I became interested in using Xulrunner to speed up Firefox builds and then, by extension of logic, Thunderbird builds. I couldn't find any examples of mozconfig files, similar to the one in the book for Firefox, to build Thunderbird against an installed version of Xulrunner. But I did find the directions for building *all* mozilla products from one source package here:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Developer_Guide/Build_Instructions Because all the applications all use the gecko engine and they all have the same dependencies, I'm thinking that one could build Thunderbird, as excerpted from the book, like Firefox. The only hole in my logic is that both Firefox and Xulrunner are built from the same source package and using a different release of Thunderbird. Now that could be only a result of Thunderbird-25.0.1 is just not being in the book yet--no finger point, just a statement. If I am correct, then I could build Thunderbird-25.0.1 from the same source package as Firefox and Xulrunner, but use the mozconfig for Thunderbird with the ac_add stuff for xulrunner. Any thoughts? The only other thing I don't know, only because I haven't read through the patches yet, is how the "freetype" patches work. I don't know if the one for Thunderbird would work. After I look at the patches, I suppose that I could plagiarize one if I needed to. Because of my "book" statement above and what I'm about to ask, I just want to add to the record that I am *not* saying anything about the current set of editors. Looking at who used to be around--and I remember all the names--and those who are currently active, it seems to me that the work of maintaining {,B}LFS on the schedule that is in current used has increased at least 2^2 if not 2^4. I'm assuming that Firefox, Xulrunner and Thunderbird are all listed separately in the BLFS book to satisfy those individuals who want to build only one of the applications. Is it possible to satisfy those desires by having only one "Mozilla" section? Then all or one could be built. Oh, I forgot, that includes SeaMonkey too--and the calendar whose name I have forgotten. As soon as Xulrunner finishes cooking and I get a Firefox build up and running, I'm going to try the Thunderbird thing. I need to recompile it anyway because I didn't build it against a system NSS. Dan -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
