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[PATCH 0/2] firefox-based browsers: Remove testing/web-platform.

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Message #5 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Nicolas Graves <ngraves <at> ngraves.fr>
To: guix-patches <at> gnu.org
Cc: Nicolas Graves <ngraves <at> ngraves.fr>
Subject: [PATCH 0/2] firefox-based browsers: Remove testing/web-platform.
Date: Fri, 23 May 2025 06:17:58 +0200

I recently noticed that I wasn't able to build firefox-based browsers
on my beefy computer ; I figured that the RAM can be cleaned up of the
testing/web-platform without consequences (other directories in
testing often include files that are used elsewhere in the
build-system).

It frees 800M of RAM at build time.

I also tried on Icecat but it looks like it already removes it.

Nicolas Graves (2):
  gnu: make-librewolf-source: Delete testing/web-platform.
  gnu: make-torbrowser: Delete testing/web-platform.

 gnu/packages/librewolf.scm    | 6 +++++-
 gnu/packages/tor-browsers.scm | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

-- 
2.49.0

Message #8 received at 78558 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Nicolas Graves <ngraves <at> ngraves.fr>
To: 78558 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Nicolas Graves <ngraves <at> ngraves.fr>
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] gnu: make-librewolf-source: Delete testing/web-platform.
Date: Fri, 23 May 2025 06:25:08 +0200

* gnu/packages/librewolf.scm (make-librewolf-source): Delete
testing/web-platform.  This frees more than 800M of RAM during the
build.  Removing it seems to be enough to allow build on some
machines.
---
 gnu/packages/librewolf.scm | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/gnu/packages/librewolf.scm b/gnu/packages/librewolf.scm
index 063a89420f..b733709b03 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/librewolf.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/librewolf.scm
@@ -193,7 +193,11 @@ (define* (make-librewolf-source #:key version firefox-hash librewolf-hash l10n)
        (search-patches
         "librewolf-compare-paths.patch"
         "librewolf-use-system-wide-dir.patch"
-        "librewolf-add-store-to-rdd-allowlist.patch")))))
+        "librewolf-add-store-to-rdd-allowlist.patch"))
+      ;; XXX: 75 Mo (800+ Mo uncompressed) of unused tests.
+      ;; Removing it makes it possible to compile on some systems.
+      (modules '((guix build utils)))
+      (snippet #~(delete-file-recursively "testing/web-platform")))))
 
 ;;; Define the versions of rust needed to build firefox, trying to match
 ;;; upstream.  See table at [0], `Uses' column for the specific version.
-- 
2.49.0

Message #11 received at 78558 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Nicolas Graves <ngraves <at> ngraves.fr>
To: 78558 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Nicolas Graves <ngraves <at> ngraves.fr>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] gnu: make-torbrowser: Delete testing/web-platform.
Date: Fri, 23 May 2025 06:25:09 +0200

* gnu/packages/tor-browsers.scm (make-torbrowser): Delete
testing/web-platform.  This frees more than 800M of RAM during the
build.  Removing it seems to be enough to allow build on some
machines.
---
 gnu/packages/tor-browsers.scm | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gnu/packages/tor-browsers.scm b/gnu/packages/tor-browsers.scm
index d59d123182..06729699cf 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/tor-browsers.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/tor-browsers.scm
@@ -433,6 +433,8 @@ (define* (make-torbrowser #:key
                           ;; UNBUNDLE-ME! "gfx/graphite2"
                           "js/src/ctypes/libffi"
                           ;; UNBUNDLE-ME! "db/sqlite3"
+                          ;; 800Mo of unused tests.
+                          "testing/web-platform"
                           ))))
           (add-after 'remove-bundled-libraries 'fix-ffmpeg-runtime-linker
             (lambda* (#:key inputs #:allow-other-keys)
-- 
2.49.0

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