Hello Shondoit, So far so good, Tor is built and running, however, I did get one build error wrt Firefox 12.0, and it's one I'm unsure how to fix. Vidalia was not built, I assume that's due to the Firefox error stopping the build process.
Qt needs to be installed /after/ tbb-build finished completely. Don't forget to set-up Git (git config [...]), clone torbrowser.git, add my personal repo, checkout 'personal-build' And then the following should Just Work*?*: $ make -f build-scripts/windows.mk build-all-binaries bundle
Here's the build issue I haven't yet resolved: $ mv: cannot move '/home/USERNAME/torbrowser/build-scripts/build-alpha-windows/build/firefox-12.0': Persmission denied $ make: *** [/home/USERNAME/torbrowser/build-scripts/build-alpha-windows/build/firefox-12.0] Error 1 Issues I was able to resolve: 1) I had to set QTcore4.dll PATH environment variable, I used system PATHs "C:\Qt\4.8.1;C:\Qt\4.8.1\bin". Otherwise, po2ts.exe complained about missing QTcore4.dll. Please see this on-topic Vidalia bug report: https://trac-vidalia.torproject.org/projects/vidalia/ticket/488 2) The zlib version you hard-coded (1.2.6) is out of date, and thus the download is 404ing. I edited versions.mk and versions-alpha.mk for the most recent version 1.2.7 and zlib downloaded fine. 3) I got an error while installing QT: "The installer could not find a valid C:\MinGW\include\w32api.h (Only versions with W32API 3.13 are supported)". I didn't do anything to fix this error. I'm on 64 bit, if that matters. 4) Running your 'make -f build...' command (from the above quote) from C:\MinGW\msys\1.0\home\USERNAME\torbrowser gives the the following error. So, I had to cd into /build-scripts/ and then run 'make -f windows.mk...' $ make -f build-scripts/windows.mk build-all-binaries bundle $ build-scripts/windows.mk:57: /home/USERNAME/torbrowser/versions.mk: No such file or directory $ make: *** No rule to make target '/home/USERNAME/torbrowser/versions.mk'. stop P.S. I hammered together your personal-build repo, with torbrowser.git [0], using TortoiseGit. But that's inefficient and clumsy. I tried many ways to 'add' your personal-build repo using msysGit, following your directions I quoted above, but I always failed. Could you please e-mail a quick and dirty step-by-step for using msysGit wrt your personal-build repo? E.g., #1. $git clone torbrowser.git..., #2. $git add shondoit's_personal-build..., #3. $git checkout... ? I only had success after fetching your personal-build [1], into \home\USERNAME\torbrowser\, with TortoiseGit. P.P.S. Because you wrote you want this tested on Windows XP, and I am currently unsure how to solve the build problem on Windows 7, I'm going to test your process on a fresh install of Windows XP SP3, on a clean VM (using VirutalBox). Hopefully, by the time I test on Windows XP, someone smarter than me can provide a solution for the above Firefox 12 build issue. Thanks! [0] https://git.torproject.org/torbrowser.git [1] https://gitweb.torproject.org/user/shondoit/torbrowser.git/tree/personal-bui... -- John Crain johncrain@eml.cc On Sun, May 6, 2012, at 07:18 AM, John Crain wrote:
Hi Shondoit,
Thanks for taking time!
If you have a clean VM, with a default install of Windows 7, then please try it out and let me know. If you have a dirty Windows XP in the back of your closet, try it out as well. I'd love to hear how it breaks and then improving it.
Would you be interested in the opposite? That is, a (slightly) dirty default install of Windows 7 (x64), and a clean VM with a default install of Windows XP SP3? Alternatively, I could install XP into a new partition on HDD, if you'd prefer.
Don't forget to set-up Git (git config [...]), clone torbrowser.git, add my personal repo, checkout 'personal-build'
Could you please expand on this? I haven't used Git via mingw and I don't much feel like taking the time to RTFM ;)
P.S. How would one go about using your work for profile build(s) to test benefits of something like [0,1]?
[0] #3978: "Better TBB about:config settings(?); re: browsing and loading speed, etc." https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/3978
[1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/attachment/ticket/3978/tbb-ff-pgo.p...
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