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Subject: Re: firefox3 build fails on alpha
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Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> wrote:

> 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

Yes.  These need to be created.

You have stumbled on a dirty secret:  the Mozilla family programs
rely on a part that must be ported at the assembly(!) language level
to each processor/compiler/(operating system) combination.

> I think that whoever created the tar file simply forgot to add the freebsd
> files.

No, somebody needs to write them.

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Christian "naddy" Weisgerber                          naddy@mips.inka.de