build instructions do not work as stated in "getting started"
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Assessment
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Activity status
- Stale
- Domain
- build-system, documentation
Research direction
Start with the getting-started build page and the reported mozconfig containing --enable-project=comm/mail and --enable-debug; compare it with the linked build log. Check the two broken documentation links and verify the instructions against a Thunderbird build. Done means the documented build steps and links are current and reproducible.
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Description
Hi. I am trying to get going with thunderbird development, but although following the getting started the build fails.
These are the instructions I am following:
https://developer.thunderbird.net/thunderbird-development/building-thunderbird
getting mercurial, source checkout and setting up prerequisites works fine.
Without a custom mozconfig I am also able to successfully build firefox, but as soon as I add mozconfig, it breaks.
The error I get: TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not subscriptable
More log: https://pastebin.com/ZPUv5PW0
This is the content of my mozconfig as recommended in the getting started:
ac_add_options --enable-project=comm/mail
ac_add_options --enable-debug
When reading further links on your documentation I discovered several broken links:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Configuring_Build_Options
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Developer_guide/mach
Are these docs out of date. If so, where can I find up to date ones?
How do I get started with thunderbird development?
Thanks.
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