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LibreWolf 98.0 packages: problems resolved!

bgstack15 — Wed, 30 Mar 2022 12:37:58 GMT

Last time I had a problem with building the rpm for LibreWolf 98.0.

The research about the PGO was the hint I needed. When I disabled PGO in the build, the application compiles in half the time, and works way better! I haven't even experienced a dead tab at all yet.

I don't understand how Profile Guided Optimization is supposed to help, when disabling it makes everything work better and compile faster. But what do I know?

Status of LibreWolf 98.0 packages

bgstack15 — Sat, 26 Mar 2022 13:13:18 GMT

Now that Debian finally got around to getting Firefox 98.0, I had to get off my lazy rear end and start compiling LibreWolf 98.0 in my dpkg and rpm formats.

The dpkg is done! That one seems to behave well.

The rpm is not ready yet. I've run into this problem before, and it is plaguing me again. I don't recall how I dealt with this last time. Perhaps I didn't, because I'm still running LibreWolf 95.0 for myself on Fedora.

339:37.56 gmake: Leaving directory '/builddir/build/BUILD/firefox-98.0/objdir/instrumented'
console.warn: SearchSettings: "get: No settings file exists, new profile?" (new NotFoundError("Could not open the file at /tmp/tmp10udhqzo/search.json.mozlz4", (void 0)))
JavaScript error: data:text/html,<script>Quitter.quit()</script>, line 1: ReferenceError: Quitter is not defined
JavaScript error: resource://gre/modules/XULStore.jsm, line 66: Error: Can't find profile directory.
JavaScript error: resource://gre/modules/XULStore.jsm, line 66: Error: Can't find profile directory.
1648175948935   addons.xpi  ERROR   System addon update list error Error: got node name: parsererror, expected: updates
 !! Copr timeout => sending INT
WARNING: Machine d4f311a8ee7e47d693631f8e3ca38c59 still running. Killing...
ERROR: Build root is locked by another process.
Copr build error: Build failed

Possible research avenues

Just build the dpkg and ignore supposed changes to the source

bgstack15 — Sat, 01 Jan 2022 14:15:58 GMT

Extra note

Happy new year!

Main content

My normal, local dpkg build process includes debuild -us -uc. I push my finished work up to the Devuan build server through a gitea issue on the relevant project repository.

Sometimes, when I'm still in the process of preparing the software (in this case, freeipa 4.9.8), I will do a local build to make sure it still compiles. And sometimes I get a ridiculous error from debuild:

The solution is to skip debuild and use the lower-level command:

dpkg-buildpackage -b -us -uc

The answerer on Ask Ubuntu described this step as "avoid[ing] the Debian bureaucracy," which is an incredibly apt phrase.

References

compiling - How to solve dpkg-source source problem when building a package? - Ask Ubuntu

Install 32-bit chroot on 64-bit devuan for compiling i386 packages

bgstack15 — Thu, 14 Mar 2019 13:22:57 GMT

By accident, I installed 32-bit devuan instead of 64-bit, so all my self- hosted dpkgs didn't work because they are for x86_64 architecture. So I started trying to compile the dpkgs in the new environment, and one in particular (palemoon) would always exhaust memory. I found a wonderful reference [1] that explains how to set up a 32-bit chroot on 64-bit debian-based GNU/Linux. I tested my adaptation of the instructions on devuan ceres x86_64. Install schroot and debootstrap.

sudo apt-get install schroot debootstrap

Set up schroot.

tf=/etc/schroot/chroot.d/ceres32
touch "${tf}" ; chmod 0644 "${tf}"
cat <<EOF >"${tf}"
[ceres32]
description=Devuan ceres 32-bit
directory=/32
type=directory
personality=linux32
users=bgstack15
groups=users,admin
EOF

Install the new distribution.

mkdir /32
debootstrap --arch i386 ceres /32 http://pkgmaster.devuan.org/merged

Now the chroot is minimally viable, but there are a few recommended steps to take before using it. Symlink in the mtab.

ln -s /proc/mounts /32/etc/mtab

Copy in any system-wide setting as desired.

cp -p /etc/apt/apt.conf /32/etc/apt/      # for proxy settings
cp -p /etc/apt/sources.list /32/etc/apt/  # for universe, security, etc
cp -p /etc/environment /32/etc/           # for proxy and locale settings
cp -p /etc/sudoers /32/etc/               # for custom sudo settings

