glfs/general/genlib/js78.xml
Xi Ruoyao 923952bf59 js78: remove llvm dependency
Ken said a rustc with shipped llvm will work.


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
<!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
%general-entities;
<!-- TODO: rename firefox-version to ff78-version,
to make our life easier when Firefox goes into next ESR. -->
<!ENTITY ff78-version "&firefox-version;">
<!ENTITY js78-download-http "&mozilla-http;/firefox/releases/&ff78-version;esr/source/firefox-&ff78-version;esr.source.tar.xz">
<!ENTITY js78-download-ftp " ">
<!-- 78.1.0 -->
<!ENTITY js78-md5sum "4fec654ff75d469da53356644645e785">
<!ENTITY js78-size "317 MB">
<!ENTITY js78-buildsize "2.9 GB (30 MB installed after removing 31MB static lib)">
<!ENTITY js78-time "2.2 SBU (with parallelism = 4)">
]>
<sect1 id="js78" xreflabel="js78-&ff78-version;">
<?dbhtml filename="js78.html"?>
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
</sect1info>
<title>JS-&ff78-version;</title>
<indexterm zone="js78">
<primary sortas="a-js78">js78</primary>
</indexterm>
<!-- WIP, do NOT add into book for now. -->
<sect2 role="package">
<title>Introduction to JS</title>
<para>
<application>JS</application> is Mozilla's JavaScript engine
written in C. JS78 is taken from Firefox.
</para>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
<itemizedlist spacing="compact">
<listitem>
<para>
Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&js78-download-http;"/>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Download (FTP): <ulink url="&js78-download-ftp;"/>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Download MD5 sum: &js78-md5sum;
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Download size: &js78-size;
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Estimated disk space required: &js78-buildsize;
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Estimated build time: &js78-time;
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
<itemizedlist spacing="compact">
<listitem>
<para>
Required patch:
<ulink url="&patch-root;/js78-code_coverage-1.patch"/>
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">JS78 Dependencies</bridgehead>
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
<para role="required">
<xref linkend="autoconf213"/>,
<xref linkend="icu"/>,
<xref linkend="rust"/>, and
<xref linkend="which"/>
</para>
<!-- It seems nasm is only used for aarch64-win64. -->
<!--bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
<para role="optional">
<xref linkend="nasm"/>
</para-->
<para condition="html" role="usernotes">
User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/js78"/>
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="installation">
<title>Installation of JS</title>
<caution>
<para>
If you are upgrading JS78 from a previously installed old version,
save all work and exit your GNOME Session if you have one running.
Replacing the JS78 binary will cause the GNOME Shell to crash and
return you to your display manager or TTY. After installing the new
version, if GNOME Shell still doesn't work, reinstall
<xref linkend="gjs"/>.
</para>
</caution>
<note>
<para>
Unlike most other packages in BLFS, the instructions below require you
to untar <filename>firefox-&ff78-version;esr.tar.xz</filename> and
change into the <filename>firefox-&ff78-version;</filename> folder.
</para>
<para>
Extracting the tarball
will reset the permissions of the current directory to 0755 if you
have permission to do that. If you do this in a directory where
the sticky bit is set, such
as <filename class="directory">/tmp</filename> it will end with error
messages:
</para>
<literallayout>tar: .: Cannot utime: Operation not permitted
tar: .: Cannot change mode to rwxr-xr-t: Operation not permitted
tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
</literallayout>
<para>
This does finish with non-zero status, but it does
<emphasis>NOT</emphasis> mean there is a real problem.
Do not untar as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user
in a directory where the sticky bit is set - that will unset it.
</para>
</note>
<!-- It's likely to be merged in 78.2.0. -->
<para>
Apply a patch required by <xref linkend="gjs"/>:
</para>
<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../js78-code_coverage-1.patch</userinput></screen>
<para>
Install <application>JS</application> by running the following
commands:
</para>
<note>
<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
href="../../xincludes/mozshm.xml"/>
<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
href="../../xincludes/mozconfigure.xml"/>
</note>
<screen><userinput>mkdir obj &amp;&amp;
cd obj &amp;&amp;
CC=gcc CXX=g++ \
../js/src/configure --prefix=/usr \
--with-intl-api \
--with-system-zlib \
--with-system-icu \
--disable-jemalloc \
--disable-debug-symbols \
--enable-readline &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>
<para>
<!-- All JIT tests pass with 78.1.0 and GNOME patch. -->
To run JIT test suite, issue:
<command>make -C js/src check-jit-test
JITTEST_EXTRA_ARGS="--timeout 300"</command>.
The other parts of test suite are not functional on BLFS.
</para>
<para>
Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
</para>
<screen role="root"><userinput>make install &amp;&amp;
rm -v /usr/lib/libjs_static.ajs &amp;&amp;
sed '/@NSPR_CFLAGS@/d' /usr/bin/js78-config</userinput></screen>
</sect2>
<!-- Several gjs-1.65.90 tests fail with js78. Not sure why.
OTOH an "otherwise" GNOME-3.36 environment works fine. -->
<sect2 role="commands">
<title>Command Explanations</title>
<para>
<envar>CC=gcc CXX=g++</envar>: Upstream now prefers
<application>clang</application>, override it like other Mozilla
packages in BLFS book.
</para>
<para>
<parameter>--with-*</parameter>: These parameters allow the build system
to use system versions of the above libraries. These are required for
stability.
</para>
<para>
<parameter>--enable-readline</parameter>: This switch enables Readline
support in the JS shell.
</para>
<para>
<parameter>--disable-jemalloc</parameter>: This switch disables the
internal memory allocator used in JS78. jemalloc causes a conflict with glibc.
</para>
<para>
<parameter>--disable-debug-symbols</parameter>: Don't generate debug
symbols since they are very large and most users won't need it. Remove
it if you want to debug JS78.
</para>
<para>
<command>rm -v /usr/lib/libjs_static.ajs</command>: Remove a large
static library which is not used by any BLFS package.
</para>
<para>
<!-- recheck on 78.2.0 -->
<command>sed '/@NSPR_CFLAGS@/d' /usr/bin/js78-config</command>:
Prevent <command>js78-config</command> to print buggy CFLAGS.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="content">
<title>Contents</title>
<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
<seglistitem>
<seg>
js78 and js78-config
</seg>
<seg>
libmozjs-78.so
</seg>
<seg>
/usr/include/mozjs-78
</seg>
</seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>
<variablelist>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
<?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
<varlistentry id="js6-js78">
<term><command>js78</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>
provides a command line interface to the
<application>JavaScript</application> engine.
</para>
<indexterm zone="js78 js78">
<primary sortas="b-js78">js78</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="js78-config">
<term><command>js78-config</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>
is used to find the JS compiler and linker flags.
</para>
<indexterm zone="js78 js78-config">
<primary sortas="b-js78-config">js78-config</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="libmozjs-78">
<term><filename class="libraryfile">libmozjs-78.so</filename></term>
<listitem>
<para>
contains the Mozilla JavaScript API functions.
</para>
<indexterm zone="js78 libmozjs-78">
<primary sortas="c-libmozjs78">libmozjs-78.so</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect2>
</sect1>