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[PATCH] gnu: nomad: Update to 0.2.0-alpha-100-g6a565d3

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From: Mike Rosset <mike.rosset <at> gmail.com>
To: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>
Cc: othacehe <at> gnu.org, 43182 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [bug#43182] [PATCH 3/3] gnu: nomad: Update to 0.2.0-alpha-100-g6a565d3.
Date: Mon, 07 Sep 2020 09:24:28 -0700

Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net> writes:

> Mike Rosset <mike.rosset <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
>>
>> No, web extension is a GTK term for extending the WebKit process
>> which runs outside of the GTK/Glib process.
>>
>> The extensions are dynamic libraries and you need to tell the
>> WebKitWebContext where to look for them. Normally I'd just substitute
>> in the $(libexecdir).  But we need to use the libs in the build directory for
>> testing.  And I can't use libtool --mode=execute -dlopen. Because the
>> WebKit process does the dlopen.
>
> During the build you could use LD_LIBRARY_PATH, no?

No, The WebKitWebContext only uses the directory that is set by
webkit_web_context_set_web_extensions_directory. See
https://webkitgtk.org/reference/webkit2gtk/stable/WebKitWebContext.html#webkit-web-context-set-web-extensions-directory.

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