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+# Mac and iOS hermetic toolchain instructions
+
+The following is a short explanation of why we use a the hermetic toolchain
+and instructions on how to roll a new toolchain.
+
+## How to roll a new hermetic toolchain.
+
+1. Download a new version of Xcode, and confirm either mac or ios builds
+   properly with this new version.
+
+2. Run the following command:
+
+   ```
+   src/build/package_mac_toolchain.py /path/to/Xcode.app/ [ios|mac]
+   ```
+
+   The script will create a subset of the toolchain necessary for a build, and
+   upload them to be used by hermetic builds.
+
+   If for some reason this toolchain version has already been uploaded, the
+   script will ask if we should create sub revision.  This can be necessary when
+   the package script has been updated to compress additional files.
+
+2. Create a CL with updated [MAC|IOS]_TOOLCHAIN_VERSION and _SUB_REVISION in
+   src/build/mac_toolchain.py with the version created by the previous command.
+
+3. Run the CL thru the trybots to confirm the roll works.
+
+## Why we use a hermetic toolchain.
+
+Building Chrome Mac currently requires many binaries that come bundled with
+Xcode, as well the macOS and iphoneOS SDK [also bundled with Xcode].  Note that
+Chrome ships its own version of clang [compiler], but is dependent on the system

[erikchen, 2017/01/17 19:33:09]

this is no longer true with hermetic.

IMO, there are two main benefits to hermetic toolchain:
1) Build Chrome with a well-defined toolchain [rather than whatever happens to
be installed on the machine].
2) Easily roll/update the toolchain.

+install of Xcode for these other binaries.
+
+Chrome should be built against the latest SDK available, but historically,
+updating the SDK has been nontrivially difficult.  Additionally, bot system
+installs can range from Xcode 5 on some bots, to the latest and
+greatest.  Using hermetic allows for transparent, easier deployment of a
+consistent toolchain.