今天在FreeBSD 5.4 Release中安裝Firefox， 先更新ports tree到最新版本：

FreeBSD# cvsup -g -L 2 /root/ports-supfile

然后到Firefox的目錄中去執行make:

FreeBSD# cd /usr/ports/www/firefox
FreeBSD# make

沒多久，系統就爆出了編譯錯誤：

nsHostResolver.h:95: error: ISO C++ forbids declaration of `PRAddrInfo' with no type
nsHostResolver.h:95: error: expected `;' before '*' token
nsHostResolver.h: In member function `PRBool nsHostRecord::HasResult() const':
nsHostResolver.h:99: error: `addr_info' undeclared (first use this function)
nsHostResolver.h:99: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in.)
nsHostResolver.h: At global scope:
nsHostResolver.h:209: error: `PRAddrInfo' has not been declared
nsHostResolver.h:209: error: ISO C++ forbids declaration of `parameter' with no type
nsDNSService2.cpp: In member function `virtual nsresult nsDNSRecord::GetCanonicalName(nsACString&)':
nsDNSService2.cpp:95: error: 'class nsDerivedSafe' has no member named 'addr_info'
nsDNSService2.cpp:96: error: 'class nsDerivedSafe' has no member named 'addr_info'
nsDNSService2.cpp:96: error: `PR_GetCanonNameFromAddrInfo' undeclared (first use this function)
nsDNSService2.cpp: In member function `virtual nsresult nsDNSRecord::GetNextAddr(PRUint16, PRNetAddr*)':
nsDNSService2.cpp:112: error: 'class nsDerivedSafe' has no member named 'addr_info'
nsDNSService2.cpp:113: error: 'class nsDerivedSafe' has no member named 'addr_info'
nsDNSService2.cpp:113: error: `PR_EnumerateAddrInfo' undeclared (first use this function)
nsDNSService2.cpp: In member function `PRUint16 nsDNSService::GetAFForLookup(const nsACString&)':
nsDNSService2.cpp:528: error: `PR_AF_UNSPEC' undeclared (first use this function)
gmake[4]: *** [nsDNSService2.o] Error 1
gmake[4]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/www/firefox/work/mozilla/netwerk/dns/src'
gmake[3]: *** [libs] Error 2
gmake[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/www/firefox/work/mozilla/netwerk/dns'
gmake[2]: *** [libs] Error 2
gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/www/firefox/work/mozilla/netwerk'
gmake[1]: *** [tier_9] Error 2
gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/www/firefox/work/mozilla'
gmake: *** [default] Error 2
*** Error code 2

引起這個問題的原因是Firefox在老版本的nspr上會存在問題，無法通過編譯！
需要安裝
Port:　 nspr-4.4.1_1
Path:　 /usr/ports/devel/nspr

今天在看微軟關于fat格式的白皮書的時候看到了一個名詞:Little-Endian

什么是Big?什么是Little?要理解這個問題,必須要知道數據在機器中存儲的規則.....

    所謂的Little-Endian,就是我們在學習匯編時候的高高低低原則,而Bit-Endian就是剛剛相反,例如:12345678h這個數據,在不同機器中存儲是不同的

                 Big-Endian                                      Little-Endian

0字節            12h                                                    78h

1字節            34h                                                    56h

2字節            56h                                                    34h

3字節            78h                                                    21h

Little-Endian主要用在我們現在的PC的CPU中,Big-Endian則應用在目前的Mac機器中(注意:是指Power系列 處理器)

關于優點和缺點,網上討論的很多， 自己去看一下吧...

 

PS:關于Endian這個詞語,我在網上看到其意思和起源

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