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Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] Building Icecat
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Brennan Benkert |
Subject: |
Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] Building Icecat |
Date: |
Mon, 07 Jan 2019 16:09:53 -0600 |
The Missing files link should have been:
Missing file(s): </IceCat.app/Contents/MacOS/browser/extensions/address@hidden/>
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Brennan Benkert
On Mon, Jan 7, 2019, at 15:56, Brennan Benkert wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I know macOS isn't a high priority platform, but I wanted to give the
> new version of Icecat a shot. I've used the instructions for building
> Icecat on macOS successfully for previous versions:
> https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:IceCat/Compile_and_package/build_52.6.0_on_macOS
>
> So, naturally I went for it using the same instructions with the current
> version (60.3.0 as of writing). First there was a complaint that rust
> was not installed, so I installed rust using the suggested method of
> using rustup.rs
>
> Next there was an issue finding LLVM, so I installed LLVM using
> Homebrew. After this the make process completed successfully so I ran
> make package. Naturally it failed, throwing a bunch of errors like:
>
> Missing file(s): /IceCat.app/Contents/MacOS/browser/extensions/
> address@hidden/
>
> Also, there is this final few lines:
>
> mozpack.errors.AccumulatedErrors
> make[3]: *** [stage-package] Error 1
> make[2]: *** [make-package] Error 2
> make[1]: *** [default] Error 2
> make: *** [package] Error 2
>
>
> I tried the entire process a couple times, and did a little searching
> for the meaning of the errors, before I was ready to give up. When I
> went to change my default browser, it showed Icecat 60.3.0 as the
> current default!
>
> So here I am with Icecat 60.3.0 working on my Mac, in spite of the
> errors during make package. As some of you could probably guess, I'm
> stuck running this app out of the /dist folder. Any thoughts on what is
> happening, and why I'm able to run the app in spite of the errors seen?