Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] Pre-built 32bit Binary?

[Narcis Garcia]

Is somewhere published some indications about compiling/packaging?
No problem for me to make it on each native scenario.

I suppose both soucecode and binary deb packages should be uploaded.


El 27/12/13 03:01, Loic J. Duros ha escrit:
> 
> Hi:
> 
> Currently only the 64-bit is available (since this is what I run.) The
> IceCat homepage needs to be updated. I would like to do both a 64-bit
> and 32-bit but I have been lacking time to just compile lately. I will
> install a virtual machine on my laptop (64-bit) to compile a version if
> it helps.
> 
> If you want to go ahead and build a 32bit on a 64-bit machine, then I'd
> recommend you try doing this over a virtualbox (this is available on
> Trisquel and Debian repos I believe.) Install either Trisquel or Debian
> 32-bit, then install all of the required packages and you should be able
> to work from there. This is also possible with Parabola/Arch but I have
> not as much experience on that end.
> 
> I would think you'll run into less headache than trying to
> cross-compile.
> 
> Let me know your plans!
> 
> Loic
> 
> 
> 
> Zach Wick <address@hidden> writes:
> 
>> Is there a pre-built 32bit binary of IceCat 24 available? I downloaded
>> the tarball at http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gnuzilla/24/icecat-24.0.tar.gz but
>> upon untarring it, I didn't see a pre-built binary. I tried building
>> from source myself, but I kept getting "out of memory" errors.
>>
>> The site reads:
>> "Official releases of IceCat are available from ftp.gnu.org, or any GNU
>> mirror. Please use a mirror if possible. Besides the sources, a binary
>> release for GNU/Linux / x86 (32 bit) is available."
>>
>> So maybe I just missed it in the tarball. If there isn't a binary
>> already, I can try and setup a cross-compile toolchain and build one,
>> but I have no experience with 32bit builds on a 64bit machine. I do have
>> lots of experience with building for various micro-controllers though,
>> so I am sure that I can figure it out.
>> Thanks,
>> Zach Wick
>>
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