how to build 5.5 with gn? aka where are the .a files like lib_platform?

[Zac Hansen]

I did a fresh checkout of v8 and built it with gn using: 

gn gen out.gn/x64.debug --args='is_debug=true  target_cpu="x64" v8_enable_inspector=true v8_use_snapshot=false'

The build completed and I had 4 .dylib files, but no .a files.   When I try to link against just the dylib files, I get:

undefiend symbol:   "v8::platform::CreateDefaultPlatform(int)"

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks.

--Zac

[Girish Balakrishnan]

I had a similar situation. As per the older posts here they have stopped shipping .a files instead you will find .so files. I used the so files to link my hello_world program and got the same error as yours. I guess it is because the v8_libplatform dint compile properly. Do you have library files related to v8_libplatform generated?

Regards,

Girish

[Zac Hansen]

I dont' know.  I just did what I said in my first message.  If that didn't do it then I didn't do anything else.

It's quite disturbing no one will respond to such a fundamentally broken repo.

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[RandomUser]

I'm having the same problem as well. The v8_libplatform.lib is not being generated at all and only their .obj files are being generated.

[Michael Achenbach]

Hi!

We track this feature here: http://crbug.com/v8/5435

See also this previous discussion for a way around in the mean time:

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/v8-users/ooO1Bf8sZ_g

Furthermore, GYP is still supported. We will first remove GYP support in V8 when GN satisfies all requirements.

Cheers

Michael