Compiling FireTray add-on for new versions of Thunderbird and Firefox

UPDATE (January 31, 2011): FireTray extension for Firefox and Thunderbird 10, for i686:

firetray-0.3.10-svn-r134M.xpi

This build was made from the following modified source files: firetray-0.3.6.tar.gz

EDIT (December 23, 2011): Here's the FireTray extension for Firefox and Thunderbird 9, for i686. http://ubuntuone.com/1Lc0AmLqDlTWiPgBErNNaK
I used the following modified components/SConscript file in the firetray source, based on the modifications posted by HTH here: https://code.google.com/p/firetray/issues/detail?id=207#c4

import sys, os, string, re

platform = sys.platform


try:
    FLAGS = os.environ['CXXFLAGS'];
except:
    FLAGS = '-O2';

linking_options=' --libs ';
try:
    DYNAMIC_LINKING = os.environ['DYNAMIC_LINKING'];
except:
    linking_options=' --static '  

print "linking: " + linking_options

FLAGS += ' -include xpcom-config.h -include mozilla-config.h'
FLAGS += ' -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions -fshort-wchar'
FLAGS += ' -Wall -Wconversion -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Woverloaded-virtual -Wsynth -Wno-ctor-dtor-privacy -Wno-non-virtual-dtor -Wno-long-long'
FLAGS += ' -pedantic -pthread -pipe'

try:
    lib_arch = os.environ['LIB_ARCH'];
except:
    lib_arch = '';


try: 
    gecko_bin = os.environ['GECKO_SDK_BIN'];
    if gecko_bin[-1] != os.sep: gecko_bin += os.sep

    gecko_sdk_bin = os.environ['GECKO_SDK_BIN'];
    if gecko_sdk_bin[-1] != os.sep: gecko_sdk_bin += os.sep

    gecko_include = os.environ['GECKO_SDK_INCLUDE'];
    if gecko_include[-1] != os.sep: gecko_include += os.sep

    gecko_idl = os.environ['GECKO_SDK_IDL'];
    if gecko_idl[-1] != os.sep: gecko_idl += os.sep

    gecko_lib = os.environ['GECKO_SDK_LIB'];
    if gecko_lib[-1] != os.sep: gecko_lib += os.sep

except:
    try:
        geckosdk = os.environ['GECKO_SDK']
        print "Using GECKO_SDK=" + geckosdk
        if geckosdk[-1] != os.sep: geckosdk += os.sep
        gecko_bin = geckosdk + 'bin'
        gecko_sdk_bin = geckosdk + 'sdk/bin'
        gecko_include = geckosdk + 'include'
        gecko_idl = geckosdk + 'idl'
        gecko_lib = geckosdk + 'lib'

    except:
        print "Please set environment variable GECKO_SDK first (or in alternative the variables GECKO_SDK_BIN, GECKO_SDK_INCLUDE, GECKO_SDK_IDL, GECKO_SDK_LIB)."
        sys.exit(1)

# Hack to detect Mozilla version
version_re = re.compile('#define MOZILLA_VERSION "(.*?)"')
xpcom_libs = ['xpcomglue_s']
with open(gecko_include + os.sep + 'mozilla-config.h', 'r') as f:
    for line in f:
        version_match = version_re.match(line)
        if version_match:
            version = string.split(version_match.group(1), '.')
            if int(version[0]) >= 2:
                # OK, we're building with Mozilla 2.0
                FLAGS += ' -DGECKO_2'
                if 'GECKO_19_COMPAT' in os.environ:
                    FLAGS += ' -DMOZ_NO_MOZALLOC'
                    xpcom_libs = ['xpcomglue_s_nomozalloc']
                else:
                    xpcom_libs.append('mozalloc')
            break

