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Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 15:20:23 +0100
From: Kurt Jaeger <lists@opsec.eu>
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Subject: Re: Build Failure: webkit-gtk2
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Hi!

> Is anyone besides me having a problem building "webkit-gtk2"? It fails with
> this error message:
> 
>   CXXLD    libWTF.la
>   CXXLD    Programs/LLIntOffsetsExtractor
> /usr/bin/ld:./.libs/libWTF.a: file format not recognized; treating as linker script
> /usr/bin/ld:./.libs/libWTF.a:1: syntax error

The webkit-gtk2 build fails if the ports 'ar' is found before the system 'ar'.

Check $PATH and put /usr/bin before /usr/local/bin.

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