Just a hunch, looks like you're trying to build V8 from within a chromium checkout. Have you run the fetch <https://v8.dev/docs/source-code> instructions for a separate checkout of V8?
On Tue, 26 Sept 2023 at 12:23, Ben Ernst <boi...@gmail.com> wrote: > What OS are you on, and what version of v8 are you trying to build? > Have you tried just blowing away your working directory and starting again > from scratch? > Ben > > > > On Tue, 26 Sept 2023 at 17:27, Alice Kile <buoyant...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I'm new to V8 and just trying to setup the project locally so I can=20 >> officially start trying to understand / read through some of the code!=20 >> Unfortunately I am currently stuck at a problem, I am following the=20 >> instructions from page below: >> >> https://v8.dev/docs/build#building-v8 >> >> The command that is failing for me is step 3: tools/dev/gm.py x64.release >> >> Here's the error output I am getting from running that command: >> >> $ v8 git:(8a2d9bdb0c7) gm x64.release >> # gn gen out/x64.release >> ERROR at //.gn:5:1: Unable to load=20 >> "/~/chromium-project/src/v8/build/dotfile_settings.gni". >> import("//build/dotfile_settings.gni") >> >> Just googling around, I was able to figure out that this is likely=20 >> because gclient did not clone the v8/build folder all together, and it=20 >> does look like it but after having run gclient sync or gclient sync=20 >> --force, I don't see any changes so I am clueless right now as to what=20 >> the next course of action should be. >> >> Any help would be highly appreciated! >> >> Alice >> >> -- >> -- >> v8-users mailing list >> v8-users@googlegroups.com >> http://groups.google.com/group/v8-users >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "v8-users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to v8-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/v8-users/bd2cc9c5-3527-4b3e-8ebd-0a6b6cde8273n%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/v8-users/bd2cc9c5-3527-4b3e-8ebd-0a6b6cde8273n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > -- > v8-users mailing list > v8-users@googlegroups.com > http://groups.google.com/group/v8-users > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "v8-users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to v8-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/v8-users/CABexdQ6FS5BC7HHb5zAQJAwnDwXSzgXsOCZdUwNvDKdFqrTaiQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/v8-users/CABexdQ6FS5BC7HHb5zAQJAwnDwXSzgXsOCZdUwNvDKdFqrTaiQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > Camillo Bruni | Software Engineer, V8 | Google Germany GmbH | Erika-Mann Str. 33, 80636 München Registergericht und -nummer: Hamburg, HRB 86891 | Sitz der Gesellschaft: Hamburg | Geschäftsführer: Paul Manicle, Halimah DeLaine Prado Diese E-Mail ist vertraulich. Falls Ssie diese fälschlicherweise erhalten haben sollten, leiten Sie diese bitte nicht an jemand anderes weiter, löschen Sie alle Kopien und Anhänge davon und lassen Sie mich bitte wissen, dass die E-Mail an die falsche Person gesendet wurde. This e-mail is confidential. If you received this communication by mistake, please don't forward it to anyone else, please erase all copies and attachments, and please let me know that it has gone to the wrong person. -- -- v8-users mailing list v8-users@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/v8-users --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "v8-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to v8-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/v8-users/CAOeS1i9PmK%3DxzK_iXwcauc0f5n7DXL0LEprT1HaNEqbH7KJqvw%40mail.gmail.com.