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<TITLE>Building Mozilla on the Macintosh PPC platform</TITLE>
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Building Mozilla on the Macintosh PPC platform</H1>
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Daniel Nunes, <TT><A HREF="mailto:leaf@netscape.com">leaf@netscape.com</A></TT>
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v 1.0, June 1998
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<P>
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<HR><I>How to build Mozilla on a Macintosh PPC System.</I>
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<HR>
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<H2>1. <A HREF="#s1">Introduction</A></H2>
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<H2>2. <A HREF="#s2">Building Mozilla</A></H2>
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<LI>
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<A HREF="#ss2.1">2.1 Get the Code </A></LI>
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<A HREF="#ss2.2">2.2 Requirements</A></LI>
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<A HREF="#ss2.3">2.3 Set up the Build Environment</A></LI>
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<A HREF="#ss2.4">2.4 Build the Lizard </A></LI>
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</UL>
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<H2>3. <A HREF="#s3"> Common Problems </A></H2>
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<H2>4. <A HREF="#s4"> Credits </A></H2>
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<HR>
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<H2><A NAME="s1">1. Introduction</A></H2>
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<P>
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What this document is: A guide to building the Mozilla application.
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This includes:
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<OL>
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<LI> A listing of the development tools you will need to build Mozilla. </LI>
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<LI> A list of environment variables you will need to set before building. </LI>
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</OL>
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<P>
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If you're looking for documentation on developing features or fixing bugs,
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the Mozilla
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<A HREF="http://www.mozilla.org/docs/tplist/tplist.html">Technical Documents
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</A> or <A HREF="http://www.mozilla.org/library.html"> Library </A>
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are probably what you're looking for.
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<P>
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<HR>
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<H2><A NAME="s2">2. Building Mozilla </A></H2>
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<P>
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<UL>Each of the following subsections describes, or gives references to
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descriptions of, the steps necessary to build Mozilla.
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<H2><A NAME="ss2.1">2.1 Get the Code</A></H2>
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<P>
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<UL>
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There are two principal ways of getting the code,
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<A HREF="http://www.mozilla.org/download.html"> ftp</A> and
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<A HREF="http://www.mozilla.org/cvs.html"> CVS</A>.
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CVS will provide the most current code for building, but is
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slower than ftp (takes longer to download).
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</UL>
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<P>
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<H2><A NAME="ss2.2">2.2 Requirements</A></H2>
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The following need to be installed:
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<LI>CodeWarrior (CW) 2 - obtainable from
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<A HREF="http://www.metrowerks.com">Metrowerks</A>.
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See <A HREF="#s3">Common Sticking Points</A> if you have a different
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version.
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</LI>
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<LI>PowerPlant 1.8 - obtainable from the CodeWarrior CD.</LI>
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<LI>MSL - the Metrowerks Standard Library, obtainable from the
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CodeWarrior CD</LI>
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<LI><A HREF="ftp://ftp.boingo.com//dan/WASTE/waste-13.hqx">WASTE
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1.3</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="http://www.bact.wisc.edu/CWASTEEdit/CWASTEEdit.sit.hqx">CWASTE
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1.6.2</A></LI>
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<LI>
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<A HREF="ftp://ftp.scripting.com/userland/menuSharingToolkit4.1.sit.hqx">
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Menu Sharing Toolkit</A> (from UserLand)</LI>
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<LI>
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<A HREF="ftp://ftp.digitalalchemy.com/pub/digitalalchemy/mercutio-SDK.sit.bin">
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Mercutio 1.5 SDK</A> (only download the SDK, not the entire package, else
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the access paths will be wrong)</LI>
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<LI>
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<A HREF="ftp://ftp.share.com/pub/internet-configuration/ICProgKit1.4.sit">
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Internet Config 1.4 SDK</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="http://www.mooseyard.com/Jens/Software/">AEGizmos
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1.4.2</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="ftp://sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch/software/platform/macos/perl/Mac_Perl_520r4_tool.bin">
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MacPerl 5 MPW Tool</A></LI>
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<A HREF="ftp://sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch/software/platform/macos/perl/Mac_Perl_520r4_appl.bin">MacPerl 5 Application</A></LI>
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<LI>MakeStub - MPW (installed with CodeWarrior Heaven option). If
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you choose not to install MPW, it is located on the MacOS Tools CD
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in "CW Pro 2 Tools:CodeWarrior MPW:MPW:Tools"</LI>
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<LI>RunTSScript - in Mozilla source distribution
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(mozilla:build:mac:RunTSScript), needs to be installed by hand</LI>
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<LI><A HREF="ftp://dev.apple.com/devworld/Tool_Chest/Core_Mac_OS_Tools/MPW_etc./MPW-GM/MPW/ToolServer.sit.hqx">ToolServer</A>
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- or in the CW distribution (CW Pro 2 Tools:Apple Development
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Tools:ToolServer 3.4.1.sit). <B>We recommend pulling it off the
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CD</B> because it comes with configuration files for CodeWarrior
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which you would have to create manually were you to pull it off
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the net.</LI>
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<LI>
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<A HREF="http://people.netscape.com/sfraser/software/NewAlias_tool.sit.hqx">
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New Alias MPW Tool</A> An MPW tool that creates Finder aliases for files.
