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author | Boris Kolpackov <boris@codesynthesis.com> | 2019-06-11 15:09:52 +0200 |
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committer | Boris Kolpackov <boris@codesynthesis.com> | 2019-06-11 15:09:52 +0200 |
commit | ae4aab997606c1c3804c390c1e0ab3207e032aa9 (patch) | |
tree | bfcbc3c755532c37d2606cf4fceb03ed1cb15fe7 | |
parent | cc6b76bd699417a668253f8029f96b0b90aefbfd (diff) |
Use consistent indentation in NEWS file
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@@ -1,518 +1,517 @@ Version 0.11.0 - * Initial work on header unit importation and include translation support. + * Initial work on header unit importation and include translation support. - In particular, for GCC, the (experimental) module mapper approach is now - used to handle header unit importation, include translation, and headers - dependency extraction, all with support for auto-generated headers. + In particular, for GCC, the (experimental) module mapper approach is now + used to handle header unit importation, include translation, and headers + dependency extraction, all with support for auto-generated headers. - * Generalized target/prerequisite variable blocks. + * Generalized target/prerequisite variable blocks. - Target/prerequisite-specific variable blocks can now be present even if - there are prerequisites. For example, now instead of: + Target/prerequisite-specific variable blocks can now be present even if + there are prerequisites. For example, now instead of: - exe{foo}: cxx{foo} - exe{foo}: cc.loptions += -rdynamic + exe{foo}: cxx{foo} + exe{foo}: cc.loptions += -rdynamic - Or: + Or: - exe{foo}: cxx{foo} - exe{foo}: - { - cc.loptions += -rdynamic - cc.libs += -ldl - } + exe{foo}: cxx{foo} + exe{foo}: + { + cc.loptions += -rdynamic + cc.libs += -ldl + } - We can write: + We can write: - exe{foo}: cxx{foo} - { - cc.loptions += -rdynamic - cc.libs += -ldl - } + exe{foo}: cxx{foo} + { + cc.loptions += -rdynamic + cc.libs += -ldl + } - This also works with dependency chains in which case the block applies - to the set of prerequisites (note: not targets) before the last ':'. For - example: + This also works with dependency chains in which case the block applies to + the set of prerequisites (note: not targets) before the last ':'. For + example: - ./: exe{foo}: libue{foo}: cxx{foo} - { - bin.whole = false # Applies to the libue{foo} prerequisite. - } + ./: exe{foo}: libue{foo}: cxx{foo} + { + bin.whole = false # Applies to the libue{foo} prerequisite. + } - * Support for ad hoc target groups. + * Support for ad hoc target groups. - In certain cases we may need to instruct the underlying tool (compiler, - linker, etc) to produce additional outputs. For example, we may want to - request the compiler to produce an assembler listing or the linker to - produce a map file. While we could already pass the required options, the - resulting files will not be part of the build state. Specifically, they - will not be cleaned up and we cannot use them as prerequisites of other - targets. + In certain cases we may need to instruct the underlying tool (compiler, + linker, etc) to produce additional outputs. For example, we may want to + request the compiler to produce an assembler listing or the linker to + produce a map file. While we could already pass the required options, the + resulting files will not be part of the build state. Specifically, they + will not be cleaned up and we cannot use them as prerequisites of other + targets. - Ad hoc target groups allow us to specify that updating a target produces - additional outputs, called ad hoc group members. For example: + Ad hoc target groups allow us to specify that updating a target produces + additional outputs, called ad hoc group members. For example: - <exe{hello} file{hello.map}>: cxx{hello} - { - cc.loptions += "-Wl,-Map=$out_base/hello.map" - } + <exe{hello} file{hello.map}>: cxx{hello} + { + cc.loptions += "-Wl,-Map=$out_base/hello.map" + } - <obje{hello} file{hello.lst}>: - { - cc.coptions += "-Wa,-amhls=$out_base/hello.lst" - } + <obje{hello} file{hello.lst}>: + { + cc.coptions += "-Wa,-amhls=$out_base/hello.lst" + } - Note also that all things ad hoc (prerequisites, targets, rules) are still - under active development so further improvements (such as not having to - repeat names twice) are likely. + Note also that all things ad hoc (prerequisites, targets, rules) are still + under active development so further improvements (such as not having to + repeat names twice) are likely. - * New config.