Safari 3.1.2 + WebKit nightly builds on WinXP

[skelly831]

Hi all, I've been using Safari for a few months now and wanted to try the WebKit nightly builds. I'm using the latest Safari 3.1.2 and the latest nightly WebKit-SVN-r34603.

I've followed the instructions from webkit.org: extracting the ZIP file and running run-nightly-webkit.cmd, but all I get is a console window telling me it cannot find the file specified, and asks wether the target is a file or a directory. I choose directory and it copies some files to a temp folder and then opens a Safari window, which crashes instantly.

If i keep trying this, the console window says it cannot find the files and "0 files moved", and again Safari crashes. I've tried deleting the WebKit files from the Temp folder and tried earlier WebKit builds but the same thing happens. If I run Safari from any shortcut it still works fine.

Am I doing something wrong? or missing something?

Thanks for your help.

[gigapixels Veteran]

You need to put the cmd file in your Safari directory... It looks like you're running it from a temp folder.

[skelly831]

just the cmd file? or the whole contents of the webkit-nightly zip (which would over-write stuff)?

[gigapixels Veteran]

Actually, I just created a Webkit folder in my Program Files folder, copied the entire contents into there, and ran the CMD file from there and it worked. I'm not sure what the problem is with yours :/

[skelly831]

I tried what you did, but I still get a crash when Safari opens. It doesn't crash if there's another Safari window open already, but the new one isn't running on the new webkit build, as both windows get a 75 on acid3.

EDIT: I'm gonna do a clean reinstall of Safari and try again, does it matter if I don't install bonjour?

Edited June 21, 2008 by skelly831

[skelly831]

After a reinstall (I deleted all Safari folders prior to reinstallation) and setting it up again without problems, I tried the webkit cmd again and got the same error. No matter where I place the ZIP contents and run it from there, I get the same messages described in the first post and the resulting Safari window crashes instantly.

I did notice that the directory created by the cmd file includes a copy of safari.exe and the Safari.resources folder, but not webkit.dll or the webkit.resources folder.

[wellofsouls]

it's nothing on your end, but webkit's problem. all webkit builds between r34388 and r35406 crash the browser on Windows. however the latest r35406 runs okay for me.