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</LI>
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<LI>StreamEdit MPW Tool - MPW (installed with CodeWarrior Heaven option). If
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you choose not to install MPW, it is located on the MacOS Tools CD
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in "CW Pro 2 Tools:CodeWarrior MPW:MPW:Tools"</LI>
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</LI>
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<LI>
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<A HREF="ftp://dev.apple.com/devworld/Periodicals/develop/develop25/develop_Issue_25_code/ToolFrontEnd.sit.hqx">ToolFrontEnd</A></LI>
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<LI>
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<A HREF="http://sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch/ftp/software/platform/macos/src/HTML/MPW_C.html">
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patch 2.1</A></LI>
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</UL>
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<P>
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Hardware/OS
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<UL>
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<LI>To build Navigator, you need a fast PPC Mac. The faster the
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better. You can't build with a 68K machine because we have too many
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resources, and the build process will crash when trying to generate
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resources out of our cross-platform strings. See the discussion below
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for a way around this.
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</LI>
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<LI>You will need about 96 MB of physical RAM to "fast link" the app.
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You can still fast link if you give your machine 96 MB of virtual
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memory, but then the VM hit is large enough to counteract any
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improvement. One of our beta testers had a machine with only 64MB of
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physical RAM (VM was off) and it ran out of memory trying to link.
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Turning VM on got it to link, but build time increased greatly.
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</LI>
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<LI>Reports from the net indicate that the optimized version
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(MozillaPPC) take much less RAM to build than the 96MB we suggest. If
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you are running out of memory, try building that instead of the debug
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version (the debug symbols require a lot of RAM come link time).
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</LI>
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<LI>You should be ok with a 400MB disk partition, even when fully
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built. This does not include tools like the IDE, just source.
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</LI>
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<LI>On an HFS+ volume, a full build takes about 110MB. HFS+ is good,
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but utilities are sparse.
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</LI>
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</UL>
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<P>
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<H2><A NAME="ss2.3">2.3 Setup the Build Environment</A></H2>
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<P>
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<LI>Install CodeWarrior from the CD. While it is large, installing
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the "CodeWarrior Heaven" option will guarantee that you have
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everything you need. This will give you PowerPlant, MSL, and MPW.
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If you choose to install less, proceed at your own risk.</LI>
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<LI>In the Finder, increase the memory partition of the IDE to
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15MB (you can get by with 12, if need be).</LI>
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<LI>Download ToolFrontEnd. After expanding it, in "ToolFrontEnd
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Folder:Drop-Ins" there are three items:
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<UL>
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<LI><I>#include</I></LI>
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<LI><I>ToolFrontEnd</I></LI>
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<LI><I>ToolFrontEnd Panel</I></LI>
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</UL>
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<P>Create a folder named "Include Scanners". Place the file
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"#include" into the Include Scanners folder. Move the Include
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Scanners folder to the CodeWarrior Plugins folder. Create a folder
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named "ToolFrontEnd". Place the files "ToolFrontEnd" and
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"ToolFrontEnd Panel" into the ToolFrontEnd folder. Place this
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folder in the CodeWarrior Plugins folder.</P></LI>
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<LI>Open "ToolFrontEnd Panel" with ResEdit. Change the file type
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from <B>'Panl'</B> to <B>'PanL'</B>. Save.</LI>
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<LI>Uncompress the StuffIt Archive for ToolServer. The goal is to
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let ToolServer and MPW share the same Tools directory so you don't
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need to have multiple versions of tools. Do the following:
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<OL>
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<LI>Open ToolServer's Tools folder. There is one file called
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"RMetrowerks". </LI>
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<LI>Move RMetrowerks to Tools folder of MPW. MPW folder must be
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at "Metrowerks:Codewarrior MPW:MPW" if you installed
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Codewarrior Heaven. </LI>
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<LI>Remove ToolServer's Tools folder.</LI>
