FreeLists / haiku-appserver / [haiku-appserver] Re: testing under R5

[Adi Oanca <adioanca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Axel Dörfler wrote:
> "DarkWyrm" <bpmagic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > >         I'm not an expert in build systems so I'm asking for your help.
> > >         How do you test the app_server under R5?
> >
> > Ingo made a change to the build system some time ago which made the 
> > jamfile for the server much less complex. If you want to build and 
> > run 
> > the server for R5, go to src/tools/servers/app and run Jam. You'll 
> > build all the tests (last I knew, Playground didn't build) and the 
> > server will also be built as haiku_app_server.
>
>
> Small correction: it's src/tests/servers/app, and you don't have to 
> build all test apps (but surely can). I think you still have to make 
> sure R5 is the target platform, ie. the safest way to build the 
> app_server is:
> $ TARGET_PLATFORM=r5 jam haiku_app_server

    Well with all these advices I managed to have the server working.
        However, I feel there are some things wrong with our build system.
For example: when I build for r5, in system/lib directory I'm getting 2
libbe libraries: libopenbeos.so and libbe.so. Now, why does libbe.so needs
to be build when target platform is r5? It doesn't have to be built!
        Another thing: if I want to build the app_server for r5, I must go
to src/tests/servers/app. Why? This is annoying. I want to be able to build
the app server from src/servers/app, the right location IMO.

        If nobody has something to say, I'll modify the build system so that:
- ./configure --target=xxx
- in src/kits when building for r5 *only* libopenbeos.so be built (no libbe.so!)
- app_server be built in src/servers/app no matter the platform.
- tests/servers/app *not* not be dependent of app_server but only of
(libbe.so libroot.so) | (libopenbeos.so)

Any objections?


Thanks,
Adi.