Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2008 17:01:23 +0000 (UTC) From: naddy@mips.inka.de (Christian Weisgerber) To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: firefox3 build fails on alpha Message-ID: <g723t3$jcd$1@lorvorc.mips.inka.de> References: <20080708120738.GA74833@mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk> <op.ud7arxvc9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> <20080712225929.GA22401@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20080731222442.GA35346@mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk>
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Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> wrote: > I'm happy to test firefox3 on alpha, but need to learn about pathes. > > In this particular case it seems that (at least) 2 files > are missing from the distribution: > > xptcinvoke_freebsd_alpha.cpp > xptcstubs_freebsd_alpha.cpp Yes. These need to be created. You have stumbled on a dirty secret: the Mozilla family programs rely on a part that must be ported at the assembly(!) language level to each processor/compiler/(operating system) combination. > I think that whoever created the tar file simply forgot to add the freebsd > files. No, somebody needs to write them. -- Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.inka.de
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