The latest Python version 3.9 available on Cygwin breaks the WebKit
build on Windows. The previous version, Python 3.8, works fine.
The bug is reported to Python in the GitHub issue below, but the Python
developers expect any fix to come from the Cygwin Python maintainers:
Windows-style path is not recognized under cygwin
https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/90907
I'm building with:
bash gradlew --no-daemon \
-PCONF=Release -PPROMOTED_BUILD_NUMBER=7 \
-PHUDSON_BUILD_NUMBER=101 -PHUDSON_JOB_NAME=jfx \
-PCOMPILE_WEBKIT=true -PCOMPILE_MEDIA=true -PBUILD_LIBAV_STUBS=true \
sdk jmods javadoc
The build fails with the following messages:
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> Task :web:compileNativeWin
...
[424/5282] Generating
../../JavaScriptCore/DerivedSources/CombinedDomains.json
FAILED: JavaScriptCore/DerivedSources/CombinedDomains.json
C:/cygwin64/home/john/src/jfx/modules/javafx.web/build/win/Release/
JavaScriptCore/DerivedSources/CombinedDomains.json
cmd.exe /C "cd /D
C:\cygwin64\home\john\src\jfx\modules\javafx.web\build\win\Release\
Source\JavaScriptCore
&& C:\cygwin64\bin\python3.9.exe
C:/cygwin64/home/john/src/jfx/modules/javafx.web/build/win/Release/
JavaScriptCore/Scripts/generate-combined-inspector-json.py ...
...
/usr/bin/python3.9: can't open file
'/home/john/src/jfx/modules/javafx.web/build/win/Release/Source/
JavaScriptCore/C:/cygwin64/home/john/src/jfx/modules/javafx.web/
build/win/Release/JavaScriptCore/Scripts/
generate-combined-inspector-json.py':
[Errno 2] No such file or directory
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An up-to-date installation of Cygwin has the following Python versions
available:
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$ /usr/sbin/update-alternatives --display python
python - status is auto.
link currently points to /usr/bin/python3.9
/usr/bin/python2.7 - priority 27
/usr/bin/python3.8 - priority 38
/usr/bin/python3.9 - priority 39
Current `best' version is /usr/bin/python3.9.
$ python --version
Python 3.9.10
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To run the build, I had to remove the Python 3.9 packages entirely so
that only the following two alternatives remain:
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$ /usr/sbin/update-alternatives --display python
python - status is auto.
link currently points to /usr/bin/python3.8
/usr/bin/python2.7 - priority 27
/usr/bin/python3.8 - priority 38
Current `best' version is /usr/bin/python3.8.
$ python --version
Python 3.8.12
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John
