[CentOS] Firefox 60.0.1.0 ESR Progress?

Thu Jul 12 21:07:06 UTC 2018
Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org>

On 07/11/2018 04:51 PM, Johnny Hughes wrote:
> On 07/11/2018 01:36 PM, Johnny Hughes wrote:
>> On 07/11/2018 08:28 AM, Phil Wyett wrote:
>>> On Wed, 2018-07-11 at 06:31 -0500, Johnny Hughes wrote:
>>>> On 07/09/2018 09:38 AM, Johnny Hughes wrote:
>>>>> On 07/06/2018 10:30 AM, Johnny Hughes wrote:
>>>>>> On 07/05/2018 02:27 PM, Phil Wyett wrote:
>>>>>>> On Thu, 2018-07-05 at 06:16 -0500, Johnny Hughes wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 07/03/2018 09:04 AM, Sean wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> <snip>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> OK guys .. Firefox 60 is going to take some time .. likely more for
>>>>>>>> CentOS-6 than CentOS-7.
>>>>>>>> They both (C6 and C7 versions) require many non OS tools to build.
>>>>>>>> For CentOS-7 .. we need the rust-toolset, llvm-toolset, and
>>>>>>>> devtoolset-7, to get the firefox to build.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> <snip>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> My current issue building the latest firefox is the required rust
>>>>>>> version.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In the [sclo-rh] section of the epel-7 mock config I change line:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> includepkgs=devtoolset*
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> includepkgs=devtoolset* llvm-toolset* rust-toolset*
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Current rust is 1.20 and configure will stop asking for 1.24.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> indeed .. that is one issue.  I am working on it .. we also have to do
>>>>>> i386 as that is released in the base OS .. so I have to get a working
>>>>>> devtoolset-7 for i386, ppc64, ppc as well .. and the latest rust and the
>>>>>> latest llvm .. for i386, x86_64, ppc64le, ppc64, ppc, aarch64, armhfp
>>>>>> .. that is for C&
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I would just do x86_64 and i386 first, then the rest .. BUT .. since I
>>>>>> have to bootstrap the devtoolket and llvm and rust on c7 for i386 anyway
>>>>>> .. also doig ti for the other arches does nto really add any more time
>>>>>> as the compiles are in parallel on different machines.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hopefully for C7 I will have updates by Monday
>>>>>>
>>>>>> For C6 .. I am going to need to rework rust, etc. .. that will take
>>>>>> longer  .. rust requires python27 not python26 .. so lots of patches are
>>>>>> going to be req'd for that.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> This is a status update ..
>>>>>
>>>>> I now have the c7-devtoolkit-7 built for all arches (i386, x86_64,
>>>>> armhfp, aarch64, ppc64le, ppc64, ppc).
>>>>>
>>>>> I now have the c6-devtoolkit-7 built for all arches (i386. x86_64).
>>>>>
>>>>> I am in the process of building the latest llvm-toolkit and the
>>>>> rust-toolkit for CentOS 7 on all arches.  (Both needed for firefox-60 on c7)
>>>>>
>>>>> I am in the process of figuring out all the changes needed to build the
>>>>> rust-toolkit for CentOS-6 as there is no released source code with the
>>>>> proper patches yet .. and it needs to be modified to build with the
>>>>> python used in EL6.
>>>>>
>>>>> So, hopefully very soon we will have all the required kits to build
>>>>> firefox for CentOS-7 .. CentOS-6 may be a bit longer.
>>>>>
>>>
>>>> Status currently is that I have a version built for CentOS-7 x86_64.
>>>
>>>> I am currently still building the require toolsets for i386 as
>>>> firefox.i686 is released as a multilib package in the x86_64 repo.
>>>
>>>> So, I can't release the x86_64 package without the i686 one.
>>>
>>>> You can download the x86_64 package manually if you don't want to wait
>>>> .. but I should have them both (i686 and x86_64) for CentOS-7 later today.
>>>
>>>
>>> The release of firefox will also include release of the scl toolsets for
>>> developers who modify and build for own needs?
>>
>> The SCL SIG releases SCLs and devtool sets // they are not part of the
>> OS, so no signed pieces will be released.
>>
>> I could put them on buildlogs for the el7 ones if there is interest.
>>
>>
> 
> 
> CentOS-7 x86_64 and i686 firefox packages are now signed and pushed to
> the master server.  They should be available on mirror.centos.org within
> an hour.
> 
> Expect the CentOS-6 firefox packages tomorrow before.
> 
> And the other Centos-7 altarch packages (ppc64, ppc64le, aarch64,
> armhfp) on Friday.  There is no longer a ppc (32) firefox package as
> some of the tool kits do not build in ppc (32) .. that is also the case
> in RHEL (no longer a ppc firefox).
> 
> There is a possibility that the armhfp version could take longer than
> the other CentOS-7 AltAtch versions .. still workignon some technical
> issues on the rust-toolset for armhfp.
> 

CentOS-6 firefox-60 updates are built and in testing now.  Should be
released within the next hour or so.


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