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>> > I don't get it then. Does anyone know why I can't compile Firefox |
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>> > as described in the link above? This sums it up: |
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>> > "firefox-9.0 ebuild stalls at the install phase while xpcshell |
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>> > command tops CPU usage for hours." |
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>> > Although xpcshell doesn't use any CPU for me. It just sits there |
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>> > and the install phase doesn't proceed. |
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>> > - Grant |
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>> I can compile Icecat with a customized ebuild. since it's basically |
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>> the same as Firefox, maybe that helps. Basically it disables jit. |
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> You can't compile it on a grsec kernel because of this bug: :) |
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> https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=396275 |
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> It's odd that it hangs at xpcshell for you as it's already paxmarked in the |
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> ebuild... |
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> Anyway, I'd suggest: |
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> 1) keyword firefox so you can get the latest one, which currently is the |
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> 10.0.1. I'm not sure if the security patches between 9.0.1 and 10.0.1 have |
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> been backported. AFAIK, Firefox-10.0.1 from the ebuild in portage tree will |
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> compile just fine on hardened. |
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10.0.1 fails the same way unfortunately. |
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- Grant |
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> 2) As suggested, disabling JIT will do the trick and it seems like recent |
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> versions of Firefox can actually have it disabled properly. So the ebuild for |
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> icecat/firefox will work for you, you just need this in src_configure() : |
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> if use pax_kernel; then |
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> mozconfig_annotate '' --disable-methodjit |
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> mozconfig_annotate '' --disable-tracejit |
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> fi |
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> 3) the other benefit of disabling jit completely is that you can now disable |
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> the paxmarking turning MPROTECT off and benefit from properfly enforced W^X pages |
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> :) Unless you want to use FF for flash or java that is... ;) |
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