# Create two builders to create xpt and header files from idl.
#bxpt = Builder(action = 'pyxpidl -w -m typelib -Icomponents -I' + gecko_idl + ' -e $TARGET $SOURCE', suffix = '.xpt', src_suffix = '.idl')
#bhdr = Builder(action = 'pyxpidl -w -m header -Icomponents -I' + gecko_idl + ' -e $TARGET $SOURCE', suffix = '.h', src_suffix = '.idl')
bxpt = Builder(action = 'python ' + gecko_sdk_bin + '/typelib.py -Icomponents -I' + gecko_idl + ' -o $TARGET $SOURCE', suffix = '.xpt', src_suffix = '.idl')
bhdr = Builder(action = 'python ' + gecko_sdk_bin + '/header.py -Icomponents -I' + gecko_idl + ' -o $TARGET $SOURCE', suffix = '.h', src_suffix = '.idl')

# Create environment object for build
env = Environment(
    CPPPATH = [gecko_include],
    LIBPATH = [gecko_lib],
    LIBS = xpcom_libs,
    ENV = os.environ)
env.AppendENVPath('PATH', gecko_bin)
env.AppendENVPath('PATH', gecko_sdk_bin)
env.Append(BUILDERS = {'MozXPT' : bxpt, 'MozHeader' : bhdr })

env.ParseConfig('pkg-config ' + linking_options + ' --cflags gtk+-2.0') # libnotify
env.ParseConfig('pkg-config --cflags nspr')
env.Append( CXXFLAGS = FLAGS )

# Create headers and xpt files from idl
xpts = [env.MozXPT('nsITray'), env.MozXPT('nsIFireTrayHandler')]
headers = [env.MozHeader('nsITray')]

parts = []
parts.extend(['nsTray.cpp', 'nsTrayModule.cpp'])

nptray_name = 'nptray' + lib_arch
print "NPTRAY: " + nptray_name

nptray = env.SharedLibrary(nptray_name, parts)

r = env.Install('#dist/components', [nptray, xpts, 'nsFireTrayHandler.js']) 

Default([xpts, headers, nptray])
Return('r')

EDIT (November 10, 2011): Here's the FireTray extension for Firefox and Thunderbird 8, for i686. http://ubuntuone.com/4RFhM6l1OtnB9IcFhsiqeQ

I updated Thunderbird today and my FireTray extension stopped working, so I'm compiling it now and documenting the steps as I go.

1. Downloaded the source zip file for FireTray version 0.3.1 and extracted its contents.


2. Ran the generate_install_rdf.sh shell script.


3. Ran the bulid.sh shell script


4. Error: ./build.sh: line 233: scons: command not found
   error compiling firetray.xpi


5. Installed scons: sudo yum install scons


6. Ran build.sh again.


7. Another error because I'm missing the GECKO SDK: Please set environment variable GECKO_SDK first (or in alternative the variables GECKO_SDK_BIN, GECKO_SDK_INCLUDE, GECKO_SDK_IDL, GECKO_SDK_LIB).
   error compiling firetray.xpi


8. Downloaded GECKO SDK from https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Gecko_SDK. The file I download is xulrunner-6.0.en-US.linux-i686.sdk.tar.bz2 and it's 234 MB.


9. Extracted tarball.


10. Ran ./build --gecko-sdk=<PATH_TO_EXTRACTED_xulrunner_TARBALL>


11. Another error: Package nspr was not found in the pkg-config search path.


12. Installed nspr-devel. sudo yum install nspr-devel.


13. Ran build again. Another error: scons: warning: Ignoring missing SConscript 'chrome/SConscript'


14. Created new directory chrome and copied SConscript from https://code.google.com/p/firetray/source/browse/trunk/chrome/SConscript?spec=svn117&r=117 to the directory.


15. Ran build again. Multiple errors: sh: o: command not found


16. Installed c++ compiler. sudo yum install gcc-c++


17. Ran build again. Yet another error: scons: *** [dist/chrome/firetray.jar] Source `chrome/content/core.js' not found, needed by target `dist/chrome/firetray.jar'.
    scons: building terminated because of errors.


18. Used svn to get copy of source code instead of using contents of the zip file I downloaded. svn checkout http://firetray.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ firetray-read-only


19. Ran build again. ./build.sh --gecko-sdk=/home/joel/devel/xulrunner-sdk/


20. Great success! Extension packaged as: firetray-0.3.0-svn-r124.xpi