Build Process

Operating System

Built on Ubuntu.

Install NodeJS

Install NodeJS version 12.22.12 (npm version 6.14.16) Use nvm to install a particular version of node.

Source Folder

Because the build output will contain relative paths in some files, when building for verification/reproducibility purposes, the source code folder needs to be at the same folder level as the original build (the names don't need to match, just the folder levels).

~/Downloads/auto-sort-bookmarks-webext-X.Y.Z

Install web-ext

Install web-ext:

npm i -g web-ext@6.8.0

More information: web-ext

Install weh

Install weh:

npm i -g gulp@4.0.2
npm i -g weh@2.10.0

Override dependencies with the same version used for the submitted source rather than the latest:

cd `npm root -g`/weh
cp ~/Downloads/auto-sort-bookmarks-webext-X.Y.Z/weh-npm-shrinkwrap.json ./npm-shrinkwrap.json
npm i

More information: weh (weh depends on NodeJS 12.X; newer versions not supported)

Build

The following script will build/generate the target Javascript code and bundle it into a .xpi file:

cd ~/Downloads/auto-sort-bookmarks-webext-X.Y.Z
./build_ff.sh

The only difference between the submitted source and the generated source should be the "build.date" file.