For those still using the End-of-lifed AIX 4.3.3:

I have build Firefox 1.0.6 in a ppc604 and common optimized versions.
All prerequisited from AIX Toolbox.

http://www.linkitup.de/ForAIX/Firefox/

Only three little hacks.
The configure didn't "#include <strings.h>" in a few source files ;-)

Criticism and feedback welcome.

I also have a AIX 5.1 build with GTK2, but it is a lot slower.

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Uli

On Sat, 13 Aug 2005 12:29:10 +0200, Uli Link
<VonRechts.NachLinks@usenet.arcornews.de> wrote:

>For those still using the End-of-lifed AIX 4.3.3:
>
>I have build Firefox 1.0.6 in a ppc604 and common optimized versions.
>All prerequisited from AIX Toolbox.
>
>http://www.linkitup.de/ForAIX/Firefox/
>
>Only three little hacks.
>The configure didn't "#include <strings.h>" in a few source files ;-)
>
>Criticism and feedback welcome.
>
>I also have a AIX 5.1 build with GTK2, but it is a lot slower.

I think there's another dependancy needed.

# rpm -ivh fontconfig-2.2.0-1.aix4.3.ppc.rpm
error: failed dependencies:
libexpat.a(libexpat.so.0) is needed by fontconfig-2.2.0-1

The AIX toolbox for linux doesn't list expat for 4.3 anymore.

Tom Ward schrieb:
> On Sat, 13 Aug 2005 12:29:10 +0200, Uli Link
> <VonRechts.NachLinks@usenet.arcornews.de> wrote:
>
>
>>For those still using the End-of-lifed AIX 4.3.3:
>>
>>I have build Firefox 1.0.6 in a ppc604 and common optimized versions.
>>All prerequisited from AIX Toolbox.
>>
>>http://www.linkitup.de/ForAIX/Firefox/
>>
>>Only three little hacks.
>>The configure didn't "#include <strings.h>" in a few source files ;-)
>>
>>Criticism and feedback welcome.
>>
>>I also have a AIX 5.1 build with GTK2, but it is a lot slower.
>
>
> I think there's another dependancy needed.
>
> # rpm -ivh fontconfig-2.2.0-1.aix4.3.ppc.rpm
> error: failed dependencies:
> libexpat.a(libexpat.so.0) is needed by fontconfig-2.2.0-1
>
> The AIX toolbox for linux doesn't list expat for 4.3 anymore.
>
>

THX,

I'll update this info.
The rpm is still available on the ftp server, but no longer through web.
I have the "missing" rpm.

--
Uli

On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 22:26:26 +0200, Uli Link
<VonRechts.NachLinks@usenet.arcornews.de> wrote:

>Tom Ward schrieb:
>> On Sat, 13 Aug 2005 12:29:10 +0200, Uli Link
>> <VonRechts.NachLinks@usenet.arcornews.de> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>For those still using the End-of-lifed AIX 4.3.3:
>>>
>>>I have build Firefox 1.0.6 in a ppc604 and common optimized versions.
>>>All prerequisited from AIX Toolbox.
>>>
>>>http://www.linkitup.de/ForAIX/Firefox/
>>>
>>>Only three little hacks.
>>>The configure didn't "#include <strings.h>" in a few source files ;-)
>>>
>>>Criticism and feedback welcome.
>>>
>>>I also have a AIX 5.1 build with GTK2, but it is a lot slower.
>>
>>
>> I think there's another dependancy needed.
>>
>> # rpm -ivh fontconfig-2.2.0-1.aix4.3.ppc.rpm
>> error: failed dependencies:
>> libexpat.a(libexpat.so.0) is needed by fontconfig-2.2.0-1
>>
>> The AIX toolbox for linux doesn't list expat for 4.3 anymore.
>>
>>
>
>THX,
>
>I'll update this info.
>The rpm is still available on the ftp server, but no longer through web.
>I have the "missing" rpm.

Thanks! That resolved the RPM dependancies. Firefox ran without
expat and fontconfig, but I didn't test it much. I'm sure it'll work
better now.

Thanks,
Tom

Tom Ward schrieb:

> Thanks! That resolved the RPM dependancies. Firefox ran without
> expat and fontconfig, but I didn't test it much. I'm sure it'll work
> better now.

Yes it runs without them, but they (and the according devel rpms and a
few more) are build dependencies. On the other hand I can *not* say for
sure, they are *never* used later.
Firefox is built with run-time linking and it is a complex piece of
software.

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Uli