Disable services in the chroot.

tf=/32/usr/sbin/policy-rc.d
touch "${tf}" ; chmod 0755 "${tf}" ; chown root.root "${tf}" ;
cat <<EOF >"${tf}"
#!/bin/sh
## Don't start any service if running in a chroot.
## See /usr/share/doc/sysv-rc/README.policy-rc.d.gz
if [ "$(stat -c %d:%i /)" != "$(stat -c %d:%i /proc/1/root/.)" ]; then
  exit 101
fi
EOF

Now load up the chroot and prepare a few more packages.

schroot -c ceres32
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install lsb-core

From here, you can install your build dependencies and build i386 dpkgs!

References

Weblinks

Ripped entirely from How do I run 32-bit programs on a 64-bit Debian/Ubuntu? - Unix & Linux Stack Exchange

dnf install build deps

bgstack15 — Thu, 29 Nov 2018 13:42:53 GMT

If you want to build a package, but need all of its buildrequires packages, use this command:

sudo dnf builddep wxGTK3

I leave my source repositories off, so be sure to do any --enablerepo=fedora-source,updates-source as necessary.

For debian family

Try a cool tool named "mk-build-deps" as documented over at https://www.guyrutenberg.com/2017/09/23/use-mk-build-deps-instead-of-apt-get- build-dep/

References

Weblinks

Automatically install build dependencies prior to building an RPM package [stackoverflow.com]

Netgear AC600 usb wnic drivers for Linux

bgstack15 — Tue, 16 Oct 2018 13:28:42 GMT

The gist of it.

# download build tools on devuan
sudo apt-get install --reinstall linux-headers-$(uname -r) build-essential

! test "${USER}" = "root" && sudo su -
pushd /usr/src
git clone https://github.com/abperiasamy/rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux.git
cd rtl8812*
time make
time make install
modprobe rtl8812au
popd
test "${USER}" = "root" && exit

# list new nics
sudo iwconfig
# configure wicd to use new nic -- use gui

References

Weblinks

This post is a shameless rip-off of two other pages:

1. https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2235778

Hi, your device... Bus 001 Device 006: ID 0846:9052 NetGear, Inc. led me to. http://forum.ubuntu-fr.org/viewtopic.php?id=1572411 and this led to.. https://wikidevi.com/wiki/Netgear_A6100 Which shows your device 0846:9052 NetGear has the rtl8812au chip and finally the chilli555 fix can be found,, Please first do.. sudo apt-get install --reinstall linux-headers-$(uname -r) build-essential and then visit https://askubuntu.com/questions/368015/problem-with-building-compiling-a- driver-for-edimax-wireless-adapter-ew-7822uac

2. <https://askubuntu.com/questions/368015/problem-with-building-compiling-a-driver-for-edimax-wireless-adapter-ew-7822uac>

And the source for the drivers:

https://github.com/abperiasamy/rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux

Web searches

netgear a6100 linux driver

Compile Pale Moon 28 on Fedora 27

bgstack15 — Sat, 18 Aug 2018 01:23:16 GMT

Introduction

Pale Moon 28 was released on August 16, 2018. I package it myself on Fedora because I don't see it in the fedora repositories, and plus I like the experience of assembling packages myself. For a basic compile (not in an rpm), you can follow these instructions.

Install dependencies

Install the whole set of packages listed on the Pale Moon site (reference 2) or CentOS7

sudo dnf -y install gtk2-devel dbus-glib-devel autoconf213 yasm mesa-libGL-devel alsa-lib-devel libXt-devel zlib-devel openssl-devel sqlite-devel bzip2-devel pulseaudio-libs-devel
sudo dnf -y groupinstall 'Development Tools'

Install the dependencies I found.

sudo dnf -y install GConf2-devel notification-daemon

Use autoconf 2.13

Pale Moon depends on autoconf 2.13. Thankfully, it's in the Fedora repos, but changing the main autoconf link to point to this specific version will save a bunch of headache later. Be aware that this step exactly as shown will change your system's default autoconf. I'm sure this is a crude way to do it, but aren't build systems throwaway systems nowadays?

