[haiku-commits] Re: haiku: hrev44595 - build/jam
- From: François Revol <revol@xxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-commits@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2012 00:17:50 +0200
On 03/09/2012 00:05, Ryan Leavengood wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 4:46 PM, Alexandre Deckner <alex@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Well, the git merge goes smoothly in general. Then you need to add/remove
>> new/old sources files from the Jamfile. And of course adopt new refactorings
>> etc... Be carefull, recent revs might bring fixes but also lots of issues,
>> for example if they deprecated old platform "api"s and need new graphic ops
>> we don't necessarily support natively. I've been bitten by that during my
>> contract, and with such a long build time / big repo you can waste a lot of
>> time, even with git and a brand new i7.
>
> Oh yes, I remember what fun it is working with the WebKit repo. I did
> create a small Ruby tool which helped create the list of source files
> for the Jamfile. If there are any other tools I can build to help us
> develop WebKit, I will.
BTW, It's possible to do wildcards in Jam IIRC, see the usb_webcam
Jamfiles, but it's probably not a really good idea.
François.
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