Because the configure script hasn't been update to work with Python 3.10
and never will. Spidermonkey 78 is EOL.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/build/firefox-78.15.0/obj/../js/src/../../configure.py", line 25, in <module>
from mozbuild.configure import (
File "/build/firefox-78.15.0/python/mozbuild/mozbuild/configure/__init__.py", line 33, in <module>
from mozbuild.util import (
File "/build/firefox-78.15.0/python/mozbuild/mozbuild/util.py", line 760, in <module>
class HierarchicalStringList(object):
File "/build/firefox-78.15.0/python/mozbuild/mozbuild/util.py", line 785, in HierarchicalStringList
class StringListAdaptor(collections.Sequence):
AttributeError: module 'collections' has no attribute 'Sequence'
Spidermonkey depends on rustc, so we have the best chance at only
having a single LLVM in the build closure if we use the same LLVM that
rustc depends on.
cc-rs is hardcoded to use the soft-float ABI for riscv64, while
the rest of the system is double-float. This is not just a missing
stub header file - You can't link object files using different
ABIs.
The configurePlatforms mkDerivation parameter needs to be an empty list
to avoid bogus defaults from breaking cross compilation.
Document the parameter to prevent it from being cleaned up.
continuation of #109595
pkgconfig was aliased in 2018, however, it remained in
all-packages.nix due to its wide usage. This cleans
up the remaining references to pkgs.pkgsconfig and
moves the entry to aliases.nix.
python3Packages.pkgconfig remained unchanged because
it's the canonical name of the upstream package
on pypi.
