Not able to compile chromium on VS2010, it keeps on hanging

[anand]

I am trying to compile chromium on VS2010 , but it keeps on hanging in between. I cannt see any progress in Output console.I have tried this many times but with same result.When I open task explorer I can lot of process related to chromium running.After cancelling build Visual studio shows me busy noification, hence I need to forcefull kill it.Here are list of processes. Can someone suggest how to debug this issue.Is there a workaround to build chromium . I tried using msbuild.exe and ninja , there also I got some errors.

 devenv.exe 6596 0.70 682,992 K 747,408 K

  MSBuild.exe 7224 < 0.01 35,656 K 29,084 K

   cmd.exe 8764 3,128 K 4,872 K

    python.exe 9004 5,676 K 9,152 K

     i686-nacl-addr2line.exe 6028 1,592 K 4,392 K

      x86_64-nacl-gcc-4.4.3.exe 8716 6,788 K 7,888 K

       x86_64-nacl-gcc-4.4.3.exe 3296 6,552 K 4,760 K

        i686-nacl-addr2line.exe 8992 2,024 K 4,428 K

         x86_64-nacl-as.exe 7752 Suspended 836 K 160 K

  MSBuild.exe 7668 < 0.01 50,040 K 44,248 K

   cmd.exe 7948 3,168 K 4,904 K

    python.exe 7380 5,676 K 9,148 K

     i686-nacl-addr2line.exe 1856 1,596 K 4,404 K

      x86_64-nacl-gcc-4.4.3.exe 9172 6,784 K 7,880 K

       x86_64-nacl-gcc-4.4.3.exe 7804 6,552 K 4,764 K

        i686-nacl-addr2line.exe 8800 2,024 K 4,412 K

         x86_64-nacl-as.exe 6472 Suspended 836 K 160 K

  MSBuild.exe 6072 < 0.01 39,808 K 35,616 K

   cmd.exe 7936 3,164 K 4,924 K

    python.exe 8652 5,676 K 9,168 K

     i686-nacl-addr2line.exe 8560 1,596 K 4,412 K

      x86_64-nacl-gcc-4.4.3.exe 8544 6,792 K 7,884 K

       x86_64-nacl-gcc-4.4.3.exe 8688 6,552 K 4,764 K

        i686-nacl-addr2line.exe 8256 2,024 K 4,412 K

         x86_64-nacl-as.exe 6344 Suspended 836 K 160 K

[Nick Bray]

Can you use Process Explorer to figure out the command lines being passed to the NaCl compilers?  This might help diagnose if particular files are causing the problem.

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[anand]

I am not able to see any command line for process x86_64-nacl-gcc-4.4.3.exe. If this the same process you have mentioned for command line arguments.Please see attached screenshot of process explorer.Is there any other way to debug this issue?

[anand]

Here is VS output log. If I cancel build now VS will hang

1>------ Build started: Project: crt_fini_32, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------

2>------ Build started: Project: crt_init_64, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------

3>------ Build started: Project: crt_fini_64, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------

4>------ Build started: Project: crt_init_32, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------

2>Build started 11/5/2012 7:47:15 AM.

1>Build started 11/5/2012 7:47:15 AM.

3>Build started 11/5/2012 7:47:16 AM.

4>Build started 11/5/2012 7:47:16 AM.

2>InitializeBuildStatus:

2>  Touching "..\build\Debug\obj\crt_init_64\crt_init_64.unsuccessfulbuild".

3>InitializeBuildStatus:

3>  Touching "..\build\Debug\obj\crt_fini_64\crt_fini_64.unsuccessfulbuild".

4>InitializeBuildStatus:

4>  Creating "..\build\Debug\obj\crt_init_32\crt_init_32.unsuccessfulbuild" because "AlwaysCreate" was specified.

1>InitializeBuildStatus:

1>  Touching "..\build\Debug\obj\crt_fini_32\crt_fini_32.unsuccessfulbuild".

3>CustomBuild:

3>  build newlib x86-64 nlib

1>CustomBuild:

1>  build newlib x86-32 nlib

2>CustomBuild:

2>  build newlib x86-64 nlib

4>CustomBuild:

4>  build newlib x86-32 nlib

[Nico Weber]

To check if this is caused by nacl, you can `set
GYP_DEFINES=component=shared_library disable_nacl=1` and then rerun
`gclient runhooks`. This will create project files with nacl disabled.
Does your build complete with that setting?

