[GTK] [Stable] >=webkit-1.2.1 does not compile on ppc64

• Component: New Bugs
• Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

[Pacho Ramos]

Created attachment 61210 [details]
build.log.tar.xz

Due the following TOC error:

  CXXLD  TestNetscapePlugin/libtestnetscapeplugin.la
  CXXLD  libJavaScriptCore.la
  CXXLD  Programs/jsc
  CCLD   Programs/minidom
  CXXLD  libwebkit-1.0.la
/usr/lib/gcc/powerpc64-unknown-linux-gnu/4.3.4/../../../../powerpc64-unknown-linux-gnu/bin/ld: WebCore/svg/.libs/libwebkit_1_0_la-SVGAnimateMotionElement.o(.text+0x1394): sibling call optimization to `WebCore::RenderObject::markContainingBlocksForLayout(bool, WebCore::RenderObject*)' does not allow automatic multiple TOCs; recompile with -mminimal-toc or -fno-optimize-sibling-calls, or make `WebCore::RenderObject::markContainingBlocksForLayout(bool, WebCore::RenderObject*)' extern
/usr/lib/gcc/powerpc64-unknown-linux-gnu/4.3.4/../../../../powerpc64-unknown-linux-gnu/bin/ld: final link failed: Bad value
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[1]: *** [libwebkit-1.0.la] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/net-libs/webkit-gtk-1.2.1/work/webkit-1.2.1'
make: *** [all] Error 2


This is upstreamed from:
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=301634

Thanks

[Kacper Kowalik]

Created attachment 78103 [details]
build log for 1.3.9

Same failure with more recent webkit

[Pacho Ramos]

For now, -mminimal-toc needs to be passed as CFLAGS to workaround this

[Martin Robinson]

The GTK+ port of WebKit1 has been removed.