Both removed sections are about issues with link.exe, which we haven't
been using ever since we switched to building with clang-cl/lld-link.
Differential Revision: https://phabricator.services.mozilla.com/D175956
- On Debian/Ubuntu, the base distribution of Python does not come with `ensurepip` (which is still called during `venv` creation). The benefit of not calling `ensurepip` explicitly in a separate command (like we now do for Windows) is that the error message you get when creating the `venv` is very clear and instructs the user to run `apt install python3.x-venv` to fix the problem. (`python3.x-venv` is what contains `ensurepip`). If we did not do this, it would just tell the user that there is `no ensurepip module` and it would hard to figure out that the solution is to run `apt install python3.x-venv`. This isn't an issue for us in CI, but it can be for end users, since that package may not be installed, and some commands (like talos tests) go through mozharness and invoke this code.
- Also removed some Python dependencies in the Linux build docs that are no longer needed.
Differential Revision: https://phabricator.services.mozilla.com/D174525
--enable-application is the historic flag, and --enable-project was
added to handle the non-application things we build, while encompassing
the meaning of --enable-application. --enable-project has been preferred
for a while and we should reflect that more consistently in mozconfigs,
documentation, etc.
Differential Revision: https://phabricator.services.mozilla.com/D162625
The problem only happens with homebrew (python.org's build doesn't have
the problem). Many people are hitting it, and we might as well avoid
them the trouble to have to find the documentation and just fail
directly.
Differential Revision: https://phabricator.services.mozilla.com/D158546
I also added `%USERPROFILE%/.mozbuild` to the exclusion list and updated the windows_build docs to reflect the changes made.
Differential Revision: https://phabricator.services.mozilla.com/D149199
Assuming that the `MOZILLABUILD` environment variable is set, allow
invoking Mach from non-MozillaBuild terminals.
Note that MozillaBuild still needs to be installed, and the
`MOZILLABUILD` environment variable will have to be set.
For future reference: when I tried setting this up with Windows
Store's Python 3.9, I encountered issues when running binaries installed
via `pip`: it would fail with `abort: failed to load Python DLL
python3x.dll`.
Differential Revision: https://phabricator.services.mozilla.com/D133936
* Recommend the Build Tools over the full Community IDE install
* Bump Windows 10 SDK, C++ ATL version
* Remove "Game development with C++" workload, because it doesn't seem
to be required anymore - I'm leaning on review and natural
developer-testing to confirm this assumption.
Differential Revision: https://phabricator.services.mozilla.com/D130773
bootstrap.py may ask the restart of shell to reflect the change to login script.
Given the step 2 lets user to move to c:/mozilla-source instead of home,
the document should explicitly specify the absolute path in step 3.
Differential Revision: https://phabricator.services.mozilla.com/D128024
Both work, but the former is preferred. Also remove MOZ_MAKE_FLAGS
in the mozconfig example for msan, because it's irrelevant.
Differential Revision: https://phabricator.services.mozilla.com/D124726
The linked ARM wiki docs are obsolete, and will soon be unnecessary.
Additionally, the "processor" requirement is entirely redundant since we
support all processors compatible with macOS 10.12 or later.
Differential Revision: https://phabricator.services.mozilla.com/D107098
Fedora 19 and 20 were released in 2013. If these docs haven't been
adjusted for modern Fedora, they're probably out-of-date.
Differential Revision: https://phabricator.services.mozilla.com/D104733
When a user is at the top-level "Getting Set Up" page, they should be
shown which path to take (Windows/Mac/Linux) without redundantly showing
the platform-specific technicalities.
Differential Revision: https://phabricator.services.mozilla.com/D104099
* Puts the docs in order, so that contributors aren't jumping to the
middle of the page to install system tools, then back to the top to
clone Firefox.
* Removes docs on MacPorts since it's being removed in bug 1688263.
* Removes step to manually install brew packages since that happens
automatically in bootstrap now.
* Simplifies mercurial installation docs
* Removes unnecessary mozconfig-tweaking instructions
* Removes almost-always-unnecessary DEFINE and troubleshooting
information.
Differential Revision: https://phabricator.services.mozilla.com/D102974
* Puts the docs in order, so that contributors aren't jumping to the
middle of the page to install system tools, then back to the top to
clone Firefox.
* Removes docs on MacPorts since it's being removed in bug 1688263.
* Removes step to manually install brew packages since that happens
automatically in bootstrap now.
* Simplifies mercurial installation docs
* Removes unnecessary mozconfig-tweaking instructions
* Removes almost-always-unnecessary DEFINE and troubleshooting
information.
Differential Revision: https://phabricator.services.mozilla.com/D102973
