[webkit-dev] Status of Linux port?

[Mike Emmel]

Workin on the patch right now.

Should be up soon.

On 7/24/06, Krzysztof Kowalczyk <kkowalczyk at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks. After installing that version of bakefile I was able to
> generate Unix makefiles. I've actually read the Bakefiles\Readme.txt
> but ignored the bit about installing newer version of bakefile,
> thinking that if all it adds is MSVC support, then I don't need it on
> Unix. I guess it has more changes than that.
>
> With that JavaScriptCore builds partially (chokes on kjs/reference.cpp
> => obj-gnu/jscore_reference.o) and gdk port chokes on the first file
> (WebCore/CharsetData.cpp => obj-gnu/webcore_gdk_CharsetData.o). But at
> least I'm in a place where I can track down the source of those
> problems. Since it seems there are known build problems, I'll wait for
> Mike's changes and take it from there.
>
> I've started a wiki page about linux port
> (http://wiki.opendarwin.org/index.php/WebKit:Building_On_Linux) where
> I plan to document the process.
>
> -- kjk
>
> On 7/24/06, Kevin Ollivier <kevino at theolliviers.com> wrote:
> > Hi Krzystof,
> >
> > On Jul 24, 2006, at 12:55 PM, Krzysztof Kowalczyk wrote:
> >
> > > I was wondering what is the status of linux port. I saw that Mike
> > > Emmel and others did a bunch of work on that and
> > > http://bugzilla.opendarwin.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8515 implies that
> > > things are working well enough to build a full, simple browser on gtk.
> > >
> > > However, I just tried to build the latest sources from svn but
> > > regenerate-makefiles fails for me with:
> > > /Projects/gdk/webcore-gdk.bkl:47: error: unknown target tag 'pre-
> > > build-target'
> > >  when processing target at /Projects/gdk/webcore-gdk.bkl:40
> > >
> > > My knowledge of bakefiles is non-existing so I was wondering if anyone
> > > has a working Linux/Gtk build working and that's something that only
> > > happens on my machine or is it just broken for everyone.
> > >
> > > I'm using ubuntu 6.06 and the latest stable bakefile 0.2.0 released on
> > > 2006-02-05 (if that matters).
> >
> > Actually, a special version of Bakefile is needed for <pre-build-
> > target> support, as it's not in the official Bakefile sources yet.
> > See the "Preparing the Build Environment" section of the <WebKit
> > Root>/Bakefiles/Readme.txt file for details on where to obtain the
> > version with <pre-build-target> support.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Kevin
> >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > -- kjk
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