Bug 102347

Summary:	libWebCore.a: malformed archive header
Product:	WebKit	Reporter:	Daniel Bates <dbates>
Component:	Tools / Tests	Assignee:	Nobody <webkit-unassigned>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	Normal	CC:	gustavo, mrobinson, prahal, xan.lopez, zan
Priority:	P2	Keywords:	Gtk, PlatformOnly
Version:	528+ (Nightly build)
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Linux

Description Daniel Bates 2012-11-15 00:28:29 PST

I noticed that the GTK Linux 64-bit Release buildbot is failing with the following error output:

...
  CXXLD  Programs/WebKitPluginProcess
/usr/bin/ld: error: ./.libs/libWebCore.a: malformed archive header at 1755880
/usr/bin/ld: error: ./.libs/libWebCore.a: malformed archive header at 4719756
/usr/bin/ld: error: ./.libs/libWebCore.a: malformed archive header at 7141640
/usr/bin/ld: error: ./.libs/libWebCore.a: malformed archive header at 9248484
/usr/bin/ld: error: ./.libs/libWebCore.a: malformed archive header at 12220200
/usr/bin/ld: error: ./.libs/libWebCore.a: malformed archive header at 20364228
/usr/bin/ld: error: ./.libs/libWebCore.a: malformed archive header at 25503796
/usr/bin/ld: error: ./.libs/libWebCore.a: malformed archive header at 30686420
...
/usr/bin/ld: error: ./.libs/libWebCore.a: malformed archive header at 138451464
/usr/bin/ld: error: ./.libs/libWebCore.a: malformed archive header at 139046084
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make[1]: *** [Programs/WebKitPluginProcess] Error 1

(<http://build.webkit.org/builders/GTK%20Linux%2064-bit%20Debug/builds/39182/steps/compile-webkit/logs/stdio>; changeset r134747)

Comment 1 Daniel Bates 2012-11-15 00:41:52 PST

Bug #91154 seems somewhat related. It documents a "malformed archive" error message when linking WebKitPluginProcess.

Comment 2 Gustavo Noronha (kov) 2012-12-08 07:42:16 PST

Hey, I believe this has been fixed by 134864 and 135538, thanks for the bug report!

Comment 3 Gustavo Noronha (kov) 2012-12-08 07:43:32 PST

*** Bug 91154 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***