Bug 102633 – Visual C++ Express 2005 can not build WebKit any more

• Component: Tools / Tests
• Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

[Takashi Toyoshima]

Latest solution file contains a new feature, solution folder, which is not supported by Express version.
I'm not sure this is only the problem, but apparently it causes problem to open solution file by Express 2005.

Here is a log I ran build-webkit.
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$ ./Tools/Script/build-webkit --release
WebKitSupportLibrary is up-to-date.
Building results into: /cygdrive/d/src/chromium/src/third_party/WebKit/WebKitBuild
WEBKITOUTPUTDIR is set to: D:\src\chromium\src\third_party\WebKit\WebKitBuild
WEBKITLIBRARIESDIR is set to: D:\src\chromium\src\third_party\WebKit\WebKitLibraries\win
/cygdrive/c/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio 8/Common7/IDE/VCExpress.exe win\WebKit.vcproj\WebKit.sln /build Release
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "Tools/Scripts/print-vse-failure-logs", line 113, in <module>
    PrintVisualStudioExpressLogs().main()
  File "Tools/Scripts/print-vse-failure-logs", line 102, in main
    build_log_paths = self._sort_buildlogs(self._find_buildlogs(self._obj_directory()))
  File "Tools/Scripts/print-vse-failure-logs", line 67, in _sort_buildlogs
    build_order = self._build_order()
  File "Tools/Scripts/print-vse-failure-logs", line 60, in _build_order
    sln_path = os.path.join(scm.find_checkout_root(), "WebKit", "win", "WebKit.vcproj", "WebKit.sln")
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'find_checkout_root'


===== BUILD FAILED ======

Please ensure you have run Tools/Scripts/update-webkit to install dependencies.

You can view build errors by checking the BuildLog.htm files located at:
/cygdrive/d/src/chromium/src/third_party/WebKit/WebKitBuild/obj/<project>/<config>.
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VCExpress.exe did nothing and returned non-zero value.
Traceback is caused from another bug, https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=74944
It just fails to show build log.

Also, when I'm going to open the solution file from IDE, it says the opening solution contains unsupported solution folders, then could not build some sub projects.

[Alexey Proskuryakov]

> Latest solution file contains a new feature, solution folder, which is not supported by Express version.

I remember seeing a lot of these warnings when I had VC Express a few years ago, but they didn't affect building.

CC'ing dpranke, because find_checkout_root is related to some work he did recently.

[Dirk Pranke]

I think print-vse-failure-logs has just been busted for a long time. That code needs to be updated to something like Host().scm().find_checkout_root() or WebKitFinder().path_from_webkit_base(...) .

[Takashi Toyoshima]

print-vse-failure-logs is called after build is finished.
So, the problem that Dirk said is not the root of this build problem and the issue of print-vse-failure-logs is filed as separated entry at https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=74944 .

VCExpress.exe exit in a seconds without any message.