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+mozilla/tools/build
+===================
+
+This directory is for tools that facilitate the building of 
+the mozilla source code (the browser, the sdks, etc.).
+
+
+Table of Contents
+=================
+
+* gnome-tip-nightly
+   A tcsh shell script to pull and build gnome packages from
+   the gnome anonymous cvs server. This is useful for keeping
+   the toolkits needed to build mozilla on unix up to date.
+   Typical usage for mozilla prereq building:
+      gnome-tip-nightly gtk+ /builds/gnome /usr/local --with-threads=posix
+      gnome-tip-nightly glib /builds/gnome /usr/local --with-threads=posix
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+#!/bin/tcsh -f
+# Original Author: Alec Flett <alecf@netscape.com>
+# Shameless Modifier: leaf nunes <leaf@mozilla.org>
+# Last checked in: $Date: 1999-02-09 08:09:58 $
+# Last checked in by: $Author: leaf%mozilla.org $
+
+test $# -gt 2 || echo "Usage: $0 package builddir prefix [options]" && exit
+
+set package=$1
+set builddir=$2
+set prefix=$3
+set options=$4
+
+
+# add any special bin directories for the build here
+set path = ( $path )
+
+setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH /lib:/usr/lib:/usr/local/lib:/usr/openwin/lib:/tools/contrib/lib
+
+
+cd $builddir
+
+cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@anoncvs.gnome.org:/cvs/gnome checkout $package
+
+
+cd $package
+# find the version from the RPM spec file
+
+set ver = `grep '%define.*\<ver\>' $package.spec | awk '{print $3}'`
+
+# combine package and version to get the package-specific destination
+set packagever = $package-$ver
+set dest = $prefix/$packagever
+
+
+
+# build
+echo installing in $dest
+rm config.cache
+rm config.status
+./autogen.sh $options --prefix=$dest # --with-threads=posix
+
+# clean up last night's build
+find . -name '.deps' -exec rm -rf {} \; >& /dev/null
+find . -name '.libs' -exec rm -rf {} \; >& /dev/null
+gmake clean
+
+# now build
+gmake
+gmake install
+
+# remove the old installation of this version
+(find $dest -type l && find $dest -type f) | \
+    sed s%$dest/%% | xargs -i% rm $prefix/%
+
+# symlink in the new installation
+pushd `pwd`
+cd $prefix
+lndir -ignorelinks $packagever
+popd
+
+
+# maybe add some tests to see if the build was successful.