[webkit-help] Silent build error with VC++ 2005 Express (tried 2 different WinXP PCs)

[Alexander Farber]

Hello,

I've followed and re-checked the steps for building with
VC++ 2005 Express at http://webkit.org/building/tools.html
and have run  ~/WebKit/Tools/Scripts/update-webkit
numerous times at my both WinXP SP3 PCs,
but the builds always fail with:

afarber at AFARBER-DT:~> ./WebKit/Tools/Scripts/build-webkit
WebKitSupportLibrary is up-to-date.
Building results into: /home/afarber/WebKit/WebKitBuild
WEBKITOUTPUTDIR is set to: C:\cygwin\home\afarber\WebKit\WebKitBuild
WEBKITLIBRARIESDIR is set to: C:\cygwin\home\afarber\WebKit\WebKitLibraries\win
/cygdrive/c/Program Files/Microsoft Visual Studio
8/Common7/IDE/VCExpress.exe win\WebKit.vcproj\WebKit.sln /build
Release
Can't exec "WebKit/Tools/Scripts/print-vse-failure-logs":
No such file or directory at ./WebKit/Tools/Scripts/build-webkit line 573.
===== BUILD FAILED ======
Please ensure you have run WebKit/Tools/Scripts/update-webkit to
install dependencies.
You can view build errors by checking the BuildLog.htm files located at:
/home/afarber/WebKit/WebKitBuild/obj/<project>/<config>.

afarber at AFARBER-DT:~> cat  ./WebKit/WebKitBuild/Release/buildfailed
XXWTFXX

To workaround the logging error above I've just replaced
the path by hardcoded one in build-webkit script:

           #system(File::Spec->catfile($scriptDir, "print-vse-failure-logs"));
           system("/home/afarber/WebKit/Tools/Scripts/print-vse-failure-logs");

but it doesn't bring me further:

afarber at AFARBER-DT:~> ./WebKit/Tools/Scripts/build-webkit
WebKitSupportLibrary is up-to-date.
Building results into: /home/afarber/WebKit/WebKitBuild
WEBKITOUTPUTDIR is set to: C:\cygwin\home\afarber\WebKit\WebKitBuild
WEBKITLIBRARIESDIR is set to: C:\cygwin\home\afarber\WebKit\WebKitLibraries\win
/cygdrive/c/Program Files/Microsoft Visual Studio
8/Common7/IDE/VCExpress.exe win\WebKit.vcproj\WebKit.sln /build
Release
Found 0 Visual Studio Express Build Logs:
===== BUILD FAILED ======
Please ensure you have run WebKit/Tools/Scripts/update-webkit to
install dependencies.
You can view build errors by checking the BuildLog.htm files located at:
/home/afarber/WebKit/WebKitBuild/obj/<project>/<config>.

afarber at AFARBER-DT:~> ll /home/afarber/WebKit/WebKitBuild/obj/
ls: cannot access /home/afarber/WebKit/WebKitBuild/obj/: No such file
or directory

Does anybody please have an idea
what is wrong and where to look?

Thank you
Alex