Nico

[anand]

I just tried this option , it did not hang but I am getting compilation error . do I need to clean solution and perform gclient sync --force and gclient runhooks --force  also.

129>c:\data\chromium\source\chromium\src\third_party\webkit\source\webcore\dom\EventNames.h(25): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'EventInterfaces.h': No such file or directory

129>  SVGMissingGlyphElement.cpp

129>c:\data\chromium\source\chromium\src\third_party\webkit\source\webcore\dom\EventNames.h(25): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'EventInterfaces.h': No such file or directory

129>  SVGCircleElement.cpp

123>c:\data\chromium\source\chromium\src\third_party\webkit\source\webcore\css\CSSProperty.h(24): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'CSSPropertyNames.h': No such file or directory

123>  WebKitCSSRegionRule.cpp

123>  WebKitCSSSVGDocumentValue.cpp

129>c:\data\chromium\source\chromium\src\third_party\webkit\source\webcore\svg\SVGStyledElement.h(25): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'CSSPropertyNames.h': No such file or directory

129>  SVGExternalResourcesRequired.cpp

129>c:\data\chromium\source\chromium\src\third_party\webkit\source\webcore\dom\EventNames.h(25): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'EventInterfaces.h': No such file or directory

129>  SVGDescElement.cpp

123>c:\data\chromium\source\chromium\src\third_party\webkit\source\webcore\css\CSSProperty.h(24): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'CSSPropertyNames.h': No such file or directory

[anand]

I am doing following steps , but still getting EventInterfaces.h file not found error

1) download source tarball

2) unzipped source

3) ran command> set GYP_MSVS_VERSION=2010

4) ran command> gclient sync

5) ran command> gclient runhooks

6) open chrome.sln in VS2010

7) selected chrome as startup project

8) build chrome project

Please let me know if I am missing something here.

[anand]

Now trying just Webcore project but getting following error,installed activeperl also but still getting erro

ExceptionCodeDescription

2>  Running external rules for webcore_bindings_sources

2>  mkdir -p `cygpath -u "C:/Data/Chromium/Source/chromium/src/build/Debug/obj\global_intermediate\webkit\bindings"`

2>  mkdir -p `cygpath -u "C:/Data/Chromium/Source/chromium/src/build/Debug/obj\global_intermediate\webcore\bindings"`

2>  HTMLNames, and also WebKitFontFamilyNames, and also SVGNames, and also MathMLNames, and also XLinkNames, and also XMLNSNames, and also XMLNames

2>        2 [main] perl 11008 child_copy: linked dll data write copy failed, 0xC1A000..0xC39C48, done 0, windows pid 11008, Win32 error 487

2>  Failed to read names from file: C:/Data/Chromium/Source/chromium/src/third_party/WebKit/Source/WebCore/html/HTMLTagNames.in at C:\Data\Chromium\Source\chromium\src\third_party\WebKit\Source\WebCore\dom\make_names.pl line 291.

2>  Traceback (most recent call last):

2>    File "scripts/action_makenames.py", line 185, in <module>

2>    File "scripts/action_makenames.py", line 167, in main

2>  AssertionError

2>C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\Microsoft.CppCommon.targets(151,5): error MSB6006: "cmd.exe" exited with code 1.

2>

2>Build FAILED.

[Scott Graham]

I think that's an error from cygwin perl. Unfortunately, cygwin
frequently causes problems here. WebKit and NaCl are the heaviest
users of cygwin so that's where the errors often occur. I logged a bug
a while back and started trying to remove it from our build, but the
work hasn't been done yet.
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=123026

The only (ridiculous) workaround that I'm aware of is to retry that
project until it happens to work. You might look for previous
threads/information on rebasing cygwin, I think some people might have
had success with that. It may also be exacerbated by AV/anti-malware
software which causes extra dll movement.

Installing ActivePerl doesn't help because the build can't/doesn't use
the system perl. Some perl rules have already been changed to run on a
native win32 perl, but the webkit build setup is pretty unix-y so in
general it looked non-trivial to fix.

[anand]

I am still struggling to fix this issue.I tired searching forum but none of solutions worked. Can you please tell how to rebase cygwin? 

[Shree Borge]

Hi Anand,

Have you been able to successfully build chrome?

I am facing the same errors. What was the work around.

Thanks,

~ s