[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 104523] build-webkit --chromium --ninja should show a better error message when ninja is missing

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=104523





--- Comment #3 from Robert Hogan <robert at webkit.org>  2012-12-10 10:26:44 PST ---
(In reply to comment #2)
> ninja is a bash script in depot_tools, and that should always be found. Robert, does Source/WebKit/chromium/depot_tools exist on your box? (If not, do you know how `update-webkit --chromium` manages to find gclient?)

Turns out I had a very old depot_tools from a couple of years ago in my path. I got rid of that and progressed to the message you suggest here:

> exec will probably print something like "don't know how to exec ninja-linux64" 

I think https://code.google.com/p/chromium/wiki/UsingALinuxChroot may work for me as my chroot is very old and not 64-bit. I will try it when I get the chance.

I will still be able to build with Makefiles though once ninja becomes default though right? I just need to pass an extra build flag?

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