | <option>./mach build -jN</option>: The build should, by default, use
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| 357 | all the online CPU cores. If using all the cores causes the build to swap
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| 358 | because you have insufficient memory, using fewer cores can be faster.
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| 359 | </para>
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| 360 |
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| 361 | <para>
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| 362 | <option><envar>CC=gcc CXX=g++</envar></option>: BLFS used to
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| 363 | prefer to use gcc and g++ instead of upstream's defaults of the
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| 364 | <application>clang</application> programs. With the release of
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| 365 | gcc-12 the build takes longer with gcc and g++, primarily because
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| 366 | of extra warnings, and is bigger. Set these environment variables
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| 367 | <emphasis>before you run the configure script</emphasis>
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| 368 | if you wish to continue to use gcc, g++. Building
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| 369 | with GCC on i?86 is currently broken.
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| 370 | </para>
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| 371 |
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| 372 | </sect2>
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| 373 |
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| 374 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 375 | <title>Configuring Thunderbird</title>
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| 376 |
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| 377 | <sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
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| 378 |
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| 379 | <para>
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| 380 | If your Window Manager or Desktop Environment does not allow you to
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| 381 | configure a default browser, you can add a configuration parameter to
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| 382 | <application>Thunderbird</application> so that a browser will start when
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| 383 | you click on an Internet/intranet/local URL. The procedure to check
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| 384 | or modify any of the configuration parameters is quite simple and the
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| 385 | instructions here can be used to view or modify any of the parameters.
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| 386 | </para>
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| 387 |
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| 388 | <para>
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| 389 | First, open the configuration dialog by opening the <quote>Edit</quote>
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| 390 | drop-down menu. Choose <quote>Settings</quote> and then scroll down
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| 391 | to the bottom of the page. Then, click the <quote>Config Editor</quote>
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| 392 | button. Click on the <quote>I accept the risk!</quote> button.
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| 393 | This will display a list of the configuration preferences and
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| 394 | information related to each one. You can use the <quote>Filter:</quote>
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| 395 | bar to enter search criteria and narrow down the listed items. Changing
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| 396 | a preference can be done using two methods. One, if the preference has a
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| 397 | boolean value (True/False), simply double-click on the preference to
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| 398 | toggle the value and two, for other preferences simply right-click on
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| 399 | the desired line, choose <quote>Modify</quote> from the menu and change
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| 400 | the value. Creating new preference items is accomplished in the same
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| 401 | way, except choose <quote>New</quote> from the menu and provide the
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| 402 | desired data into the fields when prompted.
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| 403 | </para>
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| 404 |
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| 405 | <!-- Doesn't seem to be present anymore in 128.0
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| 406 | <para>
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| 407 | The configuration preference item you need to check so that
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| 408 | <application>Thunderbird</application> uses a specified browser is the
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| 409 | <parameter>network.protocol-handler.app.http</parameter> which should be
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| 410 | set to the path of the desired browser, e.g.
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| 411 | <option>/usr/bin/firefox</option>.
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| 412 | </para>
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| 413 | -->
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| 414 | <!-- Bad URL
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| 415 | <tip>
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| 416 | <para>
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| 417 | There is a multitude of configuration parameters you can tweak to
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| 418 | customize <application>Thunderbird</application>. A very extensive,
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| 419 | but not so up-to-date list of these parameters can be found at
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| 420 | <ulink url="http://preferential.mozdev.org/preferences.html"/>.
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| 421 | </para>
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| 422 | </tip>
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| 423 | -->
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| 424 | <para>
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| 425 |
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| 426 | If you use a desktop environment such as <application>GNOME</application>
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| 427 | or <application>KDE</application>, a desktop file
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| 428 | <filename>thunderbird.desktop</filename> may be created, in order to
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| 429 | include a <quote><application>Thunderbird</application></quote> entry in
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| 430 | the menu. <!--If you didn't enable
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| 431 | <application>startup-notification</application> in your mozconfig, then
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| 432 | change the StartupNotify line to false.--> Run the following commands as the
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| 433 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 434 |
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| 435 | </para>
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| 436 |
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| 437 | <screen role="root"><userinput>mkdir -pv /usr/share/{applications,pixmaps} &&
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| 438 |
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| 439 | cat > /usr/share/applications/thunderbird.desktop << "EOF" &&
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| 440 | <literal>[Desktop Entry]
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| 441 | Name=Thunderbird Mail
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| 442 | Comment=Send and receive mail with Thunderbird
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| 443 | GenericName=Mail Client
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| 444 | Exec=thunderbird %u
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| 445 | Terminal=false
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| 446 | Type=Application
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| 447 | Icon=thunderbird
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| 448 | Categories=Network;Email;
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| 449 | MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/xml;application/rss+xml;x-scheme-handler/mailto;
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| 450 | StartupNotify=true</literal>
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| 451 | EOF
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| 452 |
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| 453 | ln -sfv /usr/lib/thunderbird/chrome/icons/default/default256.png \
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| 454 | /usr/share/pixmaps/thunderbird.png</userinput></screen>
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| 455 | </sect3>
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| 456 | </sect2>
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| 457 |
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| 458 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 459 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 460 |
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| 461 | <segmentedlist>
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| 462 | <segtitle>Installed Program</segtitle>
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| 463 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 464 | <segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle>
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| 465 |
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| 466 | <seglistitem>
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| 467 | <seg>
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| 468 | thunderbird
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| 469 | </seg>
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| 470 | <seg>
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| 471 | Numerous libraries and modules in the /usr/lib/thunderbird directory
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| 472 | </seg>
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| 473 | <seg>
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| 474 | /usr/lib/thunderbird
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| 475 | </seg>
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| 476 | </seglistitem>
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| 477 | </segmentedlist>
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| 478 |
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| 479 | <variablelist>
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| 480 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 481 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 482 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 483 |
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| 484 | <varlistentry id="thunderbird-prog">
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| 485 | <term><command>thunderbird</command></term>
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| 486 | <listitem>
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| 487 | <para>
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| 488 | is <application>Mozilla</application>'s email and newsgroup client
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| 489 | </para>
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| 490 | <indexterm zone="thunderbird thunderbird-prog">
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| 491 | <primary sortas="b-thunderbird">thunderbird</primary>
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| 492 | </indexterm>
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| 493 | </listitem>
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| 494 | </varlistentry>
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| 495 |
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| 496 | </variablelist>
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| 497 |
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| 498 | </sect2>
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| 499 |
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| 500 | </sect1>
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