Unable to build swt-devel on systems with webkit-gtk2 installed

[Conrad J. Sabatier]

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

> On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 9:10 PM, Conrad J. Sabatier <conrads at cox.net>
> wrote:
> > On Wed, 2 Nov 2011 15:56:26 -0700
> > Kevin Oberman <kob6558 at 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.                                                   ^^^^
> 
> 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.
> 
> > 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?
> >  :-)
> 
> 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.

-- 
Conrad J. Sabatier
conrads at cox.net