Description: starting with firefox 66, armhf builds on Launchpad frequently fail with "/usr/bin/ld: final link failed: memory exhausted" when linking libxul.so. This is an attempt to reduce the memory used by ld. Author: Olivier Tilloy --- a/build/moz.configure/toolchain.configure +++ b/build/moz.configure/toolchain.configure @@ -2287,10 +2287,12 @@ set_config("LINKER_KIND", select_linker.KIND) -@depends_if(select_linker, target, target_sysroot, target_multiarch_dir, c_compiler) +@depends_if(select_linker, target, target_sysroot, target_multiarch_dir, c_compiler, host) @imports("os") -def linker_ldflags(linker, target, sysroot, multiarch_dir, c_compiler): +def linker_ldflags(linker, target, sysroot, multiarch_dir, c_compiler, host): flags = list((linker and linker.LINKER_FLAG) or []) + if host.cpu == "arm": + flags.append("-Wl,--no-keep-memory") # rpath-link is irrelevant to wasm, see for more info https://github.com/emscripten-core/emscripten/issues/11076. if sysroot.path and multiarch_dir and target.os != "WASI": for d in ("lib", "usr/lib"):