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authorMs2ger <ms2ger@gmail.com>2014-09-06 12:06:55 +0200
committerMs2ger <ms2ger@gmail.com>2014-09-06 13:00:33 +0200
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Add a note about autoconf 2.13.
Many people seem to have this question.
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@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@ sudo pacman -S base-devel autoconf2.13 git gperf python2 \
python2-virtualenv mesa libxrandr libxi libgl glu ttf-font
```
+Note: autoconf 2.13 is required for SpiderMonkey; the autoconf project did not
+preserve backwards compatibility after version 2.13, and changing the Firefox
+build to work with a newer version is not considered a good use of developers'
+time.
+
Cross-compilation for Android:
Basically, pre-installed Android tools are needed.