{c,cxx}.std configuration variables that, if present, override - {c,cxx}.std specified at the project level. + * New config.{c,cxx}.std configuration variables that, if present, override + {c,cxx}.std specified at the project level. - In particular, this allows forcing a specific standard for all the projects - in a build configuration, for example: + In particular, this allows forcing a specific standard for all the + projects in a build configuration, for example: - $ b create: exp-conf/,cc config.cxx=g++ config.cxx.std=experimental + $ b create: exp-conf/,cc config.cxx=g++ config.cxx.std=experimental - * New --dry-run|-n option instructs build rules to print commands without - actually executing them. + * New --dry-run|-n option instructs build rules to print commands without + actually executing them. - Note that commands that are required to create an accurate build state will - still be executed and the extracted auxiliary dependency information saved. - In other words, this is not the "don't touch the filesystem" mode but - rather "do minimum amount of work to show what needs to be done". In - particular, this mode is useful to quickly generate the compilation - database, for example: + Note that commands that are required to create an accurate build state + will still be executed and the extracted auxiliary dependency information + saved. In other words, this is not the "don't touch the filesystem" mode + but rather "do minimum amount of work to show what needs to be done". In + particular, this mode is useful to quickly generate the compilation + database, for example: - $ b -vn clean update |& compiledb + $ b -vn clean update |& compiledb - * Ability to disable automatic rpath, support for custom rpath-link. + * Ability to disable automatic rpath, support for custom rpath-link. - Specifically, the new config.bin.rpath.auto variable can be used to disable - automatic addition of prerequisite library rpaths, for example: + Specifically, the new config.bin.rpath.auto variable can be used to + disable automatic addition of prerequisite library rpaths, for example: - $ b config.bin.rpath.auto=false + $ b config.bin.rpath.auto=false - Note that in this case rpath-link is still added where normally required - and for target platforms that support it (Linux and *BSD). + Note that in this case rpath-link is still added where normally required + and for target platforms that support it (Linux and *BSD). - The new config.bin.rpath_link and config.bin.rpath_link.auto have the same - semantics as config.bin.rpath* but for rpath-link. + The new config.bin.rpath_link and config.bin.rpath_link.auto have the same + semantics as config.bin.rpath* but for rpath-link. - * Enable MSVC strict mode (/permissive-) for 'experimental' standard starting - from version 15.5. + * Enable MSVC strict mode (/permissive-) for 'experimental' standard + starting from version 15.5. Version 0.10.0 - * Support for an alternative build file/directory naming scheme. + * Support for an alternative build file/directory naming scheme. - Now the build/*.build, buildfile, and .buildignore filesystem entries in - a project can alternatively (but consistently) be called build2/*.build2, - build2file, and .build2ignore. See a note at the beginning of the Project - Structure section in the manual for details (motivation, restrictions, - etc). + Now the build/*.build, buildfile, and .buildignore filesystem entries in a + project can alternatively (but consistently) be called build2/*.build2, + build2file, and .build2ignore. See a note at the beginning of the Project + Structure section in the manual for details (motivation, restrictions, + etc). - * Support for multiple variable overrides. + * Support for multiple variable overrides. - Now we can do: + Now we can do: - $ b config.cxx.coptions=-O3 config.cxx.coptions=-O0 + $ b config.cxx.coptions=-O3 config.cxx.coptions=-O0 - Or even: + Or even: - $ b config.cxx.coptions=-O3 config.cxx.coptions+=-g + $ b config.cxx.coptions=-O3 config.cxx.coptions+=-g - * Support for MSVC 16 (2019). + * Support