Bug 88879 – Fix compiler warnings due to WebKitSystemInterface.lib on Windows for Release config

• Status: RESOLVED
• Resolution: WONTFIX
• Component: New Bugs

[Vivek Galatage]

Fix compiler warnings due to WebKitSystemInterface.lib on Windows for Release config

[Vivek Galatage]

Created attachment 147095 [details]
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[Vivek Galatage]

For release configuration, the GenerateDebugInformation flag for VC project file results in having the following warnings:


7>Finished generating code
7>WebKitSystemInterface.lib(MediaUI.obj) : warning LNK4099: PDB 'webkitsysteminterface.vc80.pdb' was not found with 'C:\cygwin\home\buildbot\slave\win-release\build\WebKitLibraries\win\lib\WebKitSystemInterface.lib' or at 'c:\cygwin\home\buildbot\slave\win-release\build\WebKitBuild\Release\bin\webkitsysteminterface.vc80.pdb'; linking object as if no debug info
7>WebKitSystemInterface.lib(LegacyMediaUI.obj) : warning LNK4099: PDB 'webkitsysteminterface.vc80.pdb' was not found with 'C:\cygwin\home\buildbot\slave\win-release\build\WebKitLibraries\win\lib\WebKitSystemInterface.lib' or at 'c:\cygwin\home\buildbot\slave\win-release\build\WebKitBuild\Release\bin\webkitsysteminterface.vc80.pdb'; linking object as if no debug info
7>WebKitSystemInterface.lib(WebKitSystemInterface.obj) : warning LNK4099: PDB 'webkitsysteminterface.vc80.pdb' was not found with 'C:\cygwin\home\buildbot\slave\win-release\build\WebKitLibraries\win\lib\WebKitSystemInterface.lib' or at 'c:\cygwin\home\buildbot\slave\win-release\build\WebKitBuild\Release\bin\webkitsysteminterface.vc80.pdb'; linking object as if no debug info
7>WebKitSystemInterface.lib(SharedMediaUI.obj) : warning LNK4099: PDB 'webkitsysteminterface.vc80.pdb' was not found with 'C:\cygwin\home\buildbot\slave\win-release\build\WebKitLibraries\win\lib\WebKitSystemInterface.lib' or at 'c:\cygwin\home\buildbot\slave\win-release\build\WebKitBuild\Release\bin\webkitsysteminterface.vc80.pdb'; linking object as if no debug info


These warnings can be removed if we set the GenerateDebugInformation flag to false for the release configuration.

[Vivek Galatage]

Fixing this in two projects which are affected by this library: QTMovieWin and WebKit2

[Adam Roben (:aroben)]

Comment on attachment 147095 [details]
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Will this cause us not to generate PDBs for these projects at all in Release builds? That would be bad, because it would make them very hard to debug.

[Vivek Galatage]

(In reply to comment #4)
> (From update of attachment 147095 [details])
> Will this cause us not to generate PDBs for these projects at all in Release builds? That would be bad, because it would make them very hard to debug.

My apologies as I didn't notice about this perspective. Yes you are right, it will not generate any pdb for these projects which is bad.

[Vivek Galatage]

Closing the bug.

[Adam Roben (:aroben)]

Maybe we can tell the linker to ignore these warnings?

[Vivek Galatage]

(In reply to comment #7)
> Maybe we can tell the linker to ignore these warnings?

Yeah that would have been a desirable feature but unfortunately according to http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/b7whw3f3(v=vs.80).aspx this is not supported at least in Visual Studio 2005.

[Adam Barth]

Comment on attachment 147095 [details]
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Cleared review? from attachment 147095 [details] so that this bug does not appear in http://webkit.org/pending-review.  If you would like this patch reviewed, please attach it to a new bug (or re-open this bug before marking it for review again).