Bug 1725895 Comment 0 Edit History

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Original comment by

Kagami Rosylight [:saschanaz] (they/them)

on 2021-08-15 17:23:18 PDT

It seems MSYS2 nearly just works, with the following steps:

1. Install MSYS2 by [the official Windows x86-64 installer](https://github.com/msys2/msys2-installer/releases/latest) (msys2-x86_64-*) to `C:/mozilla-build/msys2`
2. Copy the files of `msys/etc/profile.d` to `msys2/etc/profile.d`
3. Replace `$LOGNAME` to `$(logname)` in `profile-homedir.sh`
4. Install some missing packages: `pacman -S m4 diffutils`
5. Add `export MOZILLABUILD_MSYS2=1` to `profile-extravars.sh`
6. Modify python scripts to point MSYS2 if `MOZILLABUILD_MSYS2` exists

Revision 1 by

Kagami Rosylight [:saschanaz] (they/them)

on 2021-08-15 17:39:29 PDT

It seems MSYS2 nearly just works, with the following steps:

1. Install MSYS2 by [the official Windows x86-64 installer](https://github.com/msys2/msys2-installer/releases/latest) (msys2-x86_64-*) to `C:/mozilla-build/msys2`
2. Copy the files of `msys/etc/profile.d` to `msys2/etc/profile.d`
3. Replace `$LOGNAME` to `$(logname)` in `profile-homedir.sh`
4. Install some missing packages: `pacman -S m4 diffutils`
5. Add `export MOZILLABUILD_MSYS2=1` to `profile-extravars.sh`
6. Modify python scripts to point MSYS2 if `MOZILLABUILD_MSYS2` exists
7. Add the following to `start-shell.bat` (or a separate `start-shell-msys2.bat`)
   ```
   SET MSYS=winsymlinks:nativestrict
   IF DEFINED MOZ_NO_RESET_PATH (
     SET MSYS2_PATH_TYPE=inherit
   )
   ```

Revision 2 by

Kagami Rosylight [:saschanaz] (they/them)

on 2021-08-15 17:51:03 PDT

It seems MSYS2 nearly just works, with the following steps:

1. Install MSYS2 by [the official Windows x86-64 installer](https://github.com/msys2/msys2-installer/releases/latest) (msys2-x86_64-*) to `C:/mozilla-build/msys2`
2. Copy the files of `msys/etc/profile.d` to `msys2/etc/profile.d`
3. Replace `$LOGNAME` to `$(logname)` in `profile-homedir.sh`
4. Install some missing packages: `pacman -S m4 diffutils`
5. Add `export MOZILLABUILD_MSYS2=1` to `profile-extravars.sh`
6. Modify python scripts to point MSYS2 if `MOZILLABUILD_MSYS2` exists
7. Add the following to `start-shell.bat` (or a separate `start-shell-msys2.bat`)
   ```
   SET MSYS=winsymlinks:nativestrict
   IF DEFINED MOZ_NO_RESET_PATH (
     SET MSYS2_PATH_TYPE=inherit
   )

   SET MOZILLABUILD_MSYS_BIN = %MOZILLABUILD%msys2\usr\bin
   IF DEFINED MOZILLABUILD_MSYS1 (
     SET MOZILLABUILD_MSYS_BIN = %MOZILLABUILD%msys\bin
   )
   ```

Revision 3 by

Kagami Rosylight [:saschanaz] (they/them)

on 2021-08-15 17:52:41 PDT

It seems MSYS2 nearly just works, with the following steps:

1. Install MSYS2 by [the official Windows x86-64 installer](https://github.com/msys2/msys2-installer/releases/latest) (msys2-x86_64-*) to `C:/mozilla-build/msys2`
2. Copy the files of `msys/etc/profile.d` to `msys2/etc/profile.d`
3. Replace `$LOGNAME` to `$(logname)` in `profile-homedir.sh`
4. Install some missing packages: `pacman -S m4 diffutils`
7. Add the following to `start-shell.bat` (or a separate `start-shell-msys2.bat`)
   ```
   SET MSYS=winsymlinks:nativestrict
   IF DEFINED MOZ_NO_RESET_PATH (
     SET MSYS2_PATH_TYPE=inherit
   )

   SET MOZILLABUILD_MSYS_BIN = %MOZILLABUILD%msys2\usr\bin
   IF DEFINED MOZILLABUILD_MSYS1 (
     SET MOZILLABUILD_MSYS_BIN = %MOZILLABUILD%msys\bin
   )
   ```
8. Replace all msys bin references to use `MOZILLABUILD_MSYS_BIN`

Revision 4 by

Kagami Rosylight [:saschanaz] (they/them)

on 2021-08-15 17:53:13 PDT

It seems MSYS2 nearly just works, with the following steps:

1. Install MSYS2 by [the official Windows x86-64 installer](https://github.com/msys2/msys2-installer/releases/latest) (msys2-x86_64-*) to `C:/mozilla-build/msys2`
2. Copy the files of `msys/etc/profile.d` to `msys2/etc/profile.d`
3. Replace `$LOGNAME` to `$(logname)` in `profile-homedir.sh`
4. Install some missing packages: `pacman -S m4 diffutils`
7. Add the following to `start-shell.bat` (or a separate `start-shell-msys2.bat`)
   ```
   SET MSYS=winsymlinks:nativestrict
   IF DEFINED MOZ_NO_RESET_PATH (
     SET MSYS2_PATH_TYPE=inherit
   )

   SET MOZILLABUILD_MSYS_BIN = %MOZILLABUILD%msys2\usr\bin
   IF DEFINED MOZILLABUILD_MSYS1 (
     SET MOZILLABUILD_MSYS_BIN = %MOZILLABUILD%msys\bin
   )
   ```
8. Replace all msys bin references to use `MOZILLABUILD_MSYS_BIN` if exists

Revision 5 by

Kagami Rosylight [:saschanaz] (they/them)

on 2021-08-15 17:59:42 PDT

It seems MSYS2 nearly just works, with the following steps:

1. Install MSYS2 by [the official Windows x86-64 installer](https://github.com/msys2/msys2-installer/releases/latest) (msys2-x86_64-*) to `C:/mozilla-build/msys2`
2. Copy the files of `msys/etc/profile.d` to `msys2/etc/profile.d`
3. Replace `$LOGNAME` to `$(logname)` in `profile-homedir.sh`
4. Install some missing packages: `pacman -S m4 diffutils`
7. Add the following to `start-shell.bat` (or a separate `start-shell-msys2.bat`)
   ```
   SET MSYS=winsymlinks:nativestrict
   IF DEFINED MOZ_NO_RESET_PATH (
     SET MSYS2_PATH_TYPE=inherit
   )

   SET MOZILLABUILD_MSYS_BIN=%MOZILLABUILD%msys2\usr\bin
   IF DEFINED MOZILLABUILD_MSYS1 (
     SET MOZILLABUILD_MSYS_BIN=%MOZILLABUILD%msys\bin
   )
   ```
8. Replace all msys bin references to use `MOZILLABUILD_MSYS_BIN` if exists

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