[oe] FireFox on PowerPC

[Tom Rini]

On Wed, 2010-03-31 at 11:13 -0600, Gary Thomas wrote:
> On 03/31/2010 11:06 AM, Khem Raj wrote:
> > On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 6:59 AM, Gary Thomas<gary at 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.

Oh man that takes me (and I bet you too) back... Sounds like mozilla
needs some patching again.  Maybe the ppcnux folks have one somewhere
already tho?

-- 
Tom Rini <tom_rini at mentor.com>
Mentor Graphics Corporation