Re: [platform-swt-dev] Building libraries - Suggestion

["Chris McKillop" <cdm@xxxxxxx>]

I think that sounds like a really great idea.

If we changed the build process to work this way we could also use platform
specific build systems.  I know that we (QNX) would like to be able to build
the SWT code for all our CPU platforms in a single pass.

    chris

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Dean Roberts" <Dean_Roberts@xxxxxxx>
To: <platform-releng-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <platform-swt-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>; <platform-core-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 5:44 AM
Subject: [platform-swt-dev] Building libraries - Suggestion


> Tom has sent in this suggestion for building native libraries as part of
> the build process.
>
> I thought I would send this to core and swt lists since the SWT team
> builds most of the libraries in Eclipse and the core team is now
> responsible for the pde-build process.
>
> I think Tom's suggestion makes a lot of sense.
>
> Any comments would be greatly appreciated.
>
> ...Dean...
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> Tom Tromey <tromey@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent by: platform-releng-dev-admin@xxxxxxxxxxx
> 24/10/2002 17:48
> Please respond to platform-releng-dev
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>         To:     platform-releng-dev <platform-releng-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>         cc:
>         Subject:        [platform-releng-dev] Build suggestion
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> For our internal builds, we need to be able to rebuild all the native
> code when we build the java code.  This is a consequence of how we
> build the operating system and the fact that we want to be able to
> build Eclipse into an OS release.
>
> Right now there's no simple way to do that.  The .so files are checked
> in to the repository, etc.
>
> I'd like to propose adding a new `build.native' target to all the
> build.xml files.  Then the top-level build.xml could invoke this
> target in every plugin directory.  In many directories this would be a
> no-op; in others it would invoke `make' as appropriate.
>
> This wouldn't have to be done for the eclipse.org builds, so it would
> mean no process changes there.  It would just be a feature for folks
> in our position.
>
> Would this be acceptable?  If so I'm happy to write a patch to
> implement it.  (Or more precisely a first stab, as I have no way to do
> some of the builds.)
>
> Tom
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