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diff --git a/security/nss/doc/rst/legacy/building/index.rst b/security/nss/doc/rst/legacy/building/index.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..3e2c77b576 --- /dev/null +++ b/security/nss/doc/rst/legacy/building/index.rst @@ -0,0 +1,159 @@ +.. _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:: notranslate + + 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:: notranslate + + 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:: notranslate + + 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:: notranslate + + 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:: notranslate + + 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. |