Changeset a05a69a4

Timestamp:

08/14/2021 08:56:13 PM (3 years ago)

Author:

Ken Moffat <ken@…>

Branches:

11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.0, 12.1, kea, ken/TL2024, ken/inkscape-core-mods, ken/tuningfonts, lazarus, lxqt, plabs/newcss, plabs/python-mods, python3.11, qt5new, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, renodr/vulkan-addition, trunk, upgradedb, xry111/intltool, xry111/llvm18, xry111/soup3, xry111/test-20220226, xry111/xf86-video-removal

Children:

600a1b25

Parents:

8eb249e

Message:

Add an extra firefox patch.

Files:

• introduction/welcome/changelog.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• xsoft/graphweb/firefox-legacy.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• xsoft/graphweb/firefox.xml (modified) (2 diffs)

introduction/welcome/changelog.xml

@@ -45 +45 @@
       <para>August 14th, 2021</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>Add a patch to firefox-91 to work around the unexplained
+          build failures I'm seeing on two systems.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>Update qtwebengine-20210401 to use build_fixes-4 patch for

xsoft/graphweb/firefox-legacy.xml

@@ -100 +100 @@
         There are only two reasons to use this version: either you want to use
         ftp from the browser and do not yet have a workaround, or you have a
-        system which for unexplained reasons cannot compile current firefox.
+        system which for unexplained reasons cannot compile current firefox
+        (there is now a patch to work around that).
       </para>
     </warning>

xsoft/graphweb/firefox.xml

@@ -83 +83 @@
         </para>
       </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+        <para>
+          Recommended patch:
+          <ulink url="&patch-root;/firefox-&firefox-version;esr-disable_rust_test-1.patch"/>
+        </para>
+      </listitem>
     </itemizedlist>
 
     <note>
 
-      <!-- temporary note -->
-      <para>
-        With the 91 ESR series, firefox no-longer works on ftp: links. Also,
-        on a few machines which have been adequately updated for the necessary
-        dependencies 91.0 fails to build with a message that a python check on
-        libgkrust.a identified 1 networking function (getsockname) in the rust
-        static library. The reason for this is not understood, but systems with
-        binutils-2.37, gcc-11.2.0 and glibc-2.34 appear to be unaffected.
+      <!-- temporary note, remove with firefox-legacy -->
+      <para>
+        With the 91 ESR series, firefox no-longer works on ftp: links.
+        If that is important to you, as a temporary measure (on non-glibc-2.34
+        systems) you can continue to use <xref linkend="firefox-legacy"/>
+        while you explore alternative approaches.
       </para>
       <!-- end of temporary note -->
@@ -320 +324 @@
 
     <para>
+      Now apply a patch which works around unexplained failures on some machines
+      (a message that a python check on libgkrust.a identified 1 networking
+      function, getsockname) in the rust static library.
+    </para>
+
+<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../firefox-&firefox-version;esr-disable_rust_test-1.patch</userinput></screen>
+
+    <para>
       If the geolocation APIs are needed:
     </para>