Bug 276400

Summary:	Build completes but runtime error without Kate installed
Product:	[Applications] kdevelop	Reporter:	David <daviddoria>
Component:	general	Assignee:	kdevelop-bugs-null
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	normal	CC:	sreejiththulaseedharan
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	git master
Target Milestone:	4.2.0
Platform:	Compiled Sources
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description David 2011-06-24 17:43:51 UTC

Version:           git master (using Devel) 
OS:                Linux

I built KDevelop on top of a completely built-from-source KDE (kdelibs, kde-workspace, kdevplatform). The configuration and build process for KDevelop finished successfully. However, when I executed KDevelop, I saw the splash screen but got a message box that said "Error: could not find KTextEditor ::Factory". I solved this problem by building Kate. I believe there should be a check+error in the KDevelop CMake if Kate is not found.

Reproducible: Didn't try

Comment 1 Milian Wolff 2011-06-25 09:59:38 UTC

Git commit 3ea7bfe23b2dab786a1c5cd26b3d1e8673624763 by Milian Wolff.
Committed on 25/06/2011 at 11:59.
Pushed by mwolff into branch 'master'.

notify user that he needs to install Kate for kdevelop to operate properly

CCBUG: 276400

M  +3    -3    shell/partcontroller.cpp     

http://commits.kde.org/kdevplatform/3ea7bfe23b2dab786a1c5cd26b3d1e8673624763

Comment 2 Milian Wolff 2011-06-25 10:00:05 UTC

A compile-time check for a runtime-dependency makes no sense. I've improved the error message but there is nothing else to do here.