I updated Firefox on FreeBSD in my desktop computer today.
It uses LLVM 5 instead of LLVM 4. While making the latest firefox,
building LLVM 5 started. I interrupt it and install LLVM 5 by pkg command
by my hand. It reduced the compile time of firefox.
The result was as follows. In README, the firefox 58 will be released in the next month. I hope it will be evolved.
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root@tkmtbsd:/usr/ports/www/firefox # date
Sun Dec 31 11:13:31 JST 2017
root@tkmtbsd:/usr/ports/www/firefox # firefox --version
Mozilla Firefox 57.0.1
root@tkmtbsd:/usr/ports/www/firefox # FORCE_PKG_REGISTER=1 make install
FORCE_PKG_REGISTER=1: Command not found.
root@tkmtbsd:/usr/ports/www/firefox # sh
# FORCE_PKG_REGISTER=1 make install
===> Installing for firefox-57.0.3,1
===> Registering installation for firefox-57.0.3,1
Installing firefox-57.0.3,1...
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Some features available on other platforms are not implemented:
- Native audio (OSS backend is incomplete, doesn't support WebRTC)
- Encrypted Media Extensions (requires Widevine CDM binary)
- Process sandboxing (requires Capsicum backend)
- Reduced memory usage (requires mozjemalloc)
- Performance profiling (requires GeckoProfiler)
- Gamepad API (requires libusbhid backend)
- WebVR (requires open source runtime)
- U2F Security Keys (requires libusbhid backend)
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To select non-default audio backend open about:config page and create
media.cubeb.backend preference. Supported values are: alsa, jack,
pulse, pulse-rust, oss, sndio. Currently used backend can be inspected
on about:support page.
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smb:// issues (Gvfs/GIO option):
Network group, machine, and share browsing does not work correctly.
sftp:// (Gvfs/GIO option):
Only sftp access using public key authentication works. To easily
setup public key authentication to "remote_host":
ssh-keygen
cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub | ssh remote_host "cat >> .ssh/authorized_keys"
The SSH server on remote_host must allow pub key authentication.
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# date
Sun Dec 31 11:14:27 JST 2017
# exit
root@tkmtbsd:/usr/ports/www/firefox # firefox --version
Mozilla Firefox 57.0.3
root@tkmtbsd:/usr/ports/www/firefox #