Re: FireFox on PowerPC

[Gary Thomas <gary@mlbassoc.com>]

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On 03/31/2010 11:06 AM, Khem Raj wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 6:59 AM, Gary Thomas<gary@mlbassoc.com>  wrote:
>> Has anyone had success building FireFox for a PowerPC
>> target - I'm using the development branch (org.openembedded.dev)
>>   MACHINE=efika
>>   DISTRO = "angstrom-2008.1"
>>
>> I've tried to build a number of different FireFox packages,
>> none with success.  So far I've tried 2.0.0.3, 3.5.2&  3.6.2
>>
>> Any pointers?
>>
>> Query: is there an easy way to build a particular package version?
>> What I've done is just add a line like this to my local.conf:
>>   PREFERRED_VERSION_firefox="3.5.2"
>
>
> what errors do you get.

It depends on the version.  For 3.6.2 (latest), I get this:

ccache powerpc-angstrom-linux-g++ -mcpu=603e -mhard-float  -L/local/Angstrom_BeagleBoard/tmp/staging/ppc603e-angstrom-linux/usr/lib 
-Wl,-rpath-link,/local/Angstrom_BeagleBoard/tmp/staging/ppc603e-angstrom-linux/usr/lib -Wl,-O1 -Wl,--hash-style=gnu -o jsbool.o -c -fvisibility=hidden -DOSTYPE=\"Linux\" 
-DOSARCH=Linux -DEXPORT_JS_API  -DJS_USE_SAFE_ARENA  -I. -I. -I./../../dist/include -I./../../dist/include/nsprpub 
-I/local/Angstrom_BeagleBoard/tmp/work/ppc603e-angstrom-linux/firefox-3.6.2-r0/mozilla-1.9.2/dist/include/nspr   -I.    -fPIC 
-isystem/local/Angstrom_BeagleBoard/tmp/staging/ppc603e-angstrom-linux/usr/include  -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Woverloaded-virtual -Wsynth 
-Wno-ctor-dtor-privacy -Wno-non-virtual-dtor -Wcast-align -Wno-invalid-offsetof -Wno-variadic-macros -Wno-long-long -pedantic 
-isystem/local/Angstrom_BeagleBoard/tmp/staging/ppc603e-angstrom-linux/usr/include -Os -fsigned-char -fno-strict-aliasing -fpermissive -fvisibility-inlines-hidden 
-fno-strict-aliasing -pthread -pipe  -DNDEBUG -DTRIMMED -g -fno-inline -O2  -isystem/local/Angstrom_BeagleBoard/tmp/staging/ppc603e-angstrom-linux/usr/include  -DMOZILLA_CLIENT 
-include ./js-confdefs.h -Wp,-MD,.deps/jsbool.pp jsbool.cpp
jsapi.cpp: In function 'JSBool JS_ConvertArgumentsVA(JSContext*, uintN, jsval*, const char*, __va_list_tag*)':
jsapi.cpp:289: error: cannot convert '__va_list_tag**' to '__va_list_tag (*)[1]' for argument '5' to 'JSBool TryArgumentFormatter(JSContext*, const char**, JSBool, jsval**, 
__va_list_tag (*)[1])'
jsapi.cpp: In function 'jsval* JS_PushArgumentsVA(JSContext*, void**, const char*, __va_list_tag*)':
jsapi.cpp:398: error: cannot convert '__va_list_tag**' to '__va_list_tag (*)[1]' for argument '5' to 'JSBool TryArgumentFormatter(JSContext*, const char**, JSBool, jsval**, 
__va_list_tag (*)[1])'
make[4]: *** [jsapi.o] Error 1
make[4]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
make[4]: Leaving directory `/local/Angstrom_BeagleBoard/tmp/work/ppc603e-angstrom-linux/firefox-3.6.2-r0/mozilla-1.9.2/js/src'
make[3]: *** [libs_tier_js] Error 2
make[3]: Leaving directory `/local/Angstrom_BeagleBoard/tmp/work/ppc603e-angstrom-linux/firefox-3.6.2-r0/mozilla-1.9.2'
make[2]: *** [tier_js] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/local/Angstrom_BeagleBoard/tmp/work/ppc603e-angstrom-linux/firefox-3.6.2-r0/mozilla-1.9.2'
make[1]: *** [default] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/local/Angstrom_BeagleBoard/tmp/work/ppc603e-angstrom-linux/firefox-3.6.2-r0/mozilla-1.9.2'
make: *** [build] Error 2
FATAL: oe_runmake failed

Note: to even get this far, I had to apply the attached patch
as the default setup falls apart with regard to va_list processing.

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diff --git a/recipes/mozilla/files/powerpc/jsautocfg.h b/recipes/mozilla/files/powerpc/jsautocfg.h
index 408a5e4..bc5da80 100644
--- a/recipes/mozilla/files/powerpc/jsautocfg.h
+++ b/recipes/mozilla/files/powerpc/jsautocfg.h
@@ -51,4 +51,6 @@
 
 #define JS_HAVE_LONG_LONG
 
+#define HAVE_VA_LIST_AS_ARRAY
+
 #endif /* js_cpucfg___ */