[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1711337] Re: Firefox crashes at start on armv7L after 55.0.1 update

2018-03-18 Thread Chris Worsley
@Chituc: I’m still running that build from my Debian aid environment so just checked now. It’s not showing those flags in about:buildconfig -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1711337] Re: Firefox crashes at start on armv7L after 55.0.1 update

2018-03-25 Thread Chris Worsley
I thought it might be useful for you folks who have compiling experience to compare the compiler switches used in the Trusty build for 57.04 with those from Arch 59.0 (from post #90), so I've listed them in columns (attached), after I attempted to pull the switches out of @herrtmison's screenshot (

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1711337] Re: Firefox crashes at start on armv7L after 55.0.1 update

2018-02-26 Thread Chris Worsley
@ Chituc Have been googling using clang to compile firefox. This link may be of interest: https://github.com/JanitorTechnology/dockerfiles/issues/86 see the last post, which indicates support for compiling using clang versions 3.9 through to 6.0. I see you're using 3.8... ** Bug watch added: git

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1711337] Re: Firefox crashes at start on armv7L after 55.0.1 update

2018-03-01 Thread Chris Worsley
@Chituc I don't know if this is a helpful idea, or not, but here goes. The problems are: 1 knowledge/expertise re compiling and linking specific to Firefox (sadly I can't help there - no experience) 2 Long compile times to iterate - you've asked if anyone has arm64 that could help. Re 2, would

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1711337] Re: Firefox crashes at start on armv7L after 55.0.1 update

2018-04-09 Thread Chris Worsley
@jdonald Wow (& sound a hats being taken off). That really moves the boat forward - well done! I did wonder what it was that allowed arch to work, and had a hunch that it would be hiding in plain sight in their PKGBUILD file, if only I could understand it. Thank you for all that work - & your up