Subj : Re: Building thread-safe SpiderMonkey for Win32
To   : netscape.public.mozilla.jseng
From : Brendan Eich <brendan@meer.net>
Date : Tue Mar 16 2004 06:34 pm

Bob Kline wrote:
> I'm working on providing the Sablotron (open-source XSL/T package) as 
> much information as I can on making the Sablotron use of SpiderMonkey 
> thread-safe, and I have a question about the WIN32 makefile (js.mak) 
> shipped with the js-1.5-rc6.tar.gz tarball.  Is there a less fragile way 
> to maintain an environment which keeps up-to-date thread-safe builds of 
> js32.lib/dll than to hand-edit each new version's js.mak to inject the 
> definition for JS_THREADSAFE instructions to link in the NSPR library?
> 

If there is, I'm all for incorporating this into the standalone 
releases.  I'm not a Windows hacker, so I can't help.  We've relied on 
the kindness of strangers here in the past, and will again, I'm sure.

Nmake files seem old school -- is there some new VS.NET way to go, that 
we could offer in addition?  How about Makefile.in/autoconf builds for 
Windows, using cygwin?

I'd really like js/src to configure and build using autoconf on Windows 
and Unix/Linux, either standalone or as part of Mozilla, either 
thread-safe or not.  That would relieve a number of maintenance and 
support headaches.  Any thoughts or suggestions welcome.

/be


> Thanks!
> 
> Bob Kline
>

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