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<LI>Now create an alias of Tools folder in "CodeWarrior MPW"
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and move it to your ToolServer folder. Rename the alias
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(probably called "Tools alias") to "Tools"</LI>
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<LI><FONT COLOR="#FF0000"><B>IMPORTANT</B></FONT>: Make sure
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you only have one instance of ToolServer on your machine. If
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the build script finds the wrong one, the correct tools will
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not be found and strange things will happen.</LI>
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</OL>
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</LI>
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<LI>After installing the MacPerl MPW Tool distribution (run the
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InstallerVISE application), in the "MacPerl ƒ" folder, there
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will be an MPW tool named "perl". Install this in MPW's tools
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folder.</LI>
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<LI>Install the MacPerl Application (run the
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InstallerVISE application). You can install this anywhere, but it is
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recommended that you install it inside of your CodeWarrior folder for
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easy reference. After installation, you will need to set a preference
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to enable double-click launch of the perl scripts. This preference is set
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by going under the Edit Menu to Preferences. Click on the "Script" button
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and hit the radio button "Run Scripts opened from Finder"</LI>
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<LI>Install the "patch", "MakeStub", "NewAlias" and "StreamEdit" Tools in the
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tools
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folder. Note that "MakeStub" and "StreamEdit" are automatically installed by the
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"CodeWarrior Heaven" install option.</LI>
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<LI>Install RunTSScript (found in the Mozilla source distribution)
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in the compilers folder in your build environment
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("Metrowerks:Metrowerks Codewarrior:Codewarrior
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Plugins:Compilers")</LI>
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<LI>Next, after downloading all the 3rd party software components,
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drag WASTE, CWASTE, Menu Sharing, Mercutio, Internet Config, and
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the AEGizmo folders (just as they are) into the "MacOS Support"
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folder in your build environment.</LI>
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<LI>Start ToolServer from within CodeWarrior (or use MPW if you
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are brave enough). We're about to patch some files. Make sure the
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ToolServer menu is in the CodeWarrior menu bar by turning on the
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<A HREF="IDEPrefs.gif">preference</A> under the "Extras" panel in
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the IDE Preferences (not the project preferences!). The menu bar
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should look like this:
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<P><IMG SRC="IDEMenuBar.gif" WIDTH=359 HEIGHT=20 X-CLARIS-USEIMAGEWIDTH X-CLARIS-USEIMAGEHEIGHT ALIGN=bottom></P>
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<P>Choose "Start ToolServer" from the ToolServer menu (this is the
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icon menu between "Window" and "Help" in the menubar above). You
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will now see a window with no close box. This is your ToolServer
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Worksheet where you will type (or cut & paste) the commands
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for the following steps.</P>
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<P>In case you have never used MPW/ToolServer before, the
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following is <B>very important</B>. Pressing "return" does not
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execute commands like you might think. It just inserts a newline
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into the worksheet like a normal text editor. <B>To actually get
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ToolServer to execute the command, you must press "Enter" (lower
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right of numeric keypad).</B> This executes the line that the
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cursor is on, and only that line. If you want to execute multiple
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lines at once, select them all and hit Enter.</P></LI>
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<LI>Set the shell variables {IDE} and {Source} to the correct
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paths for your build environment. {IDE} is where your CodeWarrior
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IDE is located. {Source} is the folder containing the toplevel
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"ns" folder of the Mozilla source. Mine look like this (don't
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forget to keep the quotes if your path includes spaces), yours
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will almost certainly be different (<FONT COLOR="#FF0000">to
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punctuate this, the things you need to change are in red</FONT>).
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<PRE>Set IDE "<FONT COLOR="#FF0000">Develop:Source331 Build Environment:CW Pro 2:Metrowerks CodeWarrior:</FONT>"
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Set Source "<FONT COLOR="#FF0000">Source:FreeSource:</FONT>"</PRE>
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</LI>
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<LI>If you are using CWPro2, execute the following lines to patch
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LDropFlag to draw correcly over non-white backgrounds.
