Some very basic cross build questions

In particular, I'm trying to cross-compile Firefox 69.0.3 from x64 Ubuntu 19.10 to SPARC Solaris 11.4. The one-page document on how to do this (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Developer_guide/Build_Instructions/Cross-compiling_Mozilla) is somewhat limited. I'd appreciate any h

Re: Cross compiling for Solaris SPARC on Ubuntu

Am I perhaps asking in the wrong place? I could really use some help here. I now have a complete Rust cross-compiler working and have set the various env vars and created a mozconfig file. But I'm getting this: $ ../configure --target=sparcv9-sun-solaris ... checking for the target C compiler

Cross compiling for Solaris SPARC on Ubuntu

I managed to build native Firefox in Ubuntu 19.10 by following the directions here: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Developer_guide/Build_Instructions/Simple_Firefox_build/Linux_and_MacOS_build_preparation Now, also in Ubuntu I'd like to cross compile Firefox for Solaris (either

Re: Firefox 71 build hangs in Ubuntu while compiling style

Thanks - that was all it was. I increased the VM from one CPU to two, RAM from 2 GB to 2.5 GB (the host only has 4 so I didn't want to take too much) and the disk from 40 GB to 200 GB. Running ./mach build again it only took another 13 minutes before completing successfully. This is on a Pent

Firefox 71 build hangs in Ubuntu while compiling style

I'm following these directions: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Developer_guide/Build_Instructions/Simple_Firefox_build/Linux_and_MacOS_build_preparation I'm running a 64 bit Ubuntu 19.10 VM in Virtualbox. It has 2 GB of RAM, 4 GB of swap and over 400 GB free disk. After runni