Changes between Version 83 and Version 84 of firefox

Timestamp:

01/29/2021 03:51:25 AM (4 years ago)

Author:

ken@…

Comment:

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firefox

@@ -33 +33 @@
 libwebp >= 1.1.0 should work
 
-node.js needs to be at least v10.19.0. The latest node-v10 is v10.21.0. On BLFS-9.0 and 8.4, this builds using
+node.js needs to be at least v10.19.0. The latest node-v10 is v10.23.1. On BLFS-9.0 and 8.4, v10 built using
 {{{
 export CC=clang CXX=clang++ CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -std=c11" CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -std=c++14"
@@ -40 +40 @@
 '''On BLFS-8.3 I have not been able to build a suitable version of node-js (c++ issues)'''
 
-nss needs to be at least 3.53.1 with its corresponding version of nspr.
+nss needs to be at least 3.53.1 with its corresponding version of nspr, but there have been various fixes since then, the latest version of nss continues to be recommended.
 
 The minimum rustc version remains at 1.41.0, which was buggy. Use 1.42.0. If your version of llvm is less than 10.0, build rustc using its shipped llvm (see [http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/rust]). 
@@ -69 +69 @@
 }}}
 
-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.
+I do not want to try the system python option because 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.
+Using './mach create-mach-environment' before running other mach commands (but after the exports) works.
+
+With 78.7.0 I have changed the './mach build' invocation to first run './mach configure' (just checking deps and creating the build files ("reticulating splines") to be more consistent with conventional packages, followed by './mach build' after noticing this in an AUR thunderbird build.
 
 
@@ -93 +95 @@
 == Dependencies for 86.0beta ==
 
-To be advised.
+As of 86.0beta1:
+
+nss now needs to be >= 3.61.0
+
+The node.js version now tests for v10.23.1, update less-old systems to v12.20.1 or v14.15.4.
+
+cbindgen now needs to be >= 0.16.0.