Changes between Version 8 and Version 9 of BuildingWinNSS

Timestamp:

Mar 1, 2010, 12:13:45 AM (14 years ago)

Author:

datallah

Comment:

This is buildable with the same mingw version as Pidgin uses, so use that. Also avoid instructing users to pollute their system PATH

BuildingWinNSS

@@ -13 +13 @@
   Download [ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/security/nss/releases/NSS_3_12_5_RTM/src/nss-3.12.5-with-nspr-4.8.2.tar.gz NSS with NSPR 3.12.5]. Extract it so somewhere (you'll get an `nss-3.12.5-with-nspr-4.8.2` directory).
 
- 2. Get MozillaBuild
+ 2. Get !MozillaBuild
 
-  Download [http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mozilla/libraries/win32/MozillaBuildSetup-1.4.exe MozillaBuild 1.4] and install it. By default it installs to `c:\mozilla-build`. Add `c:\mozilla-build\msys\bin` and `c:\mozilla-build\moztools\bin` to your PATH.
+  Download [http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mozilla/libraries/win32/MozillaBuildSetup-1.4.exe MozillaBuild 1.4] and install it. By default it installs to `c:\mozilla-build`.
 
  3. Get MinGW
-
-  Download a recent build of the [https://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/files/Toolchains%20targetting%20Win32/Personal%20Builds/sezero_20100223/mingw-w32-bin_i686-mingw_20100223_sezero.zip/download MinGW-w64 w32 toolchain]. Extract it to `c:\mozilla-build\msys` so that MSYS and MinGW have the same folder hiearchy (e.g. MinGW binaries go to `c:\mozilla-build\msys\bin` etc.).
+ * This assumes that you have MinGW working as described in the [wiki:BuildingWinPidgin#Themanualway Pidgin Building Instructions].
+ * Download [http://downloads.sourceforge.net/mingw/MSYS-1.0.11.exe MSYS] and install it (the default install location is `c:\msys\1.0\`).
 
 == Choose build flavour ==
@@ -98 +98 @@
 
 {{{
+#!diff
 --- config.mk.orig      2009-04-12 00:18:42 +0200
 +++ config.mk   2010-02-28 20:19:08 +0100
-@@ -85,8 +85,10 @@
+@@ -85,10 +85,14 @@
  RESNAME = freebl.rc
- 
+
  ifndef WINCE
 +ifndef NS_USE_GCC
@@ -108 +109 @@
  endif
 +endif
- 
+
  ifdef NS_USE_GCC
++OS_LIBS += -lshell32
++DEFINES += -D_WIN32_IE=0x0400
  EXTRA_SHARED_LIBS += \
+        -L$(DIST)/lib \
+        -L$(NSSUTIL_LIB_DIR) \
 }}}
 
 == Build NSS ==
 
- 1. Set compiler to GCC:
+The easiest way to do this with consistent results to to make a build script (the following is what the binary included with Pidgin is built with):
+{{{
+#!sh
+#!/bin/bash
 
-{{{
-set NS_USE_GCC=1
+#The path that we've extracted the nss source tarball into
+NSS_SRC_DIR=/c/devel/nss-devel
+
+#Set our Build Arguments:
+#Optimized Build
+export BUILD_OPT=1
+#Target Windows NT Family
+export OS_TARGET=WINNT
+#Use GCC (as opposed to VC)
+export NS_USE_GCC=1
+
+#Set up the build path with MinGW and Moztools
+PATH=/c/devel/pidgin-devel/win32-dev/mingw/bin:$PATH
+PATH=/c/devel/mozilla-build/moztools/bin:$PATH
+export PATH
+
+pushd $NSS_SRC_DIR/nss-3.12.5-with-nspr-4.8.2/mozilla/security/nss
+make nss_build_all
+popd
+
 }}}
 
- 2. Start command prompt and go to `nss-3.12.5-with-nspr-4.8.2\mozilla\security\nss`.
+The build will likely not complete successfully (it will bail out building `.../cmd/bltest`).  If it gets that far, it has built the various libraries successfully.
 
- 3. Start building:
-
-{{{
-make nss_build_all
-}}}
-
-The resulting binaries will be placed in `nss-3.12.5-with-nspr-4.8.2\mozilla\dist`. The contents of `private` and `public` are the same accross all flavours so they can be distributed separately.
+The resulting binaries will be placed in `nss-3.12.5-with-nspr-4.8.2\mozilla\dist`. The contents of `private` and `public` are the same across all flavours so they can be distributed separately.