firefox3 build fails on alpha

[Anton Shterenlikht]

On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 05:42:17PM -0500, Jeremy Messenger wrote:
> On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:24:43 -0500, Anton Shterenlikht  
> <mexas at bristol.ac.uk> wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 12:59:29AM +0200, Wilko Bulte wrote:
> >> Quoting Jeremy Messenger, who wrote on Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 05:44:11PM  
> >> -0500 ..
> >> > On Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:23:52 -0500, Anton Shterenlikht
> >> > <mexas at bristol.ac.uk> wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > > A followup. It seems xptcinvoke_freebsd_alpha.cpp is missing. It
> >> > > is used in Makefile:
> >> >
> >> > I think most of us don't have any alpha machine. You might have to  
> >> create
> >> > patch for us. I think, the alpha support has been dropped so it's
> >> > pointless for us to work on alpha support.
> >>
> >> The latest release of FreeBSD supporting the Alpha platform port is
> >> RELENG_6.  Anything newer no longer supports Alpha.
> >
> > I'm happy with RELENG_6 on alpha.
> > I'm happy to test firefox3 on alpha, but need to learn about pathes.
> >
> > In this particular case it seems that (at least) 2 files
> > are missing from the distribution:
> >
> > 	xptcinvoke_freebsd_alpha.cpp
> > 	xptcstubs_freebsd_alpha.cpp
> >
> > (curiously the corresponding *alpha.cpp files are present for osf1,  
> > linux,
> > openvms and openbsd).
> >
> > I think that whoever created the tar file simply forgot to add the  
> > freebsd
> > files.
> >
> > I did try to contact mozilla developers directly, but no reply so far.
> > I understand that mozilla developers put out the tar file. Perhaps the
> > port maintainers could alert the mozilla team about the missing files,
> > or maybe even get these 2 files. I'd be very greatful.
> 
> Have you tried 3.0.1 yet? The Makefile.in has changed by Mozilla team:
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------
> ######################################################################
> #
> # Tru64/Alpha
> #
> ifeq ($(OS_ARCH)$(OS_TEST),OSF1alpha)
> CPPSRCS		:= xptcinvoke_osf1_alpha.cpp xptcstubs_osf1_alpha.cpp
> ASFILES		:= xptcinvoke_asm_osf1_alpha.s xptcstubs_asm_osf1_alpha.s
> endif
> #
> # Linux/Alpha
> #
> ifneq (,$(filter Linuxalpha FreeBSDalpha NetBSDalpha,$(OS_ARCH)$(OS_TEST)))
> CPPSRCS		:= xptcinvoke_linux_alpha.cpp xptcstubs_linux_alpha.cpp
> endif
> ---------------------------------------------------
> 
> But I have no idea if it works.

I just tried again, and get the same error:

gmake[8]: Entering directory `/usr/ports/www/firefox3/work/mozilla/xpcom/reflect
/xptcall/src/md/unix'
gmake[8]: *** No rule to make target `xptcinvoke_freebsd_alpha.o', needed by `li
bxptcmd.a'.  Stop.
gmake[8]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/www/firefox3/work/mozilla/xpcom/reflect/
xptcall/src/md/unix'
gmake[7]: *** [libs] Error 2

Also my Makefile.in under
/usr/ports/www/firefox3/work/mozilla/xpcom/reflect/xptcall/src/md/unix

still requires these 2 files:

######################################################################
# Alpha
######################################################################
#

[skip]

#
# FreeBSD/Alpha
#
ifeq ($(OS_ARCH)$(OS_TEST),FreeBSDalpha)
CPPSRCS         := xptcinvoke_freebsd_alpha.cpp xptcstubs_freebsd_alpha.cpp
endif

which are missing:

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