I backported this patch http://code.metager.de/source/xref/WebKit/Tools/gtk/patches/make-3.82 -arg-list-length.patch
to a local build of make-dfsg (to get past the error you got), and tried to build webkit from https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-desktop/+archive/ppa/+packages but it fails with ar: .libs/libWebCore.a: File truncated make[1]: *** [libWebCore.la] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/ubuntu/webkit-1.9.91/build-2.0' ubuntu@server-16875:~/webkit-1.9.91$ apt-cache policy binutils binutils: Installed: 2.22.90.20120919-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 2.22.90.20120919-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 2.22.90.20120919-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://nova.clouds.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to webkit in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1043507 Title: webkit build fails on binutils limitation Status in “binutils” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Status in “webkit” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Seems like the amd64 build for webkit on quantal hits http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14302 ... can we get the fix backported? To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/binutils/+bug/1043507/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
