Bug#825355: firefox-esr: FTBFS on arm64: Error while running startup cache precompilation

[Emilio Pozuelo Monfort]

On 26/05/16 14:48, Mike Hommey wrote:
> On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 12:56:28PM +0200, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote:
>> Source: firefox-esr
>> Version: 45.1.1esr-1
>> Severity: serious
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> firefox-esr failed to build on arm64:
>>
>> Executing /«PKGBUILDDIR»/build-browser/dist/bin/xpcshell -g /«PKGBUILDDIR»/build-browser/dist/bin/ -a /«PKGBUILDDIR»/build-browser/dist/bin/ -f /«PKGBUILDDIR»/toolkit/mozapps/installer/precompile_cache.js -e precompile_startupcache("resource://gre/");
>> resource://gre/components/ActivityMessageConfigurator.js
>> resource://gre/modules/commonjs/sdk/ui/sidebar/contract.js
>> [...]
>> resource://gre/modules/workers/require.js
>> ERROR!! RequestSyncService - Failed to retrieve data from the database.
>> Executing /«PKGBUILDDIR»/build-browser/dist/bin/xpcshell -g /«PKGBUILDDIR»/build-browser/dist/bin/ -a /«PKGBUILDDIR»/build-browser/dist/bin/browser -f /«PKGBUILDDIR»/toolkit/mozapps/installer/precompile_cache.js -e precompile_startupcache("resource://app/");
>> resource://app/components/ChromeProfileMigrator.js
>> resource://app/components/ExperimentsService.js
>> [...]
>> resource://app/modules/Chat.jsm
>> resource://app/modules/ContentClick.jsm
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>   File "/«PKGBUILDDIR»/toolkit/mozapps/installer/packager.py", line 406, in <module>
>>     main()
>>   File "/«PKGBUILDDIR»/toolkit/mozapps/installer/packager.py", line 400, in main
>>     args.source, gre_path, base)
>>   File "/«PKGBUILDDIR»/toolkit/mozapps/installer/packager.py", line 161, in precompile_cache
>>     errors.fatal('Error while running startup cache precompilation')
>>   File "/«PKGBUILDDIR»/python/mozbuild/mozpack/errors.py", line 103, in fatal
>>     self._handle(self.FATAL, msg)
>>   File "/«PKGBUILDDIR»/python/mozbuild/mozpack/errors.py", line 98, in _handle
>>     raise ErrorMessage(msg)
>> mozpack.errors.ErrorMessage: Error: Error while running startup cache precompilation
>> /«PKGBUILDDIR»/toolkit/mozapps/installer/packager.mk:41: recipe for target 'stage-package' failed
>>
>> Logs at https://buildd.debian.org/status/logs.php?pkg=firefox-esr&ver=45.1.1esr-1%2Bb1&arch=arm64
> 
> Interestingly 45.1.1esr-1 built fine, and none of the versions that
> failed have differences with it that would matter for that build error.
> So there seems to be some erratic (random) failure. If your immediate
> concern is getting it built for a transition, please try to retrigger
> builds.

It failed twice with the same error. I have given it back again, let's see how
that goes.

Cheers,
Emilio