[webkit-dev] downloading src

[David Kilzer]

Windows has a restriction on the total length of the path to a file in the filesystem of about 255 characters.  If you're checking out WebKit source in a "deep" subdirectory, you could be hitting this limit on some subdirectories (but not others).

http://en-passant.blogspot.com/2004/11/file-length-path-length-restrictions.html
http://vlaurie.com/computers2/Articles/filenames.htm

I believe Windows will simply refuse to create a file if the limit is reached, so this could explain the error messages below.  Please try checking out WebKit to the root of a drive (C:\WebKit), or under one subdirectory (C:\Source\WebKit).

Since svn-1.5.x is relatively new, you could also try grabbing svn-1.4.x from the Cygwin installer and using it to check out the source.  I would consider the path length restriction above first, though.

Dave


On Fri, 8/29/08, Jack Wootton <jackwootton at gmail.com> wrote:

> OS = CYGWIN_NT-5.1 i686
> SVN = 1.5.1
> 
> On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 5:56 PM, David Kilzer
> <ddkilzer at webkit.org> wrote:
> > What operating system are you using ("uname
> -a")?
> >
> > Which version of the Subversion client are you using
> ("svn --version")?  If it's 1.3.x, please
> install a newer version.  It had timeout issues checking out
> large repositories, as I recall.
> >
> > Dave
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 8/28/08, Jack Wootton
> <jackwootton at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> OK, so I decided to start over and remove the
> entire WebKit
> >> directory.
> >>  Now I get the following error when attempting to
> download
> >> / checkout
> >> the src using the following command:
> >>
> >> svn checkout
> http://svn.webkit.org/repository/webkit/trunk
> >> WebKit
> >>
> >> /************** Start error
> ***********************/
> >>
> >> svn: In directory
> >> 'WebKit/LayoutTests/fast/encoding'
> >> svn: Error processing command 'readonly'
> in
> >> 'WebKit/LayoutTests/fast/encoding'
> >> svn: Can't change perms of file
> >>
> 'WebKit/LayoutTests/fast/encoding/.svn/text-base/decoder-allow-null-chars.html.svn-base':
> >> No such file or directory
> >>
> >> /************** Finish error
> ***********************/
> >>
> >> Inside the WebKit directory I have the following
> >> (permissions, size, name):
> >>
> >> /************** Start directory listing
> >> ***********************/
> >>
> >> drwxr-xr-x+, 0, BugsSite
> >> -rw-r--r--, 119665, ChangeLog
> >> -rw-r--r--, 12862, GNUmakefile.am
> >> drwxr-xr-x+, 0, JavaScriptCore
> >> drwxr-xr-x+, 0, JavaScriptGlue
> >> drwxr-xr-x+, 0, LayoutTests
> >> -rw-r--r--, 1240, Makefile.shared
> >> drwxr-xr-x+, 0, PageLoadTests
> >> drwxr-xr-x+, 0, PlanetWebKit
> >> drwxr-xr-x+, 0, WebCore
> >> drwxr-xr-x+, 0, WebKit
> >> -rw-r--r--, 258, WebKit.pro
> >> drwxr-xr-x+, 0, WebKitLibraries
> >>
> >>
> >> /************** Finish directory listing
> >> ***********************/
> >>
> >> The size of many of the directories is 0.  I
> assume this is
> >> a symptom
> >> of the error message I received?  Any suggestions
> about the
> >> cause or
> >> what I can do to solve it?
> >>
> >> Many thanks,
> >> Jack
> >>
> >> On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 6:44 PM, David Kilzer
> >> <ddkilzer at webkit.org> wrote:
> >> > Sounds like your connection is timing out.
> >> >
> >> > I would suggest deleting (rm -rf dirname) the
> last
> >> directory that SVN was trying to check out, then
> changing
> >> directories into "WebKit" (cd WebKit),
> and finally
> >> running "svn update" to pick up the rest
> of the
> >> directories.
> >> >
> >> > Dave
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Tue, 8/26/08, Jack Wootton
> >> <jackwootton at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> After running the following command:
> >> >>
> >> >> svn checkout
> >> http://svn.webkit.org/repository/webkit/trunk
> >> >> WebKit
> >> >>
> >> >> As specified here:
> >> >>
> >> >> http://webkit.org/building/checkout.html
> >> >>
> >> >> I receive the following error:
> >> >>
> >> >> svn: REPORT of
> >> >>
> '/repository/webkit/!svn/vcc/default':
> >> Could not
> >> >> read
> >> >> response body: connection was closed by
> server
> >> >> (http://svn.webki
> >> >> t.org)
> >> >>
> >> >> Perhaps this is why I am not downloading
> all the
> >> >> directories :p
> >> >>
> >> >> Can someone help?
> >> >>
> >> >> Cheers,
> >> >> Jack
> >> >>
> >> >> On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 5:43 PM, Darin
> Adler
> >> >> <darin at apple.com> wrote:
> >> >> > On Aug 22, 2008, at 9:14 AM, Jack
> Wootton
> >> wrote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> >> I had directories containing src
> >> (JavaScriptCore
> >> >> etc), but no
> >> >> >> 'WebKitTools' dir.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > That's very strange. The
> WebKitTools
> >> directory is
> >> >> right next to
> >> >> > JavaScriptCore and there's no
> important
> >> difference
> >> >> between the two
> >> >> > directories. But it is the last
> directory
> >> >> alphabetically so you might see a
> >> >> > problem if you were checking out and
> it
> >> failed part
> >> >> way through.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > The directories are:
> >> >> >
> >> >> >    BugsSite
> >> >> >    JavaScriptCore
> >> >> >    JavaScriptGlue
> >> >> >    LayoutTests
> >> >> >    PageLoadTests
> >> >> >    PlanetWebKit
> >> >> >    SunSpider
> >> >> >    WebCore
> >> >> >    WebKit
> >> >> >    WebKitExamplePlugins
> >> >> >    WebKitLibraries
> >> >> >    WebKitSite
> >> >> >    WebKitTools
> >> >> >
> >> >> > You could check to see if you have
> them all.
> >> >> >
> >> >> >    -- Darin
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >> Regards
> >> >> Jack
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Regards
> >> Jack
> >
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Regards
> Jack