Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] minor problems when building Icecat 52.2.1 for Android

[David Hedlund]

See https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroiddata/merge_requests/2194 for the 
current status in F-Droid.


On 2017-07-29 10:26, Narcis Garcia wrote:
> Thanks!
>
>
> El 28/07/17 a les 22:11, Reid Fleming ha escrit:
> > I have just finished building Icecat 52.2.1 for Android, and have found a
> > few minor problems.  Building was done on Ubuntu 17.04 x86_64.
> >
> >
> > 1) You must manually create obj-android/ or "./mach build" will build for
> >     x86_64 instead of arm.
> >
> >
> > 2) "./mach build" dies after emitting "Reticulating splines..."
> >
> >    The problem is that array elements beginning with "IceCat" in the file
> >
> >      mobile/android/base/android-services.mozbuild
> >
> >    are not in alphabetical order.  Order them and rerun "./mach build".
> >
> >
> > 3) "./mach build" fails because ANDROID_VERSION_CODE doesn't seem to be
> >     set or properly computed anywhere.  A solution is to modify the file
> >
> >          mobile/android/base/AndroidManifest.xml.in
> >
> >     and replace
> >
> >          ANDROID_VERSION_CODE
> >
> >     with something like "123456789" before rerunning "./mach build".
> >
> >
> > 4) "./mach package" fails with the message:
> >
> >      ERROR: The following duplicated files are not allowed:
> >          chrome/chrome/content/about.png
> >
> >      A solution to this problem is removing the file
> >
> >          obj-android/dist/bin/chrome/chrome/content/branding/about.png
> >
> >      before rerunning "./mach package".
> >
> >
> > 5) "./mach package" fails quietly with the message:
> >
> >      ValueError: Don't know how to compute android:versionCode for CPU...
> >
> >    A solution is to edit the file
> >
> >      python/mozbuild/mozbuild/android_version_code.py
> >
> >    and change line 118 from
> >
> >          elif min_sdk == 15:
> >
> >    to
> >
> >          elif min_sdk == 15 or min_sdk == 11:
> >
> >    before rerunning "./mach package".
> >
> >
> > Reid
> >
> >
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