Riccardo

Already broken: ``` commit 3becdb439375136029f5991133f47f3f398a0674 (HEAD) Author: Riccardo Mottola Date: Mon Apr 29 20:55:02 2024 +0200 bug 1239083 - use moz.build files to build ICU. r=glandium,waldo ```

Check: https://github.com/mozilla/gecko-dev/commit/185376169292785d81b55f9eb135cb881f5bf150

Reading https://github.com/rmottola/Arctic-Fox/blob/master/build/autoconf/icu.m4 I see little endian data. This confirms: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1264836 so as suggested, PPC must be tested with: -with-system-icu or --without-intl-api.

Could try to backport https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/d3004626988d https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=9164455&action=diff

> @rmottola If you require powerpc resources to build, let me know. Can provide ppc, ppc64 and ppc64le VMs running on POWER8/9. interesting. Are they set up? or would I...

> It doesn't work if the system ICU is current enough, i.e. `v45.1` builds when employing `--with-system-icu` on `icu-75.1` but will not function. Indeed, 75.1 apparently is too new. 71...

@kth5 to be useful, I need a distro with python2.7 . That would be an about 1year old Debian. I personally don't know how to do it, but in case...

@capagh reading the comments Martin wrote you, it is related. The issue is the supplied ICU, so system ICU needs to be used. The issue is we don't support latest...

See also https://forum.palemoon.org/viewtopic.php?t=31415 removing the said file from unified sources.

the trick mentioned in the forum (remove from unified sources) works for gfx, but not hunspell