for MSVC 16 (2019). - * Support for automatic switching to option files (AKA response files) on - Windows if the linker command line is too long. + * Support for automatic switching to option files (AKA response files) on + Windows if the linker command line is too long. - This covers both MSVC link.exe/lib.exe and MinGW gcc.exe/ar.exe. + This covers both MSVC link.exe/lib.exe and MinGW gcc.exe/ar.exe. Version 0.9.0 - * New "Diagnostics and Debugging" section in the manual on debugging build - issues. + * New "Diagnostics and Debugging" section in the manual on debugging build + issues. - * Support for dependency chains. + * Support for dependency chains. - Now instead of: + Now instead of: - ./: exe{foo} - exe{foo}: cxx{*} + ./: exe{foo} + exe{foo}: cxx{*} - We can write: + We can write: - ./: exe{foo}: cxx{*} + ./: exe{foo}: cxx{*} - Or even: + Or even: - ./: exe{foo}: libue{foo}: cxx{*} + ./: exe{foo}: libue{foo}: cxx{*} - This can be combined with prerequisite-specific variables (which naturally - only apply to the last set of prerequisites in the chain): + This can be combined with prerequisite-specific variables (which naturally + only apply to the last set of prerequisites in the chain): - ./: exe{foo}: libue{foo}: bin.whole = false + ./: exe{foo}: libue{foo}: bin.whole = false - * Support for target and prerequisite specific variable blocks. + * Support for target and prerequisite specific variable blocks. - For example, now instead of: + For example, now instead of: - lib{foo}: cxx.loptions += -static - lib{foo}: cxx.libs += -lpthread + lib{foo}: cxx.loptions += -static + lib{foo}: cxx.libs += -lpthread - We can write: + We can write: - lib{foo}: - { - cxx.loptions += -static - cxx.libs += -lpthread - } + lib{foo}: + { + cxx.loptions += -static + cxx.libs += -lpthread + } - The same works for prerequisites as well as target type/patterns. For - example: + The same works for prerequisites as well as target type/patterns. For + example: - exe{*.test}: - { - test = true - install = false - } + exe{*.test}: + { + test = true + install = false + } - * Fallback to loading outer buildfile if there isn't one in the target's - directory (src_base). + * Fallback to loading outer buildfile if there isn't one in the target's + directory (src_base). - This covers the case where the target is defined in the outer buildfile - which is common with non-intrusive project conversions where everything is - built from a single root buildfile. + This covers the case where the target is defined in the outer buildfile + which is common with non-intrusive project conversions where everything is + built from a single root buildfile. - * Command line variable override scope syntax is now consistent with - buildfile syntax. + * Command line variable override scope syntax is now consistent with + buildfile syntax. - Before: + Before: - $ b dir/:foo=bar ... + $ b dir/:foo=bar ... - After: + After: - $ b dir/foo=bar + $ b dir/foo=bar - Alternatively (the buildfile syntax): + Alternatively (the buildfile syntax): - $ b 'dir/ foo=bar' + $ b 'dir/ foo=bar' - Note that the (rarely used) scope visibility modifier now leads to a double - slash: + Note that the (rarely used) scope visibility modifier now leads to a + double slash: - $ b dir//foo=bar + $ b dir//foo=bar - * Support for relative to base scope command line variable overrides. + * Support for relative to base scope command line variable overrides. - Currently, if we do: + Currently, if we do: - $ b dir/ ./foo=bar + $ b dir/ ./foo=bar - The scope the foo=bar is set on is relative to CWD, not dir/. While this - may seem wrong at first, this is the least surprising behavior when we take - into account that there can be multiple dir/'s. + The scope the foo=bar is set on is relative to CWD, not dir/. While this + may seem wrong at first, this is the least surprising behavior when we + take into account that there can be multiple dir/'s. - Sometimes, however, we do want the override directory to be treated - relative to (every) target's base scope that we are building. To support - this we are extending the '.' and '..' special directory names (which are - still resolved relative to CWD) with '...', which means "relative to the - base scope of every target in the buildspec". For example: + Sometimes, however, we