Changes between Version 72 and Version 73 of firefox

Timestamp:

09/08/2020 08:59:51 AM (4 years ago)

Author:

ken@…

Comment:

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firefox

@@ -57 +57 @@
 The available configure options have changed dramatically in 78.0, please review the up to date mozconfig in the book.
 
+== Changes to the build since 78.0 ==
+
+In firefox-81.0, creating the python virtual environments has been separated out. Trying to run ./mach build reports
+{{{
+Consider running 'mach bootstrap' or 'mach create-mach-environment' to create the mach virtualenvs, or set MACH_USE_SYSTEM_PYTHON to use the system Python installation over a virtualenv.
+}}}
+
+Trying ./mach bootstrap fails:
+{{{
+NotImplementedError: Bootstrap support for this Linux distro not yet available: lfs
+}}}
+
+I do not want to try the system python option becasue that looks as if it will use pip to download required packages and perhaps try to install them on the system.
+
+Using './mach create-mach-environment' before running ./mach build (but after the exports) works.
+
+
 
 == Dependencies for the latest release ==
@@ -72 +89 @@
 == Dependencies for 81.0beta ==
 
-To be advised.
+New command ./mach create-mach-environment required before ./mach build (see above).
+
+nspr needs to be 4.28.
+nss needs to be 3.56.
+Tested with rustc-1.45.1 on BLFS-10.0 and firefox-81.0b7. For some reason my script installed 1.45.1 instead of 1.45.2.