[webkit-dev] Building Webkit on Windows

[Antonio Gomes]

Hi Rakesh.

See "GoodFirstBugs" or "EasyFix" classes of bugs in bugs.webkit.org,
e.g. https://bugs.webkit.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=EasyFix&list_id=1643027
.

On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 4:39 AM, Rakesh Sadhu <rakeshsadhu at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Alex  and all Friends here  ,
> Its finally build .
> I have a question, I wanna contribute and i would like to start with easy
> and baby steps kinda bugs.
> Any suggestions ?
>
>
> regards
> RSadhu
>
>
> ________________________________
> Subject: Re: [webkit-dev] Building Webkit on Windows
> From: achristensen at apple.com
> Date: Mon, 29 Feb 2016 10:26:00 -0800
> CC: thomas.brodt at porabo.ch; bfulgham at apple.com; mmaxfield at apple.com;
> webkit-dev at lists.webkit.org
> To: rakeshsadhu at hotmail.com
>
>
> Rakesh, you are building the AppleWin port of WebKit, which only has 32-bit
> binaries available, but you probably want to use the WinCairo port because
> the license of WebKitSupportLibrary.zip says you’re not allowed to
> redistribute it.  To build the WinCairo port, you will need to run
> update-webkit --wincairo and build-webkit --wincairo --64-bit.
>
> This is not the source of your build failure, though.  It looks like you
> have your gperf executable inside of C:\Program Files… somewhere, and I
> believe we have never had anyone build WebKit with a configuration like
> this.  I think the solution is to put quotes around the %s at the very end
> of Source/WebCore/platform/network/create-http-header-name-table.  There
> might be a few more places where this is needed.  Could you please file a
> bug a bugs.webkit.org with a patch if you get it working?
>
> On Feb 27, 2016, at 2:01 AM, Rakesh Sadhu <rakeshsadhu at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Hi Thomas,
> Thank for your  answer .
> However my build suddenly fails and I notice , its creating 32 bit binaries
> .
> I am attaching a build log file here .
>
> regards
> RSadhu
>
>
> ________________________________
> To: achristensen at apple.com
> From: thomas.brodt.lists at porabo.ch
> Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2016 09:15:06 +0100
> CC: webkit-dev at lists.webkit.org
> Subject: Re: [webkit-dev] Building Webkit on Windows
>
> Hi Alex
>
> thank you for your prompt answer. That is good news because in the past I
> had different difficulties in setting up a functional environment with
> several trial and error steps inbetween, although I tried to exactly follow
> the installation guide. I tend to create a virtual machine for a reliable
> building environment, so with my next one I will try without the cygwin
> installation.
>
> We use Webkit via COM interface on Windows in our application here, so I
> build rather infrequently, and with a working build, we then can live for
> some time. But for our use we would need 32bit dependencies, and if I
> understood correctly, there are currently only 64bit available. That doesn't
> matter at the moment, but when I am ready for our next build, I would ask
> again if you don't mind.
>
> Thanks for your help!
>
> Thomas
>
> Am 25.02.2016 um 19:17 schrieb Alex Christensen:
>
> That also applies to the WinCairo port.  I don’t think you’ll need GNU Make
> any more now that we use CMake for Windows.  You also shouldn’t need to
> install iTunes to build and run WinCairo.  With WinCairo, you will also need
> the WinCairoDependencies.zip which you can get by running
> Tools/Scripts/update-webkit-wincairo-libs.  Right now, only the 64-bit
> dependencies are included in that zip, but let me know if you need 32-bit
> dependencies.  They are from https://github.com/peavo/WinCairoRequirements
> Then you should be able to build with Tools/Scripts/build-webkit --wincairo
> --64-bit
>
> We really should update the instructions on webkit.org
>
> On Feb 25, 2016, at 12:17 AM, Thomas Brodt <thomas.brodt.lists at porabo.ch>
> wrote:
>
> Does this also apply for the WinCairo port? Or does this port still require
> cygwin?
>
> Thomas
>
> Am 24.02.2016 um 20:32 schrieb Alex Christensen:
>
> Those instructions are out of date.  The most up-to-date instructions about
> building on Windows are http://trac.webkit.org/wiki/WindowsWithoutCygwin
>
> On Feb 24, 2016, at 9:57 AM, Myles C. Maxfield <mmaxfield at apple.com> wrote:
>
> What is the error you are seeing?
>
> On Feb 24, 2016, at 9:26 AM, Rakesh Sadhu <rakeshsadhu at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello ,
> I am trying to build webkit on Windows .
> I am following  steps from https://webkit.org/building-webkit-on-windows/
> However I am unable to find a way to build webkit using MSVS2015 or  Cygwin
> .
> Can anyone guide here please?
> regards
> RSadhu
>
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