264798 - Build size of Linux non-installer build is abnormal large.

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Firefox Build System :: General, defect)

Description

[Volkmar W. Pogatzki]

Since yesterday's builds, the file size of Linux non-installer builds has
increased by 52%. And, as so many times before when having abnormal build sizes,
it breaks Extension Manager and may be(?) the reason for other bugs.

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=264747#c5

Having a look at the filesize of that build which has increased by 52% from one
day's build to the other's, I'm not so much surprised about mysterious behaviour
(also Extemsion Manager is broken again and again when having a build with an
abnormal filesize).

ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/2004-10-15-09-0.9/
-rwxrwxr-x   1 1004     7753     8553417 Oct 15 12:44
firefox-0.10.en-US.linux-i686.installer.tar.gz
-rwxrwxr-x   1 1004     7753     8208277 Oct 15 12:47
firefox-0.10.en-US.linux-i686.tar.gz
drwxrwxr-x   2 1004     7753        4096 Oct 15 12:45 linux-xpi

ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/2004-10-16-09-0.9/
-rwxrwxr-x   1 1004     7753     8567016 Oct 16 12:32
firefox-1.0.en-US.linux-i686.installer.tar.gz
-rwxrwxr-x   1 1004     7753    12511138 Oct 16 12:35
firefox-1.0.en-US.linux-i686.tar.gz
drwxrwxr-x   2 1004     7753        4

Comment 1

[Victor Bielawski]

Suggesting WORKSFORME because there is no xpi-based installer in current versions and because the package builds are back down to a healthy 8.5 MiB.