The following research was instrumental in building SpiderMonkey 60 on Windows. Big thanks to Peng Hui Jiang for this research.
##Build Environment
Below is environment we are using and we can check whether it is working on Windows 7/8 and Visual Studio 2013/2015 etc.
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vs_installer.exeC:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vs_installer.exe # should be older than 10.0.16299.0##Getting Started
Make a new shortcut on the desktop. The location should be:
cmd.exe /E:ON /V:ON /T:1F /K ""C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat"" amd64 && color 1f
Start by launching a fresh CouchDB SDK prompt, then setup the Mozilla build environment with the command:
call cd \mozilla-build-3.2\start-shell.bat
mozilla-build-3.2 can be downloaded from https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla/libraries/win32/
##Build Spidermonkey JavaScript 6.0
Spidermonkey needs to be compiled with the Mozilla Build chain. There are some issues during build, and check the troubleshooting sections and see whether they help.
cd /c/relax tar xvf mozjs-60.1.1pre3.tar.bz2 # from https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/spidermonkey/prereleases/60/pre3/ cd mozjs-60.1.1pre3/js/src <replace mozjs-60.1.1pre3\build\win32\vswhere.exe with C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vswhere.exe. Otherwise we will get WindowsError: [Error 5] Access is denied when running configure> autoconf2.13 mkdir build_OPT.OBJ cd build_OPT.OBJ ../configure --enable-shared-js --disable-jemalloc --disable-tests --enable-optimize --build-backends=RecursiveMake --enable-posix-nspr-emulation --with-visual-studio-version=2017 --disable-debug --enable-gczeal --target=x86_64-pc-mingw32 --host=x86_64-pc-mingw32 mozmake
Some build targets can be
##Troubleshooting
$ autoconf ../../build/autoconf/acwinpaths.m4:10: error: defn: undefined macro: AC_OUTPUT_FILES ../../build/autoconf/acwinpaths.m4:10: the top level autom4te-2.68: /bin/m4 failed with exit status: 1
Note: we need to use autoconfig version 2.13. You might get above error if using new version of autoconfig.
$ autoconf --version sed: can't read /usr/share/autoconf-2.13/acgeneral.m4: No such file or directory Autoconf version
Note: The autoconf provided in Mozilla build is not always working. I download autoconf-2.1.3 and copy them to /usr/share directory and run /c/autoconf-2.13/autoconf under mozjs-60.1.1pre3/js/src directory.
cp -r autoconf-2.13 /usr/share/
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "../../../configure.py", line 127, in <module>
sys.exit(main(sys.argv))
File "../../../configure.py", line 29, in main
sandbox.run(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'moz.configure'))
File "c:\mozjs-60.1.1pre3\python\mozbuild\mozbuild\configure\__init__.py", line 409, in run
self._value_for(option)
File "c:\mozjs-60.1.1pre3\python\mozbuild\mozbuild\configure\__init__.py", line 477, in _value_for
return self._value_for_option(obj)
File "c:\mozjs-60.1.1pre3\python\mozbuild\mozbuild\util.py", line 944, in method_call
cache[args] = self.func(instance, *args)
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not self._value_for(implied_option.when)):
File "c:\mozjs-60.1.1pre3\python\mozbuild\mozbuild\configure\__init__.py", line 474, in _value_for
return self._value_for_depends(obj, need_help_dependency)
File "c:\mozjs-60.1.1pre3\python\mozbuild\mozbuild\util.py", line 944, in method_call
cache[args] = self.func(instance, *args)
File "c:\mozjs-60.1.1pre3\python\mozbuild\mozbuild\configure\__init__.py", line 483, in _value_for_depends
return obj.result(need_help_dependency)
File "c:\mozjs-60.1.1pre3\python\mozbuild\mozbuild\util.py", line 944, in method_call
cache[args] = self.func(instance, *args)
File "c:\mozjs-60.1.1pre3\python\mozbuild\mozbuild\configure\__init__.py", line 199, in result
return self._func(resolved_args)
File "c:\mozjs-60.1.1pre3\python\mozbuild\mozbuild\configure\__init__.py", line 198, in <genexpr>
for d in self.dependencies)
File "c:\mozjs-60.1.1pre3\python\mozbuild\mozbuild\configure\__init__.py", line 474, in _value_for
return self._value_for_depends(obj, need_help_dependency)
File "c:\mozjs-60.1.1pre3\python\mozbuild\mozbuild\util.py", line 944, in method_call