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<PRE>directory "{IDE}MacOS Support:PowerPlant:_In Progress:_Table Classes:"
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patch LDropFlag.cp "{Source}mozilla:lib:mac:patches:LDropFlag.patch"
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duplicate -y "{Source}mozilla:lib:mac:patches:DropFlag Icons.rsrc" "{IDE}MacOS Support:PowerPlant:PowerPlant Resources:"</PRE></LI>
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<LI>Execute the following lines to patch menusharing.c to allow it
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to compile with the new Universal Headers. It references an
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obsolete header file (GestaltEqu.h).
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<PRE>directory "{IDE}MacOS Support:Menu Sharing Toolkit 4.1:"
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patch menusharing.c "{Source}mozilla:lib:mac:patches:menusharing.patch"</PRE></LI>
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<LI>If you are using CWPro2 straight off the CD, you need to patch
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AppleEvents.r to fix a problem with the Universal Headers (the
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definition of the 'aedt' resource was omitted). <B>You do not have
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to do this if you have applied the netborne patch to Pro2e
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</B> because it has been fixed.
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<PRE>directory "{IDE}MacOS Support:Headers:Rez Headers:"
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patch AppleEvents.r "{Source}mozilla:lib:mac:patches:AppleEvents.r.patch"</PRE></LI>
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<LI>You need to patch stat.mac.h to fix a problem in MSL where
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lines were omitted.
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<PRE>directory "{IDE}Metrowerks Standard Library:MSL C:MSL Mac:Public Includes"
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patch stat.mac.h "{Source}mozilla:lib:mac:patches:stat.mac.h.patch"</PRE></LI>
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<LI>Congratulations! Now you are ready to build. Once these steps
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are done, you don't have to repeat these setups the next
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time!</LI>
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</OL>
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<P>
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<H2><A NAME="ss2.4">2.4 Run the build </A></H2>
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<UL>
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<P>In the folder mozilla:build:mac:, there are several Perl scripts with
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names of the form BuildMozillaXXX.pl, where XXX is "Optimized",
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"Debug", "Tinderbox", et al. Each script builds the corresponding
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version of Mozilla. If you configured the MacPerl application to
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execute scripts that are opened from the finder, all you have to do is
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double click on the appropriate one; otherwise, launch MacPerl, and
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run the appropriate script from the "Run Script..." menu item.</P>
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<P>These `configured build' scripts are simple, and you might want to
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make your own to force your build to StopForErrors(), or alternatively
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DontStopForErrors(), et al. You can set up certain build-script
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variables and (soon) compile-time flags. Compare the supplied scripts
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to figure out what you might want. Note that CodeWarriorLib, Moz.pm,
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and BuildList.pm, are AppleScript libraries and Perl modules meant to
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be used by a `configured build'. Use your favorite POD viewer (Shuck
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comes with MacPerl) to view the documentation in the Perl scripts.</P>
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<P>If there were any errors in any of the projects along the way, the
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script will stop at that point and the IDE will tell you the errors.
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You can fix them and make sure they current project builds, but to
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continue the automation, you have to start from the beginning by
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double-clicking the script again. This isn't quite as bad as it
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sounds because the previous projects are already built (unless you
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changed some major header file). Please note that stopping the script
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once it has started is difficult. We are working to address
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this issue.</P>
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<P>After the build is complete, you can find aliases to the built libraries
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and the final Mozilla application. Debug builds are built to
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Mozilla:dist:client_debug, while optimized builds are built to Mozilla:dist:client.
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</P>
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<P>Don't worry too much about the numerous warnings generated during
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the build. We try our best to get the XP teams to use real compilers,
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but alas, they continue to write warning-laden code. There is also
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some generated code (Java is one example) that has a lot of warnings
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that we can't help either. If you write any new code, please help us
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in our quest to get zero warnings.</P>
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<HR>
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<H2><A NAME="s3">3. Common Sticking Points</A></H2>
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<UL>
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<LI><B>I have CodeWarrior3, how do i build with it?</B>
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<UL> Currently, the answer is, "You don't." Eventually, the distribution
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will be modified to allow building using CodeWarrior3, but for now
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CodeWarrior2 is the only IDE that is supported.
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</UL>
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<HR>
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<H2><A NAME="s4">4. Credits</A></H2>
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<UL>
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The majority of this document is taken from the build document included
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in the Mozilla source distribution at README:mozilla:macbuild.htm written
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by Mike Pinkerton, <A HREF="mailto:pinkerton@netscape.com">
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pinkerton@netscape.com</A>.
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