autoconfver="$( autoconf --version 2>/dev/null | awk 'NR==1 {print $NF*100;} END {print "0";}' | head -n1 )"
test ${autoconfver} -ne 213 &&amp test ${autoconfver} -gt 0 && sudo mv /usr/bin/autoconf /usr/bin/autoconf-${autoconver} 2>/dev/null ; sudo ln -sf autoconf-2.13 /usr/bin/autoconf

Fetch source

Pale Moon likes to compile in ~/pmsrc. Don't change it. It just makes it easier.

mkdir ~/pmsrc ~/pmbuild
cd ~/pmsrc
git clone https://github.com/MoonchildProductions/UXP .

Prepare to compile

Use the recommended .mozconfig from the Pale Moon site (reference 2)

tf=~/pmsrc/.mozconfig
touch "${tf}"
cat <<'EOFMOZCONFIG' > "${tf}"
mk_add_options AUTOCLOBBER=1
mk_add_options MOZ_OBJDIR=/home/$USER/pmbuild/
ac_add_options --enable-application=palemoon

ac_add_options --enable-optimize="-O2"

# Please see https://www.palemoon.org/redist.shtml for restrictions when using the official branding.
ac_add_options --enable-official-branding
export MOZILLA_OFFICIAL=1

ac_add_options --enable-default-toolkit=cairo-gtk2
ac_add_options --enable-jemalloc
ac_add_options --enable-strip
ac_add_options --with-pthreads

ac_add_options --disable-tests
ac_add_options --disable-eme
ac_add_options --disable-parental-controls
ac_add_options --disable-accessibility
ac_add_options --disable-webrtc
ac_add_options --disable-gamepad
ac_add_options --disable-necko-wifi
ac_add_options --disable-updater

ac_add_options --x-libraries=/usr/lib
EOFMOZCONFIG

Compile

These instructions include saving the output to a log file, but that's not necessary.

mkdir ~/log
cd ~/pmsrc
{ time ./mach build && time ./mach package ; } | tee -a ~/log/pmsrc.$( date "+%F-%H%M%S" ).log
echo done

References

Weblinks

Compile FreeFileSync 10.1 on Fedora

bgstack15 — Sat, 30 Jun 2018 12:44:00 GMT

How to compile FreeFileSync 10.1 on Fedora

Tested on Fedora 28

1. Install build dependencies.

dnf install -y boost-devel compat-wxGTK3-gtk2-devel gcc-c++ gtk+-devel gtk3-devel wxGTK-devel wxGTK3-devel

2. Fetch and extract source

wget --user-agent 'Firefox 60.0 (GNU/Linux) X11' -L https://www.freefilesync.org/download/FreeFileSync_10.1_Source.zip
mkdir 10.1
pushd 10.1; unzip ../FreeFileSync_10.1_Source.zip; popd

3. Prepare patch required to compile on Fedora.

pfile=FreeFileSync-10.1-1.fc28.patch
cat <<'EOF' > "${pfile}"
diff -x '*.orig' -x '*.rej' -Naur 10.1/FreeFileSync/Source/Makefile 10.1-0/FreeFileSync/Source/Makefile
--- 10.1/FreeFileSync/Source/Makefile   2018-06-03 04:27:00.000000000 -0400
+++ 10.1-0/FreeFileSync/Source/Makefile 2018-06-07 22:44:44.919899060 -0400
@@ -5,15 +5,15 @@
 APPSHAREDIR = $(SHAREDIR)/$(APPNAME)
 DOCSHAREDIR = $(SHAREDIR)/doc/$(APPNAME)

-CXXFLAGS  = -std=c++17 -pipe -DWXINTL_NO_GETTEXT_MACRO -I../.. -I../../zenXml -isystem../../boost -include "zen/i18n.h" -include "zen/warn_static.h" \
+CXXFLAGS  = -std=c++17 -pipe -DWXINTL_NO_GETTEXT_MACRO -I../.. -I../../zenXml -isystem/usr/include/boost -include "zen/i18n.h" -include "zen/warn_static.h" \
 -Wall -Wfatal-errors -Wmissing-include-dirs -Wswitch-enum -Wcast-align -Wshadow -Wnon-virtual-dtor \
 -O3 -DNDEBUG `wx-config --cxxflags --debug=no` -pthread

