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eccerr0r
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 Posted: Fri Jan 24, 2025 7:10 pm Post subject: is firefox-x86 seeing the sun set? |
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Seems Firefox is still being updated for x86 on mozilla.org but recently noticed that firefox is now marked ~x86 in portage.
The only problem I know of is that I'm having trouble building llvm and clang on x86. These will directly affect building firefox (or I should try USE=-clang) ?
Anyone still using firefox on x86? Using gcc to build or is clang/llvm working for you?
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Hu
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I cannot comment on how to build it, but I will note: | Juippisi wrote: | | There won't be a stable x86 firefox anymore. We're generally trying to destabilize 32-bit arches as much as possible now, because face it, they're pretty dead now and causing tons of arch-testing work here. Especially big packages like firefox. |
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eccerr0r
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Well that's unfortunate despite it still being supported upstream. I might have to see if I can build firefox reliably with gcc but this is moot due to needing to build mesa gallium.
Still not sure how upstream builds their clang, or are they even using clang. Might have to poke at their binary to see how it's built.
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Zucca
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I have some x86 machines around. None in use, but I've planned to use them as some sort of physical terminal (laptops has so much better keyboards back then).
If I do it, I'll setup a x86 binhost for them. No way I compile modern day heavy stuff locally for (in) them.
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eccerr0r
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Would you run firefox on them?
I'm still self-hosting my x86 boxes, though really just one left now - and it's a QEMU VM. The other two I'm unsure how to consistent build llvm/clang that they've been backburnered and I hope that I don't need that remaining 16550A chip as I don't have any really good usb-serial cables. Been trying to hack a USB-serial cable into a programming/CAT cable for my HF amateur radio and it's simply not behaving properly (okay, I had an extra Baofeng cable that I tried to hack into one I could use for a Kenwood, but not having much luck.) I might have to use a real 16550A to see if I can get that to at least work...
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