Author: ken
Date: Sat Oct 7 19:00:42 2017
New Revision: 19302
Log:
firefox-56.0.1
Modified:
trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
trunk/BOOK/packages.ent
trunk/BOOK/xsoft/graphweb/firefox.xml
Modified: trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
==============================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml Sat Oct 7 18:28:20
2017 (r19301)
+++ trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml Sat Oct 7 19:00:42
2017 (r19302)
@@ -45,6 +45,13 @@
<para>October 8th, 2017</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
+ <para>[ken] - Update to firefox-56.0.1 (<emphasis>not</emphasis>
+ a security fix) and add details of how to run its testsuite
+ (<emphasis>not</emphasis> recommended, it uses a lot of space
+ and time, and has a failure even when the default stylo is enabled.)
+ Fixes <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;9855">#9855</ulink>.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
<para>[dj] - Update to node.js-8.6.0. Fixes
<ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;9756">#9756</ulink>.</para>
</listitem>
Modified: trunk/BOOK/packages.ent
==============================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/packages.ent Sat Oct 7 18:28:20 2017 (r19301)
+++ trunk/BOOK/packages.ent Sat Oct 7 19:00:42 2017 (r19302)
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@
<!-- Chapter 43 -->
<!ENTITY chromium-version "60.0.3112.101">
-<!ENTITY firefox-version "56.0">
+<!ENTITY firefox-version "56.0.1">
<!ENTITY flashplayer-version "26.0.0.151">
<!ENTITY seamonkey-version "2.48">
Modified: trunk/BOOK/xsoft/graphweb/firefox.xml
==============================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/xsoft/graphweb/firefox.xml Sat Oct 7 18:28:20 2017
(r19301)
+++ trunk/BOOK/xsoft/graphweb/firefox.xml Sat Oct 7 19:00:42 2017
(r19302)
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
<!ENTITY firefox-download-http
"&mozilla-http;/firefox/releases/&firefox-version;/source/firefox-&firefox-version;.source.tar.xz">
<!ENTITY firefox-download-ftp " ">
- <!ENTITY firefox-md5sum "d1615a5d49f488bc8c48771669c29542">
- <!ENTITY firefox-size "244 MB">
- <!ENTITY firefox-buildsize "6.2 GB (139 MB installed)">
- <!ENTITY firefox-time "18 SBU (with parallelism=4)">
+ <!ENTITY firefox-md5sum "1be2b13c37d70f4dd8564fbfef8e886b">
+ <!ENTITY firefox-size "243 MB">
+ <!ENTITY firefox-buildsize "6.3 GB (139 MB installed) without tests">
+ <!ENTITY firefox-time "18 SBU (with parallelism=4) without tests">
]>
<sect1 id="firefox" xreflabel="Firefox-&firefox-version;">
@@ -273,6 +273,8 @@
ac_add_options --disable-crashreporter
ac_add_options --disable-updater
+# enabling the tests will use a lot more space and significantly
+# increase the build time, for no obvious benefit.
ac_add_options --disable-tests
# Optimization for size is broken with gcc7
@@ -331,7 +333,19 @@
<screen><userinput>make -f client.mk</userinput></screen>
<para>
- This package does not come with a test suite.
+ The <filename>mozconfig</filename> above disables the tests because
+ they use a lot more time and disk space for no obvious benefit. If
+ you have nevertheless enabled them, you can run the tests by executing:
+ </para>
+
+<screen><userinput>./mach gtest</userinput></screen>
+
+ <para>
+ This will require a network connection, and to be run from within an
+ Xorg session - there is a popup dialog when it fails to connect to
+ ALSA (that does not create a failed test). One or two tests will fail.
+ To see the details of the failure(s) you will need to log the output
+ from that command so that you can review it.
</para>
<para>
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