I just saw WebKitGTK+ 2.6.1 failing to build in ppc64el: [ 2%] Generating ../../DerivedSources/JavaScriptCore/LLIntDesiredOffsets.h cd /«BUILDDIR»/webkit2gtk-2.6.1+dfsg1/obj-powerpc64le-linux-gnu/Source/JavaScriptCore && /usr/bin/ruby /«BUILDDIR»/webkit2gtk-2.6.1+dfsg1/Source/JavaScriptCore/offlineasm/generate_offset_extractor.rb -I/«BUILDDIR»/webkit2gtk-2.6.1+dfsg1/obj-powerpc64le-linux-gnu/DerivedSources/JavaScriptCore/ /«BUILDDIR»/webkit2gtk-2.6.1+dfsg1/Source/JavaScriptCore/llint/LowLevelInterpreter.asm /«BUILDDIR»/webkit2gtk-2.6.1+dfsg1/obj-powerpc64le-linux-gnu/DerivedSources/JavaScriptCore/LLIntDesiredOffsets.h /«BUILDDIR»/webkit2gtk-2.6.1+dfsg1/Source/JavaScriptCore/offlineasm/parser.rb:64:in `processIncludeOptions': undefined method `[]' for nil:NilClass (NoMethodError) from /«BUILDDIR»/webkit2gtk-2.6.1+dfsg1/Source/JavaScriptCore/offlineasm/generate_offset_extractor.rb:37:in `<main>' make[3]: *** [DerivedSources/JavaScriptCore/LLIntDesiredOffsets.h] Error 1 Source/JavaScriptCore/CMakeFiles/LLIntOffsetsExtractor.dir/build.make:78: recipe for target 'DerivedSources/JavaScriptCore/LLIntDesiredOffsets.h' failed make[3]: Leaving directory '/«BUILDDIR»/webkit2gtk-2.6.1+dfsg1/obj-powerpc64le-linux-gnu' make[2]: *** [Source/JavaScriptCore/CMakeFiles/LLIntOffsetsExtractor.dir/all] Error 2 make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... Full build log here (NOTE: 1.5MB text document): https://buildd.debian.org/status/fetch.php?pkg=webkit2gtk&arch=ppc64el&ver=2.6.1%2Bdfsg1-1&stamp=1413237439
It built fine after a second try. I haven't taken a look at this yet, but I guess this might be some sort of race condition?
We haven't been able to reproduce it again after many attempts in different architectures, it was probably fixed in 2.6.2, I'll close this.