-LINKFLAGS = -s -no-pie `wx-config --libs std, aui --debug=no` -pthread
+LINKFLAGS = -s -no-pie `wx-config --libs std, aui --debug=no` -lz -pthread

 #Gtk - support recycler/icon loading/no button border/grid scrolling
-CXXFLAGS  += `pkg-config --cflags gtk+-2.0`
-LINKFLAGS += `pkg-config --libs   gtk+-2.0`
+CXXFLAGS  += `pkg-config --cflags gtk+-3.0`
+LINKFLAGS += `pkg-config --libs   gtk+-3.0`

 #support for SELinux (optional)
 SELINUX_EXISTING=$(shell pkg-config --exists libselinux && echo YES)
@@ -125,5 +125,5 @@
    $(APPSHAREDIR)

    mkdir -p $(DOCSHAREDIR)
-   cp ../Build/Changelog.txt $(DOCSHAREDIR)/changelog
+   cp ../../Changelog.txt $(DOCSHAREDIR)/changelog
    gzip $(DOCSHAREDIR)/changelog
diff -x '*.orig' -x '*.rej' -Naur 10.1/FreeFileSync/Source/RealTimeSync/Makefile 10.1-0/FreeFileSync/Source/RealTimeSync/Makefile
--- 10.1/FreeFileSync/Source/RealTimeSync/Makefile  2018-06-03 04:27:00.000000000 -0400
+++ 10.1-0/FreeFileSync/Source/RealTimeSync/Makefile    2018-06-07 22:20:59.043383931 -0400
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@
 -Wall -Wfatal-errors -Wmissing-include-dirs -Wswitch-enum -Wcast-align -Wshadow -Wnon-virtual-dtor \
 -O3 -DNDEBUG `wx-config --cxxflags --debug=no` -pthread

-LINKFLAGS = -s -no-pie `wx-config --libs std, aui --debug=no` -pthread
+LINKFLAGS = -s -no-pie `wx-config --libs std, aui --debug=no` -lz -pthread

 #Gtk - support "no button border"
-CXXFLAGS  += `pkg-config --cflags gtk+-2.0`
-LINKFLAGS += `pkg-config --libs   gtk+-2.0`
+CXXFLAGS  += `pkg-config --cflags gtk+-3.0`
+LINKFLAGS += `pkg-config --libs   gtk+-3.0`

 CPP_FILES=
 CPP_FILES+=application.cpp
diff -x '*.orig' -x '*.rej' -Naur 10.1/FreeFileSync/Source/ui/main_dlg.cpp 10.1-0/FreeFileSync/Source/ui/main_dlg.cpp
--- 10.1/FreeFileSync/Source/ui/main_dlg.cpp    2018-06-03 04:27:02.000000000 -0400
+++ 10.1-0/FreeFileSync/Source/ui/main_dlg.cpp  2018-06-07 22:25:32.856972097 -0400
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <zen/thread.h>
 #include <zen/shell_execute.h>
 #include <zen/perf.h>
+/* #include <zen/warn_static.h>  REMOVED FOR TESTING. Add back on any failures. */
 #include <wx/clipbrd.h>
 #include <wx/wupdlock.h>
 #include <wx/sound.h>
@@ -4844,7 +4845,7 @@
         globalCfg_.gui.lastUpdateCheck = 0; //reset to GlobalSettings.xml default value!

     m_menuItemCheckVersionAuto->Check(updateCheckActive(globalCfg_.gui.lastUpdateCheck));
-
+    /*
     if (shouldRunAutomaticUpdateCheck(globalCfg_.gui.lastUpdateCheck))
     {
         flashStatusInformation(_("Searching for program updates..."));
@@ -4852,6 +4853,7 @@
         automaticUpdateCheckEval(this, globalCfg_.gui.lastUpdateCheck, globalCfg_.gui.lastOnlineVersion,
                                  automaticUpdateCheckRunAsync(automaticUpdateCheckPrepare().get()).get());
     }
+    */
 }


