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Date:      Wed, 2 Nov 2011 21:05:19 -0500
From:      "Conrad J. Sabatier" <conrads@cox.net>
To:        Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com>
Cc:        ports@freebsd.org, Kevin Oberman <kob6558@gmail.com>
Subject:   Re: Unable to build swt-devel on systems with webkit-gtk2 installed
Message-ID:  <20111102210519.184f3dec@cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <CAF6rxgkZtBd8T8CeeoFqVt4Z5A9JeUEoAQNWU0AtEDDkpTcNnw@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <CAN6yY1to-GP8EeTA-FxXUTC6j9zPY2GrFOVMomaFivmY-utErw@mail.gmail.com> <20111102201035.4005e42e@cox.net> <CAF6rxgkZtBd8T8CeeoFqVt4Z5A9JeUEoAQNWU0AtEDDkpTcNnw@mail.gmail.com>

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On Wed, 2 Nov 2011 21:56:27 -0400
Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 9:10 PM, Conrad J. Sabatier <conrads@cox.net>
> wrote:
> > On Wed, 2 Nov 2011 15:56:26 -0700
> > Kevin Oberman <kob6558@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Looking back in the archive I see several messages about problems
> >> building x11-toolkits/swt-devel on systems with webkit-gtk2
> >> installed.
> This is the
> problem.                                                   ^^^^
>=20
> I don't have the time to investigate. Take a look into the "configure"
> script or something similar for a --disable-webkit option.
> If you email me a patch which fixes the problem I'll commit it.
>=20
> > Of course, it's hard to shake that nagging feeling when there's
> > clearly something wrong somewhere on your system: if there's a
> > package available for port X, then obviously it was buildable by
> > someone, somewhere, so what the @%&! is wrong with *my* machine?
> > =A0:-)
>=20
> It isn't your machine, but it only affects machines with webkit
> installed. Automagical dependencies are the bane of packagers ;)

Indeed they are.

Oh, I missed that thread entirely somehow.  Thanks, I'll take a look at
that and get back to you later if I come up with a patch.

--=20
Conrad J. Sabatier
conrads@cox.net



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