192274 - need readme.txt in xpinstall's builder dir

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(SeaMonkey :: Installer, defect)

Description

[Sean Su]

A readme.txt is needed in xpinstall/wizard/windows/builder dir to talk about how
the moz installer build process works.

Comment 1

[Ben Bucksch (:BenB)]

Yes. There is one, but it is too short.

Stumble blocks:
- shell to use (DOS-prompt or cygwin)
- env vars to set, what they are supposed to be set to
  - drive letters or unix paths (in cygwin)
  - ../mozilla/ or its parent
  - \ or /
  - trailing slash or not
- build scripts to run and their required params, with values (same as above)
- prerequirements
  - installed software
  - which source dirs to build first
    - I had to manually build nsztool and nsinstall, I think
- any open, known bugs which users are likely to run into


All that with examples.

Comment 2

[Ben Bucksch (:BenB)]

IIRC, I had to:
- Do usual build foo until you have a working build in dist/bin/
- Use DOS-prompt
- Use cygwin (first perl in path).
  If using the 1.0 branch, apply patch in bug 173122.
- cd xpinstall/wizard/windows/; make
- cd xpinstall/wizard/windows/nsztool/; make
- cd xpinstall/wizard/windows/nsinstall/; make
- cd xpinstall/wizard/windows/builder/
- set MOZ_SRC=f:\mozsrc\beonex\mozilla\
- perl build.pl -topsrcdir f:\mozsrc\beonex\mozilla
- get your package from dist/install/

Comment 3

[Ben Bucksch (:BenB)]

- If tit fails to build a few components, just start the build script again, it
might work the 2. time. (strange)

Comment 4

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

Seamonkey and Firefox are using a new NSIS based installer. resolving this old
bug, please reopen if you still get this with the new installer