2 .mozconfig questions

[Walter Dnes]

I just did my first compile-from-source of Pale Moon in a long while a couple of days ago. I run 64-bit Gentoo linux. This is for my personal use only.

1) Why is "--enable-gconf" still the default? When "mach build" failed due to missing gconf, I tried pulling it in. No luck. Looking at the Gentoo Bugzilla https://bugs.gentoo.org/873841#c1 I saw that the decision to drop gconf from Gentoo had been made in November 2022 and implemented in March 2023, 18 months ago. I was forced to go with "--disable-gconf". I assume other distros have gotten rid of it by now too.

2) Spelunking through the source code, I noticed references to sse4_1, sse4_2, and avx2. Can I drop "ac_add_options --enable-av1" and throw "-march=native" into "ac_add_options --enable-optimize" ? That's intuitively how it should work and result in a faster binary. But I'm not assuming anything.

[Basilisk-Dev]

1) Why is "--enable-gconf" still the default?

See viewtopic.php?f=62&t=30781

FWIW I build Basilisk with GConf disabled by default and I have never experienced any issues with that nor had any Basilisk users mention that it caused them issues. You should be fine disabling it.

Can I drop "ac_add_options --enable-av1" and throw "-march=native" into "ac_add_options --enable-optimize" ? That's intuitively how it should work and result in a faster binary. But I'm not assuming anything.

If you don't need AV1 codec support then sure remove the AV1 option.

The reason those references are in the codebase is that the code by default is compiled for generic CPUs and will autodetect if you have those CPU features and if so the specific libraries with those references will use those CPU features.

That being said, yes you can add -march=native to the mozconfig if you want the binaries specifically compiled and optimized for your specific machine's CPU.

[Walter Dnes]

If you don't need AV1 codec support then sure remove the AV1 option.

Oops, my mistake. I confused AV1 codec with the various avx flags. I'll leave "ac_add_options --enable-av1" in, and add "-march=native" into "ac_add_options --enable-optimize"

[frostknight]

FWIW I build Basilisk with GConf disabled by default and I have never experienced any issues with that nor had any Basilisk users mention that it caused them issues. You should be fine disabling it.

Nor have I.

I built sealion and palemoon both with gconf and dbus disabled. No problems whatsoever. I don't care about sync tho.

[Basilisk-Dev]

I don't care about sync tho.

Does sync require dbus and/or GConf? I wasn't aware of that if so.

[frostknight]

Does sync require dbus and/or GConf? I wasn't aware of that if so.

Pretty sure it requires dbus.

Not sure about gconf tho.

But I don't give a crap about sync.