cache[args] = self.func(instance, *args)
File "c:\mozjs-60.1.1pre3\python\mozbuild\mozbuild\configure\__init__.py", line 483, in _value_for_depends
return obj.result(need_help_dependency)
File "c:\mozjs-60.1.1pre3\python\mozbuild\mozbuild\util.py", line 944, in method_call
cache[args] = self.func(instance, *args)
File "c:\mozjs-60.1.1pre3\python\mozbuild\mozbuild\configure\__init__.py", line 122, in result
for d in self.dependencies]
File "c:\mozjs-60.1.1pre3\python\mozbuild\mozbuild\configure\__init__.py", line 474, in _value_for
return self._value_for_depends(obj, need_help_dependency)
File "c:\mozjs-60.1.1pre3\python\mozbuild\mozbuild\util.py", line 944, in method_call
cache[args] = self.func(instance, *args)
File "c:\mozjs-60.1.1pre3\python\mozbuild\mozbuild\configure\__init__.py", line 483, in _value_for_depends
return obj.result(need_help_dependency)
File "c:\mozjs-60.1.1pre3\python\mozbuild\mozbuild\util.py", line 944, in method_call
cache[args] = self.func(instance, *args)
File "c:\mozjs-60.1.1pre3\python\mozbuild\mozbuild\configure\__init__.py", line 122, in result
for d in self.dependencies]
File "c:\mozjs-60.1.1pre3\python\mozbuild\mozbuild\configure\__init__.py", line 474, in _value_for
return self._value_for_depends(obj, need_help_dependency)
File "c:\mozjs-60.1.1pre3\python\mozbuild\mozbuild\util.py", line 944, in method_call
cache[args] = self.func(instance, *args)
File "c:\mozjs-60.1.1pre3\python\mozbuild\mozbuild\configure\__init__.py", line 483, in _value_for_depends
return obj.result(need_help_dependency)
File "c:\mozjs-60.1.1pre3\python\mozbuild\mozbuild\util.py", line 944, in method_call
cache[args] = self.func(instance, *args)
File "c:\mozjs-60.1.1pre3\python\mozbuild\mozbuild\configure\__init__.py", line 122, in result
for d in self.dependencies]
File "c:\mozjs-60.1.1pre3\python\mozbuild\mozbuild\configure\__init__.py", line 474, in _value_for
return self._value_for_depends(obj, need_help_dependency)
File "c:\mozjs-60.1.1pre3\python\mozbuild\mozbuild\util.py", line 944, in method_call
cache[args] = self.func(instance, *args)
File "c:\mozjs-60.1.1pre3\python\mozbuild\mozbuild\configure\__init__.py", line 483, in _value_for_depends
return obj.result(need_help_dependency)
File "c:\mozjs-60.1.1pre3\python\mozbuild\mozbuild\util.py", line 944, in method_call
cache[args] = self.func(instance, *args)
File "c:\mozjs-60.1.1pre3\python\mozbuild\mozbuild\configure\__init__.py", line 122, in result
for d in self.dependencies]
File "c:\mozjs-60.1.1pre3\python\mozbuild\mozbuild\configure\__init__.py", line 474, in _value_for
return self._value_for_depends(obj, need_help_dependency)
File "c:\mozjs-60.1.1pre3\python\mozbuild\mozbuild\util.py", line 944, in method_call
cache[args] = self.func(instance, *args)
File "c:\mozjs-60.1.1pre3\python\mozbuild\mozbuild\configure\__init__.py", line 483, in _value_for_depends
return obj.result(need_help_dependency)
File "c:\mozjs-60.1.1pre3\python\mozbuild\mozbuild\util.py", line 944, in method_call
cache[args] = self.func(instance, *args)
File "c:\mozjs-60.1.1pre3\python\mozbuild\mozbuild\configure\__init__.py", line 123, in result
return self._func(*resolved_args)
File "c:\mozjs-60.1.1pre3\python\mozbuild\mozbuild\configure\__init__.py", line 1003, in wrapped
return new_func(*args, **kwargs)
File "c:/mozjs-60.1.1pre3/build/moz.configure/toolchain.configure", line 625, in vc_compiler_path
all_versions = sorted(get_vc_paths(env.topsrcdir), key=itemgetter(0))
File "c:/mozjs-60.1.1pre3/build/moz.configure/toolchain.configure", line 572, in get_vc_paths
for install in vswhere(['-legacy', '-version', '[14.0,15.0)']):
File "c:/mozjs-60.1.1pre3/build/moz.configure/toolchain.configure", line 568, in vswhere
] + args).decode(encoding, 'replace'))
File "c:\mozilla-build-3.2\python\Lib\subprocess.py", line 216, in check_output
process = Popen(stdout=PIPE, *popenargs, **kwargs)
File "c:\mozilla-build-3.2\python\Lib\subprocess.py", line 394, in __init__
errread, errwrite)
File "c:\mozilla-build-3.2\python\Lib\subprocess.py", line 644, in _execute_child
startupinfo)
WindowsError: [Error 5] Access is denied
Note: vswhere.exe provide in mozjs-60.1.1pre3 is not working. I replace mozjs-60.1.1pre3\build\win32\vswhere.exe with C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vswhere.exe.
