mesonbuild / mesonbuild/wrapdb

Wayland error on Windows/Darwin

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Description

It is expected that Wayland cannot build on Windows and Darwin, but BuildAll CI fails because it fails with an unexpected error message:

2023-02-26T03:06:53.4691330Z subprojects/wayland-1.20.0/meson.build:83:3: ERROR: Problem encountered: SFD_CLOEXEC is needed to compile Wayland libraries

@eli-schwartz any idea how to dodge that? IMHO if expect_working=False we should not even try on that platform, or have another flag in ci_config.json that says to not even try?

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Research direction

Start with BuildAll CI and ci_config.json, then inspect the Wayland subproject failure at subprojects/wayland-1.20.0/meson.build:83. Determine how expected-failure platforms are configured and compare the current Windows and Darwin behavior. Done means BuildAll no longer reports an unexpected error for Wayland on those platforms.

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Assessment

Domain
build-system, ci-cd
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
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Mostly clear
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