do want the override directory to be treated + relative to (every) target's base scope that we are building. To support + this we are extending the '.' and '..' special directory names (which are + still resolved relative to CWD) with '...', which means "relative to the + base scope of every target in the buildspec". For example: - $ b dir/ .../foo=bar + $ b dir/ .../foo=bar - Is equivalent to: + Is equivalent to: - $ b dir/ dir/foo=bar + $ b dir/ dir/foo=bar - And: + And: - $ b liba/ libb/ .../tests/foo=bar + $ b liba/ libb/ .../tests/foo=bar - Is equivalent to: + Is equivalent to: - $ b liba/ libb/ liba/tests/foo=bar libb/tests/foo=bar + $ b liba/ libb/ liba/tests/foo=bar libb/tests/foo=bar - * New config.{c,cxx}.{id,version,target} configuration variables. + * New config.{c,cxx}.{id,version,target} configuration variables. - These variables allow overriding guessed compiler id/version/target, for - example, in case of mis-guesses or when working with compilers that don't - report their base (e.g., GCC, Clang) with -v/--version (common in the - embedded space). + These variables allow overriding guessed compiler id/version/target, for + example, in case of mis-guesses or when working with compilers that don't + report their base (e.g., GCC, Clang) with -v/--version (common in the + embedded space). - * New --[no-]mtime-check options to control backwards modification time - checks at runtime. + * New --[no-]mtime-check options to control backwards modification time + checks at runtime. - By default the checks are enabled only for the staged toolchain. + By default the checks are enabled only for the staged toolchain. - * New --dump <phase> option, remove state dumping from verbosity level 6. + * New --dump <phase> option, remove state dumping from verbosity level 6. - * The info meta-operation now prints the list of operations and meta- - operations supported by the project. + * The info meta-operation now prints the list of operations and meta- + operations supported by the project. - * New sleep Testscript builtin. + * New sleep Testscript builtin. Version 0.8.0 - * BREAKING: rename the .test extension (Testscript file) to .testscript and - the test{} target type to testscript{}. + * BREAKING: rename the .test extension (Testscript file) to .testscript and + the test{} target type to testscript{}. - * Introduction chapter in the build system manual. + * Introduction chapter in the build system manual. - The introduction covers every aspect of the build infrastructure, including - the underlying concepts, for the canonical executable and library projects - as produced by bdep-new(1). + The introduction covers every aspect of the build infrastructure, + including the underlying concepts, for the canonical executable and + library projects as produced by bdep-new(1). - * New 'in' build system module. + * New 'in' build system module. - Given test.in containing something along these lines: + Given test.in containing something along these lines: - foo = $foo$ + foo = $foo$ - Now we can do: + Now we can do: - using in + using in - file{test}: in{test.in} - file{test}: foo = FOO + file{test}: in{test.in} + file{test}: foo = FOO - The alternative variable substitution symbol can be specified with the - in.symbol variable and lax (instead of the default strict) mode with - in.substitution. For example: + The alternative variable substitution symbol can be specified with the + in.symbol variable and lax (instead of the default strict) mode with + in.substitution. For example: - file{test}: in.symbol = '@' - file{test}: in.substitution = lax + file{test}: in.symbol = '@' + file{test}: in.substitution = lax - * New 'bash' build system module that provides modularization support for bash - scripts. See the build system manual for all the details. + * New 'bash' build system module that provides modularization support for + bash scripts. See the build system manual for all the details. - * Support for 'binless' (binary-less aka header-only) libraries. + * Support for 'binless' (binary-less aka header-only) libraries. - A header-only library (or, in the future, a module interface-only library) - is not a different kind of library compared to static/shared libraries but - is rather a binary-less, or binless for short, static or shared library. - Whether