@@ -4859,7 +4861,7 @@
 {
     //execute just once per startup!
     Disconnect(wxEVT_IDLE, wxIdleEventHandler(MainDialog::OnRegularUpdateCheck), nullptr, this);
-
+    /*
     if (shouldRunAutomaticUpdateCheck(globalCfg_.gui.lastUpdateCheck))
     {
         flashStatusInformation(_("Searching for program updates..."));
@@ -4873,6 +4875,7 @@
                                      resultAsync.get()); //run on main thread:
         });
     }
+    */
 }


diff -x '*.orig' -x '*.rej' -Naur 10.1/FreeFileSync/Source/ui/small_dlgs.cpp 10.1-0/FreeFileSync/Source/ui/small_dlgs.cpp
--- 10.1/FreeFileSync/Source/ui/small_dlgs.cpp  2018-06-03 04:27:02.000000000 -0400
+++ 10.1-0/FreeFileSync/Source/ui/small_dlgs.cpp    2018-06-07 22:20:59.050384125 -0400
@@ -970,7 +970,8 @@
     //setMainInstructionFont(*m_staticTextMain);

     m_bitmapActivation->SetBitmap(getResourceImage(L"website"));
-    m_textCtrlOfflineActivationKey->ForceUpper();
+    // Fedora 27 does not have wxWidgets 3.1.1 yet. https://github.com/wxWidgets/wxWidgets/commit/69b66e9e2e2b8e49e3816acdde079686ce9b0da1
+    //m_textCtrlOfflineActivationKey->ForceUpper();

     m_textCtrlLastError           ->ChangeValue(lastErrorMsg);
     m_textCtrlManualActivationUrl ->ChangeValue(manualActivationUrl);
diff -x '*.orig' -x '*.rej' -Naur 10.1/FreeFileSync/Source/ui/version_check_impl.h 10.1-0/FreeFileSync/Source/ui/version_check_impl.h
--- 10.1/FreeFileSync/Source/ui/version_check_impl.h    2018-06-03 04:27:02.000000000 -0400
+++ 10.1-0/FreeFileSync/Source/ui/version_check_impl.h  2018-06-07 22:20:59.051384152 -0400
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@

 namespace fff
 {
-inline
+
 time_t getVersionCheckInactiveId()
 {
     //use current version to calculate a changing number for the inactive state near UTC begin, in order to always check for updates after installing a new version
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
 }


-inline
 time_t getVersionCheckCurrentTime()
 {
     return std::time(nullptr);
diff -x '*.orig' -x '*.rej' -Naur 10.1/wx+/grid.cpp 10.1-0/wx+/grid.cpp
--- 10.1/wx+/grid.cpp   2018-06-03 04:27:02.000000000 -0400
+++ 10.1-0/wx+/grid.cpp 2018-06-07 22:30:02.202436428 -0400
@@ -1169,7 +1169,9 @@
             {
                 if (overlapPix != 0)
                 {
-                    const double scrollSpeed = wnd_.ToDIP(overlapPix) * mouseDragSpeedIncScrollU; //unit: [scroll units / sec]
+                    // Fedora 28 does not have wxGTK 3.1.1 yet. This probably breaks HiDPI usage
+                    //const double scrollSpeed = wnd_.ToDIP(overlapPix) * mouseDragSpeedIncScrollU; //unit: [scroll units / sec]
+                    const double scrollSpeed = overlapPix * mouseDragSpeedIncScrollU; //unit: [scroll units / sec]
                     toScroll += scrollSpeed * deltaSecs;
                 }
                 else
EOF

A summary of what this patch does:

Ensure using the system boost library. It appears the source looks for a locally-bundled boost lib, which was not included with the 10.1 code.
Link to zlib because previous versions use to, and without I could not compile.
Compile against gtk+3 instead of gtk+2 because I could not get it to compile against gtk2.
Place the changelog text file where the Makefile expects.
Disable the check for updates and lines related to activation, particularly a few based on a newer version of wxWidgets which Fedora 28 does not have yet (wxWidgets 3.1.1).
Revert to an older version of the scrollSpeed calculation because wxWidgets 3.1.1 is not in Fedora yet.

