[webkit-gtk] Hangs while "Scanning dependencies for target"

[Martin Robinson]

On Tue, Apr 7, 2015 at 6:45 AM, Franz Fellner <alpine.art.de at gmail.com> wrote:
> Since webkit-gtk moved to cmake I have weird hangs while cmake
> is scanning dependencies.
> The first (and worst) is target "WebCore". cmake hangs at 100%
> for 20 (twenty) minutes. A second hang at "WebKit2" takes another
> 10 minutes. So the huge build (here ~1 to 1.5 hours, depends if I
> have to use the laptop or if I can shut down everthing so
> resources are freed - this is already with distcc) get's extended
> by another 30 minutes. It is just consuming CPU, no Disc Access
> or large RAM usage (stays constant at ~50MB for the cmake process)
> It does not change with different cmake versions (latest try with
> cmake-3.1.0).
>
> So: is this behaviour normal?
> If not which information do you need?
>
> My system is a low/mid range thinkpad, intel i3 sandy bridge,
> ~4GB RAM + another 4GB SWAP, 5200 RPM HDD.

In my experience, 8GB of RAM is the minimum amount of RAM necessary to
build WebKitGTK+. I cannot be sure if that is your problem though.

--Martin