a library is binless is determined dynamically and automatically - based on the absence of source file prerequisites. See the build system - manual for details. + A header-only library (or, in the future, a module interface-only library) + is not a different kind of library compared to static/shared libraries but + is rather a binary-less, or binless for short, static or shared library. + Whether a library is binless is determined dynamically and automatically + based on the absence of source file prerequisites. See the build system + manual for details. - * Use thin archives for utility libraries if available. + * Use thin archives for utility libraries if available. - Thin archives are supported by GNU ar since binutils 2.19.1 and LLVM ar - since LLVM 3.8.0. + Thin archives are supported by GNU ar since binutils 2.19.1 and LLVM ar + since LLVM 3.8.0. - * Support for archive checksum generation during distribution: + * Support for archive checksum generation during distribution: - Now we can do: + Now we can do: - $ b dist: ... \ - config.dist.archives='tar.gz zip' \ - config.dist.checksums='sha1 sha256' + $ b dist: ... \ + config.dist.archives='tar.gz zip' \ + config.dist.checksums='sha1 sha256' - And end up with .tar.gz.sha1, .tar.gz.sha256, .zip.sha1, and .zip.sha256 - checksum files in addition to archives. + And end up with .tar.gz.sha1, .tar.gz.sha256, .zip.sha1, and .zip.sha256 + checksum files in addition to archives. - * Support for excluded and ad hoc prerequisites: + * Support for excluded and ad hoc prerequisites: - The inclusion/exclusion is controlled via the 'include' prerequisite- - specific variable. Valid values are: + The inclusion/exclusion is controlled via the 'include' prerequisite- + specific variable. Valid values are: - false - exclude - true - include - adhoc - include but treat as an ad hoc input + false - exclude + true - include + adhoc - include but treat as an ad hoc input - For example: + For example: - lib{foo}: cxx{win32-utility}: include = ($cxx.targe.class == 'windows') - exe{bar}: libs{plugin}: include = adhoc + lib{foo}: cxx{win32-utility}: include = ($cxx.targe.class == 'windows') + exe{bar}: libs{plugin}: include = adhoc - * C++ Modules support: + * C++ Modules support: - - handle the leading 'module;' marker (p0713) - - switch to new GCC module interface (-fmodule-mapper) - - force reprocessing for module interface units if compiling with MSVC + - handle the leading 'module;' marker (p0713) + - switch to new GCC module interface (-fmodule-mapper) + - force reprocessing for module interface units if compiling with MSVC - * Testscript: + * Testscript: - - new mv builtin - - new --after <ref-file> option in touch builtin + - new mv builtin + - new --after <ref-file> option in touch builtin - * New $process.run() and $process.run_regex() functions: + * New $process.run() and $process.run_regex() functions: - $process.run(<prog>[ <args>...]) + $process.run(<prog>[ <args>...]) - Return trimmed stdout. + Return trimmed stdout. - $process.run_regex(<prog>[ <args>...], <pat> [, <fmt>]) + $process.run_regex(<prog>[ <args>...], <pat> [, <fmt>]) - Return stdout lines matched and optionally processed with regex. + Return stdout lines matched and optionally processed with regex. - Each line of stdout (including the customary trailing blank) is matched (as - a whole) against <pat> and, if successful, returned, optionally processed - with <fmt>, as an element of a list. + Each line of stdout (including the customary trailing blank) is matched + (as a whole) against <pat> and, if successful, returned, optionally + processed with <fmt>, as an element of a list. - * Support for name patterns without wildcard characters. + * Support for name patterns without wildcard characters. - In particular, this allows the "if-exists" specification of prerequisites, - for example: + In particular, this allows the "if-exists" specification of prerequisites, + for example: - for t: $tests - exe{$t}: cxx{$t} test{+$t} + for t: $tests + exe{$t}: cxx{$t} test{+$t} - * Functions for decomposing name as target/prerequisite name: + * Functions for decomposing name as target/prerequisite name: - $name.name() - $name.extension() - $name.directory() - $name.target_type() - $name.project() + $name.name() + $name.extension() + $name.directory() + $name.target_type() + $name.project() - * Add support for default extension specification, trailing dot escaping. + * Add support for default extension specification, trailing dot escaping. - For example: + For example: - cxx{*}: extension = cxx + cxx{*}: extension = cxx - cxx{foo} # foo.cxx - cxx{foo.test} # foo.test (probably what we want...) - cxx{foo.test...