c:/mozjs-60.1.1pre3/js/src/build.j/_virtualenv/Scripts/python.exe -m mozbuild.action.cl cl.exe -FoUnified_cpp_js_src36.obj -c -DDEBUG=1 -DENABLE_WASM_GLOBAL -DWASM_HUGE_MEMORY -DJS_CACHEIR_SPEW -DENABLE_SHARED_ARRAY_BUFFER -DEXPORT_JS_API -DMOZ_HAS_MOZGLUE -Ic:/mozjs-60.1.1pre3/js/src -Ic:/mozjs-60.1.1pre3/js/src/build.j/js/src -Ic:/mozjs-60.1.1pre3/js/src/build.j/dist/include -MDd -FI c:/mozjs-60.1.1pre3/js/src/build.j/js/src/js-confdefs.h -DMOZILLA_CLIENT -utf-8 -TP -nologo -wd4800 -wd4595 -D_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS -w15038 -wd5026 -wd5027 -Zc:sizedDealloc- -D_HAS_EXCEPTIONS=0 -W3 -Gy -Zc:inline -Gw -wd4244 -wd4267 -wd4251 -we4553 -GR- -Zi -Oy- -wd4805 -wd4661 -we4067 -we4258 -we4275 -wd4146 -wd4577 -wd4312 -Fdgenerated.pdb -FS c:/mozjs-60.1.1pre3/js/src/build.j/js/src/Unified_cpp_js_src36.cpp Unified_cpp_js_src36.cpp c:/mozjs-60.1.1pre3/js/src/vm/PosixNSPR.cpp(14): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'sys/time.h': No such file or directory mozmake[3]: *** [c:/mozjs-60.1.1pre3/config/rules.mk:1049: Unified_cpp_js_src36.obj] Error 2
c:/mozjs-60.1.1pre3/js/src/build.j/_virtualenv/Scripts/python.exe -m mozbuild.action.cl cl.exe -FoUnified_cpp_js_src39.obj -c -DDEBUG=1 -DENABLE_WASM_GLOBAL -DWASM_HUGE_MEMORY -DJS_CACHEIR_SPEW -DENABLE_SHARED_ARRAY_BUFFER -DEXPORT_JS_API -DMOZ_HAS_MOZGLUE -Ic:/mozjs-60.1.1pre3/js/src -Ic:/mozjs-60.1.1pre3/js/src/build.j/js/src -Ic:/mozjs-60.1.1pre3/js/src/build.j/dist/include -MDd -FI c:/mozjs-60.1.1pre3/js/src/build.j/js/src/js-confdefs.h -DMOZILLA_CLIENT -utf-8 -TP -nologo -wd4800 -wd4595 -D_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS -w15038 -wd5026 -wd5027 -Zc:sizedDealloc- -D_HAS_EXCEPTIONS=0 -W3 -Gy -Zc:inline -Gw -wd4244 -wd4267 -wd4251 -we4553 -GR- -Zi -Oy- -wd4805 -wd4661 -we4067 -we4258 -we4275 -wd4146 -wd4577 -wd4312 -Fdgenerated.pdb -FS c:/mozjs-60.1.1pre3/js/src/build.j/js/src/Unified_cpp_js_src39.cpp Unified_cpp_js_src39.cpp c:/mozjs-60.1.1pre3/js/src/vm/Time.cpp(30): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'prinit.h': No such file or directory
Note: we might have to create some patches for mozjs-60.1.1pre3 windows version. Now just commented out these.
