Bug 46037 – Cannot debug WebKit in VC++ 2005 Express

• Status: RESOLVED
• Resolution: INVALID
• Component: WebCore Misc.

[ljgeneral]

After building these codes in Visual C++ 2005 Express successfully, i want to debug them step by step in Visual C++ 2005 Express.Firstly I execute the script 'webkit/webkittools/scripts/run-safari --debug' in cygwin and get the following output:
"Your copy of safari is missing important software resources. Please reinstall Safari"

then I try to download the latest version from web and reinstall it, but the error still exists.
I try the same steps in another computer.it works fine. I do not know why. the operation system and the environment are the same.

I launch safari in another computer using script 'run-safari --debug', then i open Visual C++ 2005 Express and set debug  attach to safari process. and i also set some break points in the codes. but it does not work. how can i do if i want to debug these codes step by step? thank you very much.

[Alexey Proskuryakov]

Isn't there a debug-safari script for that? Not sure if it's expected to work on Windows though.

[Adam Roben (:aroben)]

(In reply to comment #0)
> After building these codes in Visual C++ 2005 Express successfully, i want to debug them step by step in Visual C++ 2005 Express.Firstly I execute the script 'webkit/webkittools/scripts/run-safari --debug' in cygwin and get the following output:
> "Your copy of safari is missing important software resources. Please reinstall Safari"

"run-safari --debug" means "run Safari using the Debug version of WebKit that I've built". If you did a Release build instead of a Debug build, it won't work.

(In reply to comment #1)
> Isn't there a debug-safari script for that? Not sure if it's expected to work on Windows though.

It is expected to work on Windows.

Another option is to follow the instructions here: http://webkit.org/building/debug.html