} # foo.test.cxx (... is this) - cxx{foo..} # foo. - cxx{foo....} # foo.. - cxx{foo.....} # error (must come in escape pairs) + cxx{foo} # foo.cxx + cxx{foo.test} # foo.test (probably what we want...) + cxx{foo.test...} # foo.test.cxx (... is this) + cxx{foo..} # foo. + cxx{foo....} # foo.. + cxx{foo.....} # error (must come in escape pairs) - * Use (native) C and C++ compilers we were built with as defaults for - config.c and config.cxx, respectively. + * Use (native) C and C++ compilers we were built with as defaults for + config.c and config.cxx, respectively. - * Implement missing pieces in utility libraries support. In particular, we - can now build static libraries out of utility libraries. + * Implement missing pieces in utility libraries support. In particular, we + can now build static libraries out of utility libraries. - * Built-in support for Windows module definition files (.def/def{}). + * Built-in support for Windows module definition files (.def/def{}). - * Project names are now sanitized when forming the config.import.<proj> - variables. Specifically, '-', '+', and '.' are replaced with '_' to form a - "canonical" variable name. + * Project names are now sanitized when forming the config.import.<proj> + variables. Specifically, '-', '+', and '.' are replaced with '_' to form a + "canonical" variable name. Version 0.7.0 - * Initial support for Clang targeting MSVC runtime (native Clang interface, - not the clang-cl wrapper). - - * C++ Modules TS introduction, build system support, and design guidelines - documentation. + * Initial support for Clang targeting MSVC runtime (native Clang interface, + not the clang-cl wrapper). - * New {c,cxx}.guess modules. + * C++ Modules TS introduction, build system support, and design guidelines + documentation. - These can be loaded before {c,cxx} to guess the compiler. Based on this - information we can then choose the standard, experimental features, etc. - For example: + * New {c,cxx}.guess modules. - using cxx.guess + These can be loaded before {c,cxx} to guess the compiler. Based on this + information we can then choose the standard, experimental features, etc. + For example: - if ($cxx.id == 'clang') - cxx.features.modules = false + using cxx.guess - cxx.std = experimental + if ($cxx.id == 'clang') + cxx.features.modules = false - using cxx + cxx.std = experimental - * New {c,cxx}.class variables. + using cxx - Compiler class describes a set of compilers that follow more or less - the same command line interface. Compilers that don't belong to any of - the existing classes are in classes of their own (say, Sun CC would be - on its own if we were to support it). + * New {c,cxx}.class variables. - Currently defined compiler classes: + Compiler class describes a set of compilers that follow more or less the + same command line interface. Compilers that don't belong to any of the + existing classes are in classes of their own (say, Sun CC would be on its + own if we were to support it). - gcc gcc, clang, clang-apple, icc (on non-Windows) - msvc msvc, clang-cl, icc (Windows) + Currently defined compiler classes: - * Support for C/C++ runtime/stdlib detection ({c,cxx}.{runtime,stdlib} - variables; see cc/guess.hxx for possible values). + gcc gcc, clang, clang-apple, icc (on non-Windows) + msvc msvc, clang-cl, icc (Windows) + * Support for C/C++ runtime/stdlib detection ({c,cxx}.