[webkit-dev] Trying to builder older version of webkit (but failing) - looking for help

[Ted Stresen-Reuter]

Cool. Thanks a lot for confirming my suspicions. I found a way to set up a
virtual machine with Sierra. That solved my problem.

Thanks again for lending a hand!

Kind regards,

Ted Stresen-Reuter

On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 1:51 AM, Alexey Proskuryakov <ap at webkit.org> wrote:

> Hello Ted,
>
> 603.1.30 is the version included with Safari 10.1 on Sierra, so yes,
> building it against High Sierra SDK with newer Xcode puts you on uncharted
> territory. The file that you are hitting an issue with is one of the first
> files in WebCore to build, so chances are that there will be many other
> build issues later on.
>
> Getting an older macOS version to debug with would likely be a more
> practical approach.
>
> - Alexey
>
> 22 мая 2018 г., в 3:35, Ted Stresen-Reuter <ted at secret-source.eu>
> написал(а):
>
> (also posted in IRC, but I prefer email)
>
> Hi. My name is Ted. I am a web application developer. I've got a site done
> using CSS Grid. Version 10.1.2 (12603.3.8) of Safari has a small issue
> rendering one page because we didn't explicitly specify grid-template-rows.
>
> Normally we use browserstack for fixing these types of issues but in this
> case the page in question is a long and somewhat complex form and it's
> difficult to debug via browserstack. I found this stackoverflow question
> that suggests a method for running an older version of Safari but some of
> the links are now broken.
>
> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/33423269/is-there-a-
> way-to-install-emulate-an-older-version-of-safari-i-e-8
>
> I decided to try building Safari / webkit on a tag that seemed to be
> roughly the version I needed based on the stackoverflow answer but the
> build is failing :-(
>
> I can build other software (AppleScript projects I've worked on and some
> React Native projects) but webkit just isn't building.
>
> I am trying to build this exact tag: https://svn.webkit.org/
> repository/webkit/tags/Safari-603.1.30/
>
> The error I'm getting is:
>
> The following build commands failed: CompileC {long path reduced for
> legibility}/AccessibilityImageMapLink.o accessibility/AccessibilityImageMapLink.cpp
> normal x86_64 c++ com.apple.compilers.llvm.clang.1_0.compiler
>
> I'm wondering if this version simply won't compile on High Sierra or if I
> need a specific version of the XCode Cocoa SDK… My XCode version is Version
> 9.2 (9C40b)
>
> No idea… Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks and very kind regards.
>
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