4. Apply patch

cd 10.1
patch -p1 < ../FreeFileSync-10.1-1.fc28.patch

5. Compile and install

cd FreeFileSync/Source
make && sudo make install

Next steps

Build an rpm for FreeFileSync (gitlab)

References

Weblinks

How-to: Build 10.* from Source (Linux Mint) (FreeFileSync forum)
Compiling FreeFileSync 10.0 on Fedora (this blog)
Compiling FreeFileSync on Fedora (this blog)
AUR (en) - freefilesync

Compiling FreeFileSync 10.0 on Fedora

bgstack15 — Thu, 10 May 2018 13:00:31 GMT

When compiling the latest release of FreeFileSync, I came across this error (after applying my basic Fedora patches):

cc1plus: warning: ../../boost: No such file or directory [-Wmissing-include-dirs]
g++ -o ../Build/FreeFileSync ../Obj/FFS_GCC_Make_Release/ffs/src/algorithm.o ../Obj/FFS_GCC_Make_Release/ffs/src/application.o ../Obj/FFS_GCC_Make_Release/ffs/src/comparison.o ../Obj/FFS_GCC_Make_Release/ffs/src/structures.o ../Obj/FFS_GCC_Make_Release/ffs/src/synchronization.o ../Obj/FFS_GCC_Make_Release/ffs/src/fs/abstract.o ../Obj/FFS_GCC_Make_Release/ffs/src/fs/concrete.o ../Obj/FFS_GCC_Make_Release/ffs/src/fs/native.o ../Obj/FFS_GCC_Make_Release/ffs/src/file_hierarchy.o ../Obj/FFS_GCC_Make_Release/ffs/src/ui/batch_config.o ../Obj/FFS_GCC_Make_Release/ffs/src/ui/batch_status_handler.o ../Obj/FFS_GCC_Make_Release/ffs/src/ui/cfg_grid.o ../Obj/FFS_GCC_Make_Release/ffs/src/ui/command_box.o ../Obj/FFS_GCC_Make_Release/ffs/src/ui/folder_history_box.o ../Obj/FFS_GCC_Make_Release/ffs/src/ui/folder_selector.o ../Obj/FFS_GCC_Make_Release/ffs/src/ui/file_grid.o ../Obj/FFS_GCC_Make_Release/ffs/src/ui/file_view.o ../Obj/FFS_GCC_Make_Release/ffs/src/ui/tree_grid.o ../Obj/FFS_GCC_Make_Release/ffs/src/ui/gui_generated.o ../Obj/FFS_GCC_Make_Release/ffs/src/ui/gui_status_handler.o ../Obj/FFS_GCC_Make_Release/ffs/src/ui/main_dlg.o ../Obj/FFS_GCC_Make_Release/ffs/src/ui/progress_indicator.o ../Obj/FFS_GCC_Make_Release/ffs/src/ui/search.o ../Obj/FFS_GCC_Make_Release/ffs/src/ui/small_dlgs.o ../Obj/FFS_GCC_Make_Release/ffs/src/ui/sync_cfg.o ../Obj/FFS_GCC_Make_Release/ffs/src/ui/taskbar.o ../Obj/FFS_GCC_Make_Release/ffs/src/ui/tray_icon.o ../Obj/FFS_GCC_Make_Release/ffs/src/ui/triple_splitter.o ../Obj/FFS_GCC_Make_Release/ffs/src/ui/version_check.o ../Obj/FFS_GCC_Make_Release/ffs/src/lib/binary.o ../Obj/FFS_GCC_Make_Release/ffs/src/lib/db_file.o ../Obj/FFS_GCC_Make_Release/ffs/src/lib/dir_lock.o ../Obj/FFS_GCC_Make_Release/ffs/src/lib/ffs_paths.o ../Obj/FFS_GCC_Make_Release/ffs/src/lib/generate_logfile.o ../Obj/FFS_GCC_Make_Release/ffs/src/lib/hard_filter.o ../Obj/FFS_GCC_Make_Release/ffs/src/lib/icon_buffer.o ../Obj/FFS_GCC_Make_Release/ffs/src/lib/icon_loader.o ../Obj/FFS_GCC_Make_Release/ffs/src/lib/localization.o ../Obj/FFS_GCC_Make_Release/ffs/src/lib/parallel_scan.o ../Obj/FFS_GCC_Make_Release/ffs/src/lib/process_xml.o ../Obj/FFS_GCC_Make_Release/ffs/src/lib/resolve_path.o ../Obj/FFS_GCC_Make_Release/ffs/src/lib/perf_check.o ../Obj/FFS_GCC_Make_Release/ffs/src/lib/status_handler.o ../Obj/FFS_GCC_Make_Release/ffs/src/lib/versioning.o ../Obj/FFS_GCC_Make_Release/ffs/src/../../zen/xml_io.o ../Obj/FFS_GCC_Make_Release/ffs/src/../../zen/recycler.o ../Obj/FFS_GCC_Make_Release/ffs/src/../../zen/file_access.o ../Obj/FFS_GCC_Make_Release/ffs/src/../../zen/file_io.o ../Obj/FFS_GCC_Make_Release/ffs/src/../../zen/file_traverser.o ../Obj/FFS_GCC_Make_Release/ffs/src/../../zen/zstring.o ../Obj/FFS_GCC_Make_Release/ffs/src/../../zen/format_unit.o ../Obj/FFS_GCC_Make_Release/ffs/src/../../zen/process_priority.o ../Obj/FFS_GCC_Make_Release/ffs/src/../../zen/shutdown.o ../Obj/FFS_GCC_Make_Release/ffs/src/../../wx+/file_drop.o ../Obj/FFS_GCC_Make_Release/ffs/src/../../wx+/grid.o ../Obj/FFS_GCC_Make_Release/ffs/src/../../wx+/image_tools.o ../Obj/FFS_GCC_Make_Release/ffs/src/../../wx+/graph.o ../Obj/FFS_GCC_Make_Release/ffs/src/../../wx+/http.o ../Obj/FFS_GCC_Make_Release/ffs/src/../../wx+/tooltip.o ../Obj/FFS_GCC_Make_Release/ffs/src/../../wx+/image_resources.o ../Obj/FFS_GCC_Make_Release/ffs/src/../../wx+/popup_dlg.o ../Obj/FFS_GCC_Make_Release/ffs/src/../../wx+/popup_dlg_generated.o ../Obj/FFS_GCC_Make_Release/ffs/src/../../wx+/zlib_wrap.o ../Obj/FFS_GCC_Make_Release/ffs/src/../../xBRZ/src/xbrz.o -s -no-pie `wx-config --libs std, aui --debug=no` -pthread `pkg-config --libs   gtk+-3.0` `pkg-config --libs libselinux`
/usr/bin/ld: ../Obj/FFS_GCC_Make_Release/ffs/src/../../wx+/zlib_wrap.o: undefined reference to symbol 'compressBound@@ZLIB_1.2.0'
//usr/lib64/libz.so.1: error adding symbols: DSO missing from command line
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [Makefile:103: ../Build/FreeFileSync] Error 1

