I have been trying for a while to install webkit-1.8.0. I liked very much, in particular the "until ... done make" loop to solve the racing problem, described in Arch, as
"# ... race during introspection. # WebKit*.gir should be created before WebKit*.typelib, but isn't" One problem, though: if there is a "make" error other than race, it will loop forever. I had this in LFS7.0, although not the problem I will describe below. It was my mistake. Having said that, I like, learned, and will keep using the "until ... done make" loop. First attempt of installing webkit-1.8.0 succeeded in LFS-6.7, 6.8 and 7.1, but not in (1) 6.5 and (2) 7.0. What is interesting is that webkit-1.6.3 did configure, build and install successfully in all machines. The two problems are described, with the solution, below. 1. LFS6.5 problem with "configure" I do not understand why only here, configure did not work, with error: > " ... > checking for GSTREAMER... no > configure: error: Package requirements (gstreamer-0.10 >= > GSTREAMER_0_10_REQUIRED_VERSION > gstreamer-app-0.10 > gstreamer-audio-0.10 > gstreamer-fft-0.10 > gstreamer-base-0.10 > gstreamer-interfaces-0.10 > gstreamer-pbutils-0.10 > gstreamer-plugins-base-0.10 >= > GSTREAMER_0_10_PLUGINS_BASE_REQUIRED_VERSION > gstreamer-video-0.10) were not met: > > Requested 'gstreamer-0.10 >= GSTREAMER_0_10_REQUIRED_VERSION' but version of > GStreamer is 0.10.36 > Requested 'gstreamer-plugins-base-0.10 >= > GSTREAMER_0_10_PLUGINS_BASE_REQUIRED_VERSION' but version of GStreamer Base > Plugins Libraries is 0.10.36 > > Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you > installed software in a non-standard prefix. > > Alternatively, you may set the environment variables GSTREAMER_CFLAGS > and GSTREAMER_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config. > See the pkg-config man page for more details." It is clear that GSTREAMER_0_10_PLUGINS_BASE_REQUIRED_VERSION and GSTREAMER_0_10_REQUIRED_VERSION should not be there. The descrition and solution for this problem can be found in http://answerpot.com/showthread.php?3459005-New%3A+configure+fails+during%09gstreamer+detection so, I created the following ugly sed and configure succeeded: sed -i -e 's/=GSTREAMER_0_10_REQUIRED_VERSION/=\$GSTREAMER_0_10_REQUIRED_VERSION/' \ -e 's/=GSTREAMER_0_10_PLUGINS_BASE_REQUIRED_VERSION/=\$GSTREAMER_0_10_PLUGINS_BASE_REQUIRED_VERSION/' \ configure{,.ac} && To me, it seems a bug, but hav not enough knowledge to state that for sure. 2. LFS7.0 "make install" failed. > "... > /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 > ./Documentation/webkitgtk/html/WebKitWebWindowFeatur > es.html > GEN install-data-local > Running gtkdoc-rebase > Rebasing WebKit1 documentation... > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "./Tools/gtk/generate-gtkdoc", line 169, in <module> > rebase_installed_docs(pkg_config_path, options) > File "./Tools/gtk/generate-gtkdoc", line 146, in rebase_installed_docs > generator.rebase_installed_docs() > File > "/media/dados/home/fernando/tmp/paco-build-2012.04.17/webkit-1.8.0/Tools/ > gtk/gtkdoc.py", line 373, in rebase_installed_docs > > self._run_command(args, cwd=self.output_dir) > File > "/media/dados/home/fernando/tmp/paco-build-2012.04.17/webkit-1.8.0/Tools/gtk/gtkdoc.py", > line 187, in _run_command > stderr=subprocess.PIPE) > File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 679, in __init__ > errread, errwrite) > File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 1249, in _execute_child > raise child_exception > OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory > make[2]: ** [install-data-local] Erro 1 > make[2]: Saindo do diretório > `/media/dados/home/fernando/tmp/paco-build-2012.04.17/webkit-1.8.0' > make[1]: ** [install-am] Erro 2 > make[1]: Saindo do diretório > `/media/dados/home/fernando/tmp/paco-build-2012.04.17/webkit-1.8.0' > make: ** [install] Erro 2" Here, I do not know why, I forgot after a while, to check one of the obvious suspicions: gtk-doc. After checked, LFS7.0 was the only machine without it installed, and when present, make install succeed. So, should gtk-doc be moved to required instead of optional, or some switch be used ? I noticed that --enable-gtk-doc-html build documentation in html format [[default=yes]] but so it was in 1.6.3. -- []s, Fernando -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
