Re: [cdt-dev] Are managed projects a requirement/recommendation or the n

[Jan Baeyens <jan@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I think this discussion is very interesting.

Thanks a lot.

Jantje

Op 10/12/2020 om 1:40 schreef Marc-Andre Laperle:
> I would add here to the confusion that non generated Makefile projects (external builder) sit on top of the MBS code, which was a motivation for simplification with core build. The non-MBS Make build is CDT <= 3.0 which still has remnants in the code base today :(
>
> Marc-André
>
> > On Dec 9, 2020, at 4:03 PM, Martin Weber <fifteenknots505@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Mittwoch, 9. Dezember 2020 00:29:42 CET Liviu Ionescu wrote:
> > > > On 9 Dec 2020, at 00:56, Martin Weber <fifteenknots505@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Well, after 7 year of driving through CDT code base: It depends on being a
> > > > masochist or not :-)
> > > Actually the question was different: is CDT without MBS, at this moment,
> > > able to support something functional? In other words, if I start a new
> > > build plug-in based on CDT without MBS, can I get multiple build
> > > configurations and a functional indexer, or I have to patch/rewrite half of
> > IIRC, CDT currently has three build systems:
> >
> > - Makefile project:  Users have to maintain their buildscripts. Users have to
> > teach the indexer about include paths and macros.
> >
> > - MBS aka Managed (Makefile) Build System: CDT generates the build-scripts for
> > users. CDT itself provides buildscript-generation for the 'make' build tool
> > only. Tries to teach the indexer about include paths and macros by parsing
> > build output (focused on gcc). Users may additonally to teach the indexer
> > about include paths and macros.
> >
> > - The thing called 'core build'. Its javadoc is poor, and there are no concept
> > papers explaining what it is supposed to do and the author is no longer with
> > us.  Tries to teach the indexer about include paths and macros by parsing
> > build output (focused on gcc). Provides no mean for users to teach the
> > indexer.
> >
> > CDT-cmake, CDT-meson and CDT-qt?? are based on that core-build thing.
> >
> > CDT-cmake feeds include paths and macros specified in the user's
> > CMakeLists.txt files to the indexer. If the compiler supports built-ins-
> > detection, it feeds that to the indexer, too. If not, users cannot teach the
> > indexer, ATM.
> >
> > Martin
> >
> > --
> > Cd wrttn wtht vwls s mch trsr.
> >
> >
> >
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