After some Internet searches, I found the answer! All you have to do is fix the linking to include the -lz flag. In fact, previous versions of the software included the -lz flag in the makefile. It was probably removed as an oversight, but it compiled and operated on Fedora GNU/Linux once I added back in the linking flag. I guess omitting the z library prevents the binary from building successfully! Who'da thunk it? Here is the diff:

--- 10.0-0/FreeFileSync/Source/Makefile 2018-04-26 16:57:13.000000000 -0400
+++ 10.0-1/FreeFileSync/Source/Makefile 2018-05-01 07:13:57.430369158 -0400
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@
 -Wall -Wfatal-errors  -Winit-self -Wmissing-include-dirs -Wswitch-enum -Wmain -Wnon-virtual-dtor -Wcast-align -Wshadow -Wno-deprecated-declarations \
 -O3 -DNDEBUG `wx-config --cxxflags --debug=no` -pthread

-LINKFLAGS = -s -no-pie `wx-config --libs std, aui --debug=no` -pthread
+LINKFLAGS = -s -no-pie `wx-config --libs std, aui --debug=no` -lz -pthread

 #Gtk - support recycler/icon loading/no button border/grid scrolling
-CXXFLAGS  += `pkg-config --cflags gtk+-2.0`
-LINKFLAGS += `pkg-config --libs   gtk+-2.0`
+CXXFLAGS  += `pkg-config --cflags gtk+-3.0`
+LINKFLAGS += `pkg-config --libs   gtk+-3.0`

 #support for SELinux (optional)
 SELINUX_EXISTING=$(shell pkg-config --exists libselinux && echo YES)

