I ended up getting the stupid thing built but now I'm so apathetic to the whole thing that I can barely be bothered doing the actual investigation I was asked to perform. I guess that says a lot about webkit.

My fallback project's (Opera's) support people have been so completely and hopelessly inadequate that despite my tight deadlines they have failed to deliver any useful information to me thus far. It is enough to make a cynical Linux developer weep into his beer. It really is.

The saga continues I guess...