Joshua~ On 10/3/05, Joshua Hoblitt via RT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Sun Aug 22 17:19:34 2004]: > > > > All~ > > > > This patch is an early step in getting a scons based build system for > > parrot. Currently, it leaves the make system in place, the goal being > > to add a SCons system alongside the make system until the scons one is > > entirely ready. > > > > This patch allows scons to build foo.c and foo.dump files from > > foo.pmc. It will automatically detect dependencies between various > > PMC's and rebuild them as appropriate. > > > > Obviously this requires SCons to be installed on the system (and SCons > > requires Python). But since parrot can be built without it, I figured > > that this was a non-issue. > > > > If any one has a burning itch to implement other parts of this system, > > feel free to email me so we can collaborate. > > > > Have fun, > > Matt > > > > > > > Matt, > > There has been alot of discussion about build systems on #parrot > recently so I'm CCing p6i. > > Is SCons really an option for Parrot? I don't really know much about it > but since it's implimented in Python, and Python hasn't been ported to > all the platforms we hope to run on, wouldn't it introduce a serious > portability issue? > > -J
I brought it up on the list first, and Dan was OK with it because scons can output a series of commands (like a bat file or batch script) to build from scratch (no smart dependency checks). This also provides a way to break the make dependency. All that having been said, I probably won't get around to finishing this anytime soon, and I don't think most of the others are interested in it. Although it also would solve the problem of our make system being broken WRT dependency checking. Matt -- "Computer Science is merely the post-Turing Decline of Formal Systems Theory." -Stan Kelly-Bootle, The Devil's DP Dictionary
