Changes between Version 5 and Version 6 of BuildingGdk

Timestamp:

May 29, 2007 6:17:34 PM (17 years ago)

Author:

alp@atoker.com

Comment:

Update to describe the gdk port qmake4 build

BuildingGdk

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  * bakefile -- has to be specifically this version: http://kevino.theolliviers.com/bakefile-0.2.0-msvs2005.tar.gz
 
-== Using the Bakefile build system ==
+== Using Qmake4 ==
+
+The Gdk port has made a compromise on its build system by incurring a dependency on qmake 4, the Qt toolkit build system. This is only a build-time dependency -- the compiled executables will of course continue to have no requirement of Qt. The decision was made to share resources with the Qt porting team and has been largely successful -- the Gdk port is more likely now than ever to be in a building state straight out of SVN while the port developers have more free time to write code instead of maintaining the build system.
+
+To start the build, ensure that you have qmake4 installed and run:
+
+WebKit/WebKitTools/Scripts$ ./build-webkit --gdk
+
+This will build both the library and the GdkLauncher demo in WebKit/WebKitBuild
+
+== OBSOLETE: Using the Bakefile build system ==
+
+Bakefile is no longer used to build the Gdk port. These instructions are obsolete and will be removed.
 
 [http://trac.webkit.org/projects/webkit/browser/trunk/Bakefiles/Readme.txt Bakefiles/Readme.txt] describes the first step, which involves generating GNU Makefiles from a description of the sources and dependencies. It is important to use the version of Bakefile linked to in that file as versions of Bakefile with the same version number provided in Linux distributions today do not have the necessary patches to build WebKit.