[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 127312] New: Webkit GTK 2.2.3 release generates another configure file

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=127312

           Summary: Webkit GTK 2.2.3 release generates another configure
                    file
           Product: WebKit
           Version: 528+ (Nightly build)
          Platform: Unspecified
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: WebKit Gtk
        AssignedTo: webkit-unassigned at lists.webkit.org
        ReportedBy: nhrdls at gmail.com


I am not certain if this is a bug, but it does creates some problems for those who try to use released version.

We download the tar ball of Webkit GTK 2.2.3 release and add it to our git repository.When attempting to build from this tar ball, we have observed than first run configure command generates/overwrites the configure script again. It appears that new configure command might have some machine specific information which defeats the purpose of first configure command. Example parameters used for --prefix command.

As git shows files as modified, team member commit this file which may not be usable on other machine as others may want to use different locations for building. But in the process, original configure command that came with package is lost.


Its not our intention to modify webkit source code, but to make sure we have all the source pieces available to us to build on different machines. Especially important since many dependencies for 2.2.3 are not part of standard distribution on platforms such as Ubuntu 12.04

Our current workaround for this problem is copy sources to some other directory and build from new directory.

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