[webkit-qt] Qt5 WebKit packaging for Ubuntu/ARM

Zoltán Balogh zoltan.balogh at canonical.com
Thu Jun 7 20:16:28 PDT 2012


Actually adding --no-webgl to the build-webkit resolved the linking problem.

z

On 06/07/2012 11:59 PM, noam.rosenthal at nokia.com wrote:
> btw WebKit from trunk should build without that flag at all, WebGL should now work on ARM.
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>
> That is a good idea.
>
> The the qtwebkit from the alpha release I actually built and packaged
> with the --no-3d-canvas, but this parameter does not exist any more.
>
> Thanks for the advice, I give it a try and see in 4-5 hours :) how it goes.
>
> cheers,
>
> z
>
> On 06/07/2012 12:19 PM, Andras Becsi wrote:
>> Hi Zoltan,
>>
>> The error you encounter seems to be related to WebGL, which is
>> currently not supported on ARM.
>> Try adding --no-webgl to your build-webkit command line.
>>
>> This option used to be called --no-3d-canvas, I'm not sure if it was
>> already renamed in the qt5 webkit module.
>>
>> /Andras
>>
>> On 7 June 2012 07:16, Zoltán Balogh<zoltan.balogh at canonical.com>   wrote:
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> I am packaging the Qt5 modules for Ubuntu Precise/Quantal for both x86 and
>>> ARM targets: https://launchpad.net/~canonical-qt5-edgers/+archive/qt5-daily
>>>
>>>    It is a fun exercise as week to week it requires some creativity as the
>>> code base evolves.
>>>
>>> Most of the modules build well and their packaging is rather straight
>>> forward.
>>>
>>> But the qtwebkit module (alias qt5-module) archives (ar cqs) 2184 object
>>> files to libWebCore.a That makes in most build environment/system even with
>>> a very short package name 120k size argument. It will be a huge (literally)
>>> problem. Is here anybody who I can work together to solve this problem? I am
>>> 1 inch away to provide the full set of Qt5 x86/armel packages for Ubuntu
>>> Precise and Quantal...
>>>
>>> But even fixing this problem with a workaround the qtwebkit fails to link on
>>> arm target:  http://pastebin.com/5yXJTvfY
>>>
>>> I wonder if there is anybody who I can work together to prevent problems
>>> when we start packaging Qt5 for the distributions.
>>>
>>> cheers,
>>>
>>> Zoltan
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