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diff --git a/build/docs/supported-configurations.rst b/build/docs/supported-configurations.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..cc2c1ea72 --- /dev/null +++ b/build/docs/supported-configurations.rst @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@ +.. _build_supported_configurations: + +======================== +Supported Configurations +======================== + +This page attempts to document supported build configurations. + +Windows +======= + +We support building on Windows XP and newer operating systems using +Visual Studio 2010 and newer. + +The following are not fully supported by Mozilla (but may work): + +* Building without the latest *MozillaBuild* Windows development + environment +* Building with Mingw or any other non-Visual Studio toolchain. + +OS X +==== + +We support building on OS X 10.6 and newer with the OS X 10.6 SDK. + +The tree should build with the following OS X releases and SDK versions: + +* 10.6 Snow Leopard +* 10.7 Lion +* 10.8 Mountain Lion +* 10.9 Mavericks + +The tree requires building with Clang 3.3 and newer. This corresponds to +version of 4.2 of Apple's Clang that ships with Xcode. This corresponds +to Xcode 4.6 and newer. Xcode 4.6 only runs on OS X 10.7.4 and newer. +So, OS X 10.6 users will need to install a non-Apple toolchain. Running +``mach bootstrap`` should install an appropriate toolchain from Homebrew +or MacPorts automatically. + +The tree should build with GCC 4.4 and newer on OS X. However, this +build configuration isn't as widely used (and differs from what Mozilla +uses to produce OS X builds), so it's recommended to stick with Clang. + +Linux +===== + +Linux 2.6 and later kernels are supported. + +Most distributions are supported as long as the proper package +dependencies are in place. Running ``mach bootstrap`` should install +packages for popular Linux distributions. ``configure`` will typically +detect missing dependencies and inform you how to disable features to +work around unsatisfied dependencies. + +Clang 3.3 or GCC 4.4 is required to build the tree. |