[tor-bugs] #9829 [Tor bundles/installation]: Firefox ESR 24 does need a newer compiler than gcc 4.2

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#9829: Firefox ESR 24 does need a newer compiler than gcc 4.2
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     Reporter:  gk                   |      Owner:  erinn
         Type:  defect               |     Status:  needs_review
     Priority:  normal               |  Milestone:
    Component:  Tor                  |    Version:
  bundles/installation               |   Keywords:  tbb-3.0, ff24-esr,
   Resolution:                       |  MikePerry201312R
Actual Points:                       |  Parent ID:  #10103
       Points:                       |
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Changes (by mikeperry):

 * cc: dcf (added)


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:81 mingwandroid]:
 > BTW, during the process of helping out on this I submitted some patches
 to libfaketime which the developers are acting on.
 >
 > One was to correct the nanoseconds issue, however with that fixed,
 configure scripts deterministically report that the build system is not
 'sane', as they (AFAIR) write a file then another, then check that the 2nd
 has a later timestamp than the 1st, considering it not sane otherwise.

 Awesome. Perhaps the answer here is to add another env var that it listens
 for, or add the ability to parse additional time fields past the seconds
 to the existing env var? That way we could change the env var to spoof
 nanoseconds after we run configure, but allow configure to proceed with
 only partially spoofed timestamps?

 > I think there'll be other issues along the same lines to figure out
 workarounds for later.

 Probably. David Fifield has been running into sub-second timestamp issues
 with building python pluggable transport (traffic obfuscation for censored
 users) packages in #9444. It sounds like he's got a fix via other
 mechanisms, but he still might find these patches of some use too.

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