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+.. _mozilla_projects_nss_building_ported:
+
+Building NSS
+============
+
+`Introduction <#introduction>`__
+--------------------------------
+
+.. container::
+
+ This page has detailed information on how to build NSS. Because NSS is a cross-platform library
+ that builds on many different platforms and has many options, it may be complex to build. Please
+ read these instructions carefully before attempting to build.
+
+.. _build_environment:
+
+`Build environment <#build_environment>`__
+------------------------------------------
+
+.. container::
+
+ NSS needs a C and C++ compiler. It has minimal dependencies, including only standard C and C++
+ libraries, plus `zlib <https://www.zlib.net/>`__.
+
+ For building, you also need `make <https://www.gnu.org/software/make/>`__. Ideally, also install
+ `gyp <https://gyp.gsrc.io/>`__ and `ninja <https://ninja-build.org/>`__ and put them on your
+ path. This is recommended, as the build is faster and more reliable.
+
+`Windows <#windows>`__
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. container::
+
+ NSS compilation on Windows uses the same shared build system as Mozilla Firefox. You must first
+ install the `Windows
+ Prerequisites <https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Developer_guide/Build_Instructions/Windows_Prerequisites>`__,
+ including **MozillaBuild**.
+
+ You can also build NSS on the Windows Subsystem for Linux, but the resulting binaries aren't
+ usable by other Windows applications.
+
+.. _get_the_source:
+
+`Get the source <#get_the_source>`__
+------------------------------------
+
+.. container::
+
+ NSS and NSPR use Mercurial for source control like other Mozilla projects. To check out the
+ latest sources for NSS and NSPR--which may not be part of a stable release--use the following
+ commands:
+
+ .. code::
+
+ hg clone https://hg.mozilla.org/projects/nspr
+ hg clone https://hg.mozilla.org/projects/nss
+
+ To get the source of a specific release, see :ref:`mozilla_projects_nss_nss_releases`.
+
+`Build <#build>`__
+------------------
+
+.. container::
+
+ Build NSS using our build script:
+
+ .. code::
+
+ nss/build.sh
+
+ This builds both NSPR and NSS.
+
+.. _build_with_make:
+
+`Build with make <#build_with_make>`__
+--------------------------------------
+
+.. container::
+
+ Alternatively, there is a ``make`` target called "nss_build_all", which produces a similar
+ result. This supports some alternative options, but can be a lot slower.
+
+ .. code::
+
+ make -C nss nss_build_all USE_64=1
+
+ The make-based build system for NSS uses a variety of variables to control the build. Below are
+ some of the variables, along with possible values they may be set to.
+
+ BUILD_OPT
+ 0
+ Build a debug (non-optimized) version of NSS. *This is the default.*
+ 1
+ Build an optimized (non-debug) version of NSS.
+
+ USE_64
+ 0
+ Build for a 32-bit environment/ABI. *This is the default.*
+ 1
+ Build for a 64-bit environment/ABI. *This is recommended.*
+
+ USE_ASAN
+ 0
+ Do not create an `AddressSanitizer <http://clang.llvm.org/docs/AddressSanitizer.html>`__
+ build. *This is the default.*
+ 1
+ Create an AddressSanitizer build.
+
+.. _unit_testing:
+
+`Unit testing <#unit_testing>`__
+--------------------------------
+
+.. container::
+
+ NSS contains extensive unit tests. Scripts to run these are found in the ``tests`` directory.
+ Run the standard suite by:
+
+ .. code::
+
+ HOST=localhost DOMSUF=localdomain USE_64=1 nss/tests/all.sh
+
+.. _unit_test_configuration:
+
+`Unit test configuration <#unit_test_configuration>`__
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. container::
+
+ | NSS tests are configured using environment variables.
+ | The scripts will attempt to infer values for ``HOST`` and ``DOMSUF``, but can fail. Replace
+ ``localhost`` and ``localdomain`` with the hostname and domain suffix for your host. You need
+ to be able to connect to ``$HOST.$DOMSUF``.
+
+ If you don't have a domain suffix you can add an entry to ``/etc/hosts`` (on
+ Windows,\ ``c:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts``) as follows:
+
+ .. code::
+
+ 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain
+
+ Validate this opening a command shell and typing: ``ping localhost.localdomain``.
+
+ Remove the ``USE_64=1`` override if using a 32-bit build.
+
+.. _test_results:
+
+`Test results <#test_results>`__
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. container::
+
+ Running all tests can take a considerable amount of time.
+
+ Test output is stored in ``tests_results/security/$HOST.$NUMBER/``. The file ``results.html``
+ summarizes the results, ``output.log`` captures all the test output.
+
+ Other subdirectories of ``nss/tests`` contain scripts that run a subset of the full suite. Those
+ can be run directly instead of ``all.sh``, which might save some time at the cost of coverage.