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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-28 14:29:10 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-28 14:29:10 +0000 |
commit | 2aa4a82499d4becd2284cdb482213d541b8804dd (patch) | |
tree | b80bf8bf13c3766139fbacc530efd0dd9d54394c /other-licenses/7zstub/README.mozilla | |
parent | Initial commit. (diff) | |
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Adding upstream version 86.0.1.upstream/86.0.1upstream
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/other-licenses/7zstub/README.mozilla b/other-licenses/7zstub/README.mozilla new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..6f440409d6 --- /dev/null +++ b/other-licenses/7zstub/README.mozilla @@ -0,0 +1,63 @@ +This directory contains the LZMA SDK code used in building the self-extracting +Windows installer. + +The src/ directory contains an almost-unmodified copy of the 7-zip source code +version 18.05, as downloaded from https://www.7-zip.org/a/lzma1805.7z (linked +from https://www.7-zip.org/sdk.html) on August 30, 2018. As stated in +DOC/lzma-sdk.txt and on the web page, this code is in the public domain. A few +modifications have been made to this copy of the source code. Those +modifications are contained in mozilla_customizations.diff, which should be +found in the same directory as this file. + +The firefox/ directory contains several things: +* SFXSetup.sln and SFXSetup.vcxproj + These are Visual Studio 2017 conversions of the Visual C++ 6 workspace and + project files from the src/CPP/7zip/Bundles/SFXSetup/ directory, with + some changes and additions to support AArch64 and to include our resources. +* 7zSD.arm64.manifest and 7zSD.win32.manifest + We need to add a manifest file to the binary for several reasons, and one + isn't supplied with the source package (Visual C++ 6 doesn't support them), + so we've written our own. +* setup.ico + The icon group used for the installer package. +* resource.rc + The resource script containing the above manifest and icon references, as + well as other resources we need. This is derived from the supplied SFXSetup + resource.rc, but heavily customized. +* 7zSD.ARM64.sfx + AArch64 binary built using all the above files. Checking this into the tree in + compiled binary form means that packaging the installer does not require + having a compiler toolchain configured (which is the case for artifact + builds). To compile your own version of this file, open SFXSetup.sln and build + the ReleaseD configuration. +* 7zSD.Win32.sfx + 32-bit x86 binary built using some of the above files, but through a different + build procedure that uses Visual C++ 6 in order to maintain compatibility with + legacy Windows platforms (Firefox doesn't run on these platforms, but at least + we can display a helpful error message). The exact procedure that generated + this file was: + 1) Install Microsoft Visual C++ 6 Professional or Enterprise edition (the + Standard edition does not include the optimizing compiler, so it should + not be used). You'll likely want a virtual machine running Windows XP, + because running VC6 under more modern Windows versions is tricky. + 2) Install an appropriate Windows SDK version. The Windows XP Service Pack 2 + SDK is known to work well, but that particular version appears to only be + available from archive.org: + https://web.archive.org/web/20080209175723/http://www.microsoft.com:80/msdownload/platformsdk/sdkupdate/XPSP2FULLInstall.htm + 3) Run the tool included with the SDK that configures Visual C++ to use it. + 4) If using a fresh copy of the LZMA SDK sources, apply the patch in + mozilla_customizations.diff. The copy in the Firefox source tree already + has these changes applied. + 5) Open the workspace file at src\CPP\7zip\Bundles\SFXSetup\SFXSetup.dsw and + build it using the "SFXSetup - Win32 ReleaseD" configuration. The output + executable should be at the path ReleaseD\7zSD.sfx relative to SFXSetup.dsw. + 6) Use Resource Hacker (available from http://angusj.com/resourcehacker/) to + replace the existing icon on 7zSD.sfx and to add the manifest as a new + resource. Also edit the version info resource to replace CompanyName and + LegalCopyright with "Mozilla" (or appropriate vendor name) and + FileDescription and ProductName with "Firefox" (or appropriate product name). + Be sure to recompile the resources using the green "play" button in the + toolbar (or by pressing F5) before saving the file. + In the future this file may be replaced with one built in the same manner as + the AArch64 version using a modern toolchain, if the loss of platform support + is deemed acceptable. |