[tbb-bugs] #23044 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Replace stdole2.tlb with our own during build time

Thu Jul 27 07:24:13 UTC 2017

#23044: Replace stdole2.tlb with our own during build time
------------------------------------------+------------------------
     Reporter:  gk                        |      Owner:  tbb-team
         Type:  defect                    |     Status:  new
     Priority:  Medium                    |  Milestone:
    Component:  Applications/Tor Browser  |    Version:
     Severity:  Normal                    |   Keywords:  tbb-gitian
Actual Points:                            |  Parent ID:
       Points:                            |   Reviewer:
      Sponsor:                            |
------------------------------------------+------------------------
 The mingw-w64 repo contains the binary `stdole2.tlb` which is needed for
 building Tor Browser (see: 17e09279acf8b7f44d731c9a65541a474af4f1b5). It
 turns out we can do better than relying on that binary blob and create
 that typelib during build time.

--
Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/23044>
Tor Bug Tracker & Wiki <https://trac.torproject.org/>
The Tor Project: anonymity online