References

Weblinks

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19901934/strange-linking-error-dso-missing-from-command-line/20206371#20206371
Discussion about linking to a lib in general https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/4742

Compiling Pale Moon web browser on Fedora 27

bgstack15 — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 13:31:27 GMT

Story

I like the traditional model of Firefox. This is easily represented in the current project Pale Moon. The upstream project does not currently provide instructions for compiling on Fedora 27. All the options they have documented are on their developer site: https://developer.palemoon.org/Developer_Guide:Build_Instructions/Pale_Moon/Linux. You might think it is no big deal to download and compile an application. But when the application is still targeted for gcc4.9, it's a little tricky to compile on the current Fedora which uses gcc7. After consulting the Internet, I have assembled my instructions for compiling Palemoon on Fedora.

Compile palemoon on Fedora 27

# Install the whole set of packages listed on (primary ref 1) for CentOS7
sudo dnf -y install gtk2-devel dbus-glib-devel autoconf213 yasm mesa-libGL-devel alsa-lib-devel libXt-devel zlib-devel openssl-devel sqlite-devel bzip2-devel pulseaudio-libs-devel
sudo dnf -y groupinstall 'Development Tools'

# Install additional dependencies I found
sudo dnf -y install nspr-devel

# Use autoconf 2.13
autoconfver="$( autoconf --version 2>/dev/null | awk 'NR==1 {print $NF*100;} END {print "0";}' | head -n1 )"
test ${autoconfver} -ne 213 && test ${autoconfver} -gt 0 && sudo mv /usr/bin/autoconf /usr/bin/autoconf-${autoconver} 2>/dev/null ; sudo ln -sf autoconf-2.13 /usr/bin/autoconf

# Use the copr davidva/gcc49
sudo dnf -y copr enable davidva/gcc49
# fix the $releasever variable in the repo
sudo sed -i -r -e 's/-\$releasever-/-23-/;' /etc/yum.repos.d/_copr_davidva-gcc49.repo
sudo dnf -y install gcc49
# fix a minor library problem (primary ref 2)
pushd /opt/gcc-4.9.3/lib64/gcc/x86_64-fedoraunited-linux-gnu/4.9.3
sudo cp -p ../lib64/libgcc_s.so.1 .
sudo ln -s libgcc_s.so.1 libgcc_s.so
popd

# Fetch palemoon source
mkdir ~/pmsrc ~/pmbuild
cd ~/pmsrc
git clone https://github.com/MoonchildProductions/Pale-Moon.git .

# Prepare to compile
# use .mozconfig from (primary ref 1)
tf=~/pmsrc/.mozconfig
touch "${tf}"
cat <<'EOFMOZCONFIG' > "${tf}"
# Please see https://www.palemoon.org/redist.shtml for restrictions when using the official branding.
ac_add_options --enable-official-branding
export MOZILLA_OFFICIAL=1

mk_add_options MOZ_CO_PROJECT=browser
ac_add_options --enable-application=browser

mk_add_options MOZ_OBJDIR=/home/$USER/pmbuild/

ac_add_options --enable-optimize="-O2 -msse2 -mfpmath=sse"
ac_add_options --with-pthreads

ac_add_options --disable-installer
ac_add_options --disable-updater

ac_add_options --enable-release
ac_add_options --enable-devtools
ac_add_options --enable-jemalloc
ac_add_options --enable-shared-js

ac_add_options --enable-strip

ac_add_options --x-libraries=/usr/lib
EOFMOZCONFIG

# Compile:
mkdir ~/log
cd ~/pmsrc
source /usr/bin/gcc49
{ time ./mach build ; } | tee -a ~/log/pmsrc.$( date "+%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S" ).log
echo done

Future steps

Post these instructions on the fedora and palemoon fora. Ask Pale Moon devs if these can be adapted and shared on Reference 1.

References

Weblinks

primary

http://developer.palemoon.org/Developer_Guide:Build_Instructions/Pale_Moon/Linux
ensure lib files are in right dir: https://serverfault.com/questions/266138/cannot-find-lgcc-s-from-gcc-3-4-on-unbuntu-11-04/266141#266141

auxiliary

A great example and future reference http://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/pclinuxos/pclinuxos/srpms/SRPMS.pclos/palemoon-27.0.3-1pclos2017.src.rpm
https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/network/palemoon