Bug 164667 – run-safari does not work for open source contributors

• Component: Tools / Tests
• Status: RESOLVED FIXED

[Joseph Pecoraro]

Summary:
run-safari does not appear to work for open source contributors.

They end up having to use debug-safari.

Either we should make run-safari work, or change the instructions <https://webkit.org/running-webkit/>

> [16:19:45]  Rik`:	it seems run-safari is just using system webkit rather than the one I built
> [16:20:48]  dcrousso:	oh yeah Rik` I have that issue too
> [16:21:01]  dcrousso:	I have to use `debug-safari` instead
> [16:21:17]  dcrousso:	followed by `r` or `run`
> [16:21:31]  dcrousso:	ive been doing that for 2 years now
> [16:22:34]  Rik`:	maybe we should update the instructions on https://webkit.org/running-webkit/ ?
> [16:26:41]  Rik`:	I've found this info https://trac.webkit.org/wiki/WebKitNightlyElCapWorkaround but that didn't change things
> [16:29:06]  dcrousso:	yeah ever since ElCapitan it hasnt been working

It seems as though run-safari does launch SafariForWebKitDevelopment but is using System WebKit frameworks instead of the built WebKit frameworks.

[Radar WebKit Bug Importer]

<rdar://problem/29229894>

I can reproduce this in macOS Sierra 10.12.1. I can see that the “arch” branch is taken in webkitdirs.pm’s runWebKitApp(). If iI force the “system { $appPath }” code path to be taken, the right frameworks are picked up.

I think this is due to arch(1) itself being restricted and therefore not carrying over DYLD_FRAMEWORK_PATH from the environment into what it’s executing. I think we have a workaround for that in one of the other scripts.

See <https://trac.webkit.org/r190412>, the fix for bug 149711, which was the same issue with run-api-tests.

Created attachment 294607 [details]
Pass DYLD_* environment variables over arch(1)

[Joseph Pecoraro]

Comment on attachment 294607 [details]
Pass DYLD_* environment variables over arch(1)

r=me! Thanks Dan!

Fixed in <https://trac.webkit.org/r208644>.

[Joseph Pecoraro]

Comment on attachment 294607 [details]
Pass DYLD_* environment variables over arch(1)

View in context: https://bugs.webkit.org/attachment.cgi?id=294607&action=review

> Tools/Scripts/run-api-tests:-391
> -sub archCommandLineArgumentsForRestrictedEnvironmentVariables()

You may be able to remove a forward declaration for this at the top of this file. Now that it has moved.

[Anthony Ricaud]

Thanks, that fixed it!