[Update: bugzilla says that Windows builds using NSPR Posix emulation are unsupported, so for CouchDB 3.0 we're just building with NSPR enabled. It builds just fine. None of the problems in the point below occur.]
c:/mozjs/mozjs-60.1.1pre3/js/src/build.a/_virtualenv/Scripts/python.exe -m mozbuild.action.cl cl.exe -Foprdir.obj -c -DDEBUG=1 -D_NSPR_BUILD_ -DWIN32 -DXP_PC -D_PR_GLOBAL_THREADS_ONLY -DWIN95 -UWINNT -DDO_NOT_WAIT_FOR_CONNECT_OVERLAPPED_OPERATIONS -D_AMD64_ -Ic:/mozjs/mozjs-60.1.1pre3/config/external/nspr/pr -Ic:/mozjs/mozjs-60.1.1pre3/js/src/build.a/config/external/nspr/pr -Ic:/mozjs/mozjs-60.1.1pre3/config/external/nspr -Ic:/mozjs/mozjs-60.1.1pre3/nsprpub/pr/include -Ic:/mozjs/mozjs-60.1.1pre3/nsprpub/pr/include/private -Ic:/mozjs/mozjs-60.1.1pre3/js/src/build.a/dist/include -Ic:/mozjs/mozjs-60.1.1pre3/js/src/build.a/dist/include/nspr -MD -FI c:/mozjs/mozjs-60.1.1pre3/js/src/build.a/js/src/js-confdefs.h -DMOZILLA_CLIENT -utf-8 -TC -nologo -D_HAS_EXCEPTIONS=0 -W3 -Gy -Zc:inline -Gw -wd4244 -wd4267 -we4553 -Zi -O2 -Oy- -Fdgenerated.pdb -FS c:/mozjs/mozjs-60.1.1pre3/nsprpub/pr/src/io/prdir.c C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.18362.0\shared\stralign.h(120): warning C4090: 'argument': different '__unaligned' qualifiers prdir.c C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.18362.0\shared\kernelspecs.h(58): warning C4005: 'HIGH_LEVEL': macro redefinition C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.18362.0\shared\kernelspecs.h(55): note: see previous definition of 'HIGH_LEVEL' C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.18362.0\um\winnt.h(7531): warning C4005: 'CONTEXT_CONTROL': macro redefinition C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.18362.0\um\winnt.h(3808): note: see previous definition of 'CONTEXT_CONTROL' C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.18362.0\um\winnt.h(7532): warning C4005: 'CONTEXT_INTEGER': macro redefinition C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.18362.0\um\winnt.h(3809): note: see previous definition of 'CONTEXT_INTEGER' C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.18362.0\um\winnt.h(7533): warning C4005: 'CONTEXT_SEGMENTS': macro redefinition C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.18362.0\um\winnt.h(3810): note: see previous definition of 'CONTEXT_SEGMENTS' C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.18362.0\um\winnt.h(7534): warning C4005: 'CONTEXT_FLOATING_POINT': macro redefinition C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.18362.0\um\winnt.h(3811): note: see previous definition of 'CONTEXT_FLOATING_POINT' C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.18362.0\um\winnt.h(7535): warning C4005: 'CONTEXT_DEBUG_REGISTERS': macro redefinition C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.18362.0\um\winnt.h(3812): note: see previous definition of 'CONTEXT_DEBUG_REGISTERS' C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.18362.0\um\winnt.h(7539): warning C4005: 'CONTEXT_FULL': macro redefinition C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.18362.0\um\winnt.h(3815): note: see previous definition of 'CONTEXT_FULL' C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.18362.0\um\winnt.h(7543): warning C4005: 'CONTEXT_ALL': macro redefinition C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.18362.0\um\winnt.h(3819): note: see previous definition of 'CONTEXT_ALL' C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.18362.0\um\winnt.h(7545): warning C4005: 'CONTEXT_XSTATE': macro redefinition C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.18362.0\um\winnt.h(3821): note: see previous definition of 'CONTEXT_XSTATE' C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.18362.0\um\winnt.h(7597): error C2011: '_CONTEXT': 'struct' type redefinition C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.18362.0\um\winnt.h(3886): note: see declaration of '_CONTEXT' C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.18362.0\shared\stralign.h(120): warning C4090: 'function': different '__unaligned' qualifiers mozmake[3]: *** [c:/mozjs/mozjs-60.1.1pre3/config/rules.mk:774: prdir.obj] Error 2 mozmake[3]: Leaving directory 'c:/mozjs/mozjs-60.1.1pre3/js/src/build.a/config/external/nspr/pr' mozmake[2]: *** [c:/mozjs/mozjs-60.1.1pre3/config/recurse.mk:73: config/external/nspr/pr/target] Error 2
Note: NSPR is not easy to build in windows. I use --enable-posix-nspr-emulation
ERROR: Found SDK version 10.0.18362.0 but clang-cl builds currently don't work with SDK version 10.0.16299.0 and later. You should use an older SDK, either by uninstalling the broken one or setting a custom WINDOWSSDKDIR
Note: we might get above error when running configure. Need to use proper window SDK.
[Update: Seems resolved with MozillaBuild 3.3.]
Cannot open include file corecrt.h
Note: we need to install “Windows Universal CRT SDK”