Bug 923634

Summary:	>=www-client/firefox-120: Enable wasm-gc to match official binaries
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Vivianne <puttabutta>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Mozilla Gentoo Team <mozilla>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	parona
Priority:	Normal	Keywords:	PullRequest
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	https://spritely.institute/news/scheme-wireworld-in-browser.html
See Also:	https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/35149
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Vivianne 2024-02-02 15:58:46 UTC

Firefox built from the ebuilds does not have all the functionality of the distributed firefox binary. It is missing wasm-gc support which is on by default as of 120.

I have created a PR: https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/35149

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Visit https://spritely.institute/news/scheme-wireworld-in-browser.html
2. Scroll to the bottom
3. Observe a blank iframe and the console error "CompileError: wasm validation error: at offset 12: gc types not enabled"
Actual Results:  
Inability to run GC wasm such as Guile Hoot in the browser. No options for wasm gc in about:config

Expected Results:  
GC'd wasm works as expected, can use Guile Hoot from a fresh build in version >120

I am new to contributing to Gentoo so guidance is appreciated. Thank you!

Comment 1 Larry the Git Cow gentoo-dev

2024-02-02 18:06:44 UTC

The bug has been closed via the following commit(s):

https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=3fd91db7a1786b1deed8e913a353c6913144a375

commit 3fd91db7a1786b1deed8e913a353c6913144a375
Author:     Vivianne Langdon <puttabutta@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: 2024-02-02 18:05:36 +0000
Commit:     Joonas Niilola <juippis@gentoo.org>
CommitDate: 2024-02-02 18:06:42 +0000

    www-client/firefox: ebuilds that enable wasm gc by default.
    
    Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/923634
    Signed-off-by: Vivianne Langdon <puttabutta@gmail.com>
    Closes: https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/35149
    Signed-off-by: Joonas Niilola <juippis@gentoo.org>

 www-client/firefox/firefox-122.0.ebuild | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)