Software Update:Nightly update infrastructure: Difference between revisions

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 The update channel is set to "default" (no updates) unless this line is in the mozconfig:
   ac_add_options --enable-update-channel=nightly
 For 1.5 the beta releases shipped with a "beta" channel, while the release candidates and final shipped with "release".
 To pull the code for complete update generation you need:
   mk_add_options MOZ_CO_MODULE="mozilla/tools/update-packaging"
-This line is also used
+This line is also used:
   ac_add_options --enable-update-packaging
-but it's not obvious why, because mbsdiff (the binary diff executable) is not required for a complete update, only mozilla/tools/update-packaging/{make_full_update.sh,common.sh}. (**CHECK**: Depends on trunk/branch ?)
-The mar executable (mozilla/modules/libmar) is built by default.
+This option ensures that the update-packaging and (m)bsdiff Makefile's are created. This is true for both the trunk and 1.8 branches.
+The mar executable (mozilla/modules/libmar/tool) is built by default and copied into $objdir/dist/host/bin.
+The (m)bsdiff executable creates binary diffs and is needed for partial updates only. It, too, is copied to $objdir/dist/host/bin.
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