{runtime,stdlib} + variables; see cc/guess.hxx for possible values). - * New __build2_preprocess macro. + * New __build2_preprocess macro. - If cc.reprocess is true, the __build2_preprocess is defined during - dependency extraction. This can be used to work around separate - preprocessing bugs in the compiler. + If cc.reprocess is true, the __build2_preprocess is defined during + dependency extraction. This can be used to work around separate + preprocessing bugs in the compiler. - * Support for for-loop. The semantics is similar to the C++11 range-based - for: + * Support for for-loop. The semantics is similar to the C++11 range-based + for: - list = 1 2 3 - for i: $list - print $i + list = 1 2 3 + for i: $list + print $i - Note that there is no scoping of any kind for the loop variable ('i' in the - above example). In the future the plan is to also support more general - while-loop as well as break and continue. + Note that there is no scoping of any kind for the loop variable ('i' in + the above example). In the future the plan is to also support more general + while-loop as well as break and continue. - * New info meta operation. + * New info meta operation. - This meta operation can be used to print basic information (name, version, - source/output roots, etc) for one or more projects. + This meta operation can be used to print basic information (name, version, + source/output roots, etc) for one or more projects. - * New update-for-{test,install} operation aliases. + * New update-for-{test,install} operation aliases. - * Support for forwarded configurations with target backlinking. See the - configure meta-operation discussion in b(1) for details. + * Support for forwarded configurations with target backlinking. See the + configure meta-operation discussion in b(1) for details. - * Improvements to the in module (in.symbol, in.substitution={strict|lax}). + * Improvements to the in module (in.symbol, in.substitution={strict|lax}). - * New $directory(), $base(), $leaf() and $extension() path functions. + * New $directory(), $base(), $leaf() and $extension() path functions. - * New $regex.split(), $regex.merge() and $regex.apply() functions. + * New $regex.split(), $regex.merge() and $regex.apply() functions. - * Support for (parallel) bootstrapping using GNU make makefile. + * Support for (parallel) bootstrapping using GNU make makefile. - * Support for chroot'ed install (aka DESTDIR): + * Support for chroot'ed install (aka DESTDIR): - b config.install.root=/usr config.install.chroot=/tmp/install + b config.install.root=/usr config.install.chroot=/tmp/install - * Support for prerequisite-specific variables, used for the bin.whole - variable ("link whole archive"). + * Support for prerequisite-specific variables, used for the bin.whole + variable ("link whole archive"). - * Regularize directory target/scope-specific variable assignment syntax: + * Regularize directory target/scope-specific variable assignment syntax: - $out_root/: foo = bar # target - $out_root/ foo = bar # scope - $out_root/ - { - foo = bar # scope - } + $out_root/: foo = bar # target + $out_root/ foo = bar # scope + $out_root/ + { + foo = bar # scope + } - * Support for structured result output (--structured-result). + * Support for structured result output (--structured-result). - * Support for build hooks. + * Support for build hooks. - The following buildfiles are loaded (if present) at appropriate times from - the out_root subdirectories of a project: + The following buildfiles are loaded (if present) at appropriate times from + the out_root subdirectories of a project: - build/bootstrap/pre-*.build # before loading bootstrap.build - build/bootstrap/post-*.build # after loading bootstrap.build - build/root/pre-*.build # before loading root.build - build/root/post-*.build # after loading root.build + build/bootstrap/pre-*.build # before loading bootstrap.build + build/bootstrap/post-*.build # after loading bootstrap.build + build/root/pre-*.build # before loading root.build + build/root/post-*.build # after loading root.build - * New run directive. + * New run directive. - Now it is possible to: + Now it is possible to: - run echo 'foo = bar' - print $foo + run echo 'foo = bar' + print $foo - * New dump directive. + * New dump directive. - It can be used to print (to stderr) a human-readable representation of the - current scope or a list of targets. For example: + It can be used to print (to stderr) a human-readable representation of the + current scope or a list of targets. For example: - dump # Dump current scope. - dump lib{foo} details/exe{bar} # Dump two targets. + dump # Dump current scope. + dump lib{foo} details/exe{bar} # Dump two targets. - This is primarily useful for debugging as well as to write build system - tests. + This is primarily useful for debugging as well as to write build system + tests. Version 0.6.0 |