[Development] 4.8 Build failing on Mac OS 10.7 / XCode 4.2

[eike.ziller at nokia.com]

On 30 Oct 2011, at 11:08, ext Alexis Menard wrote:

> 2011/10/30 Thiago Macieira <thiago at kde.org>:
>> On Saturday, 29 de October de 2011 09:22:07 Chris Meyer wrote:
>>> I would like to call attention to the following problem which is that
>>> the Qt 4.8 build fails using the latest Mac OS 10.7 / Xcode 4.2 tools.
> 
> For *your* use case. Normal and default cases work as the CI and other
> reports say.
> 
>>> 
>>> https://bugreports.qt.nokia.com/browse/QTBUG-20619
>>> 
>>> Somehow the RC 1 candidates are being built... so there must be some
>>> workaround. Is it possible to post the configure commands,
>>> environment, and tools used to build the official 4.8 RC's?
>>> 
>>> Also, I would hope that unilaterally closing a bug that affects a
>>> primary platform (the Mac is still a primary platform, right?) with a
>>> 'Won't Fix'  and closing down all discussion on the issue is a trend
>>> that won't continue.
> 
> It's a primary platform but an exotic build setup.
> 
>> 
>> You're over-reacting. That just means he (the assignee) will not fix the bug.
>> If he had the power to close down all discussion, your email wouldn't exist
>> and I wouldn't be typing this reply right now.
>> 
>> Also do note that comments after the bug being closed are still received just
>> as they were before. You can contribute more information to the report so that
>> a solution can be found.
>> 
>>> Zeno Albisser (the one who closed the bug) made some suggestions, but
>>> since the bug is closed, there is no place for developers to post
>>> information about what works and what doesn't work. My first thought
>>> is to turn off debug libs; but I'm guessing other developers have done
>>> it already so it would be nice if the bug were to remain open so that
>>> we could all benefit from trial and error until a solution is found.
>> 
>> Sure there is: the bug report. Comments are not disabled in closed bug
>> reports. It just means Zeno is no longer looking for a solution. But if you
>> provide one that works for everyone...
> 
> Which I believe it is hard to find. I would have close the bug myself.
> The command line option that the test case passes -arch x86 -arch
> x86_64 is part of the so called "combination of command lines we can't
> support". It perhaps worked before but with WebCore growing everyday
> that was pure luck.

Calling the abitlity to build 32+64bit fat binaries "pure luck" is a bit funny (and feels a bit offensive to me), since we always provided universal 32bit+64bit binary packages for Mac on qt.nokia.com/downloads, up to 4.7.4.

Also, universal binaries are quite common on Mac. Btw, even Safari comes in the form of a universal 32+64bit binary (at least on snow leopard) ;)

Anyhow, it looks like the problem is not the combination of "-arch x86 -arch x86_64" but the combination of "-debug_and_release -arch x86 -arch x86_64". Which I think would be acceptable. (I just checked that "-release -arch x86 -arch x86_64" works for me.)

> Splitting the build of WebCore into two pieces so
> that ranlib could work and your test case work is just stupid because
> it will add complexity for us to support/implement this, and we don't
> want.  In the other hand if it's that important for you, you can try
> to have two builds and make a mixture of the library in one of the
> framework if that's possible.



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Eike Ziller
Principal Software Engineer

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