ReferencePlatforms/BuildBot/Win32

Buildbot Reference Install Instructions - Win32

This document describes how to create a Buildbot reference install on Windows. You will need administrative privileges to complete this install.

Prerequisites

• Base win32 reference install

Version 4 and below

This section is for v4 of the ref platform and below. (Generally, FF2/1.8)

Install Python

Download and install Python 2.4 from here Install it in "D:\buildtools\python24"

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Install Python-Twisted

Download and install Python-Twisted 2.4 from here. This will also install the Zope-Interface package.

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Install mfc71.dll

Download and install mfc71.dll from here and put into c:\windows\system32\mfc71.dll. This dll is needed for python on windows.

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Install Python Win32 extensions

Download and install the Python win32 extensions from here

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Add cygwin and Python to the path

Control Panel -> System -> Advanced -> Environment Variables. Find 'PATH' in the list of System variables and append ";d:\buildtools\python24;d:\buildtools\python24\scripts;d:\cygwin\bin;d:\cygwin\usr\bin"

Install Buildbot

Note: cvs.mozilla.org may need to be cvs-mirror.mozilla.org. Make sure to use the Win32 Python to install Buildbot.

Using cygwin, (do not use cmd.exe DOS prompt, you'll get syntax errors!) run:

cd /home/cltbld
cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs-mirror.mozilla.org:/cvsroot co mozilla/tools/buildbot

Using cmd.exe DOS prompt (do not use cygwin, you'll get the wrong python!) run:

cd mozilla/tools/buildbot
python setup.py build
python setup.py install

Edit the 'buildbot.bat' file in d:\buildtools\python24\scripts to use the correct location of "buildbot", and to escape each \\ :

@python d:\\buildtools\\python24\\scripts\\buildbot %*

Install the Botrunner script

Using cygwin, (do not use cmd.exe DOS prompt, you'll get syntax errors!), get the MozBuild and botrunner modules from cvs cd

cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.mozilla.org:/cvsroot co mozilla/tools/MozBuild
cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.mozilla.org:/cvsroot co mozilla/tools/botrunner.py

Using cmd.exe DOS prompt (do not use cygwin)

cp MozBuild/Util.py d:\buildtools\python24\Lib\site-packages
cp MozBuild/botrunner.py d:\buildtools\python24\scripts\botrunner.py

Starting Buildbot

start a cygwin shell, and do:

 c:/buildtools/python23/scripts/buildbot start c:/win32-slave1

Version 5

This section is for v5 of the ref platform. (Generally, FF3/1.9)

Add Python to the path

Control Panel -> System -> Advanced -> Environment Variables. Add a new user variable called 'PATH' (This PATH will be used in addition to the System PATH variable). Give it the following value:

d:\buildbot\python24;d:\buildbot\python24\scripts

Install Buildbot

Note: cvs.mozilla.org may need to be cvs-mirror.mozilla.org. Make sure to use the Win32 Python to install Buildbot.

Run:

cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.mozilla.org:/cvsroot co mozilla/tools/buildbot
cd mozilla/tools/buildbot
python setup.py build
python setup.py install

Edit the 'buildbot.bat' file in d:\buildbot\python24\scripts to use the correct path:

@python d:\\buildbot\\python24\\scripts\\buildbot %*