Re: [Libreoffice] gbuild question

On Sat, 17 Sep 2011, Norbert Thiebaud wrote:

> On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 7:07 PM, Peter Foley <pefoley2@verizon.net> wrote:
> > I'm working on converting soltools to gbuild but I've come across a
> > problem.
> > soltools/testhxx/makefile.mk echos the commandline to compile a
> > cxx file to a temporary file and then runs it through a perl script.
> > What I need is a way to get the command line used to compile a file with
> > out actually executing it.
> > With dmake this seems to be accomplished with
> > CAPTURE_COMMAND but I haven't been able to find equivalent funcionality in
> > gbuild. A pointer would be appreciated.
>
> Peter,
>
> The first question you should ask youself is: is this thing actually
> used somewhere....
>
> git grep testhxx
> soltools/prj/build.lst:so  soltools\testhxx
> nmake   -   all so_testhxx so_mkdep NULL
> soltools/prj/d.lst:..\%__SRC%\bin\testhxx* %_DEST%\bin\testhxx*
> soltools/testhxx/create.pl:    $in =~ s!\S+/testhxx.cxx!-x c++ /proc/self/fd/0!
> soltools/testhxx/create.pl:    $in =~ s!\S+/testhxx.cxx!\${my_tmp}!
> soltools/testhxx/create.pl:    $in =~ s!\S+/testhxx.cxx!\${my_tmp}!
> soltools/testhxx/create.pl:    print STDOUT 'echo \'no testhxx on this
> platform\'', "\n";
> soltools/testhxx/makefile.mk:TARGET := testhxx
> soltools/testhxx/makefile.mk:CAPTURE_OUTPUT = >
> $(MISC)$/testhxx.output && $(TOUCH) $(SLO)$/testhxx.obj
> soltools/testhxx/makefile.mk:SLOFILES = $(SLO)$/testhxx.obj
> soltools/testhxx/makefile.mk:$(BIN)$/$(TARGET) .ERRREMOVE :
> $(MISC)$/testhxx.output create.pl
> soltools/testhxx/makefile.mk:    $(PERL) -w create.pl <
> $(MISC)$/testhxx.output > $@
> soltools/testhxx/makefile.mk:$(MISC)$/testhxx.output: $(SLO)$/testhxx.obj
>
> Apparently the answer is.. no.
>
> Not that soltools contain mostly stuff in support for the old build
> system. it is possible that some of theses tools may still be
> used/needed by gbuild... but it is quite possible that most will not.
>
> That may not be the best module to convert. if any of it remain
> necessary after the full gbuild conversion, it will be the last module
> to ever join tail_build since any dmake module left would  depends on
> it.
>
> Norbert


Ok, I'll work on another module.

Peter