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diff --git a/doc/packaging.cli b/doc/packaging.cli index cf97aa8..f7f7731 100644 --- a/doc/packaging.cli +++ b/doc/packaging.cli @@ -1461,6 +1461,10 @@ need to tweak it are not uncommon and include: modes. See \l{b#dont-header-only Don't make library header-only if it can be compiled}.||| +Also, in C++ projects, if you don't have any inline or template files, then +you can drop the assignment of the file extension for the \c{ixx} and \c{txx} +target types, respectively. + If you have made any changes, commit them (similar to the previous step, we cannot test things just yet): @@ -1560,7 +1564,13 @@ Next is the \c{buildfile} in \c{src/}: \N|Again, the \c{buildfile} in your package may look slightly different depending on the exact \c{bdep-new} sub-options used. However, all the -relevant definitions discussed below should still be easily recognizable.| +relevant definitions discussed below should still be easily recognizable. + +For a binless (header-only) library, this \c{buildfile} will contain only a +small subset of the definitions shown below. See +\l{https://github.com/build2/HOWTO/blob/master/entries/make-header-only-library.md +How do I make a header-only C/C++ library?} for additional considerations +when packaging header-only libraries.| \ intf_libs = # Interface dependencies. @@ -1768,12 +1778,118 @@ import impl_libs += libsqlite3%lib{sqlite3} remove the assignment and all the expansion of the corresponding \c{*_libs} variable.| +Note also that system libraries like \c{-lm}, \c{-ldl} on UNIX or +\c{advapi32.lib}, \c{ws2_32.lib} on Windows should not be imported. Instead, +they should be listed in the \c{c.libs} or \c{cxx.libs} variables. See +\l{https://github.com/build2/HOWTO/blob/master/entries/link-system-library.md +How do I link a system library} for details. + +With the unnecessary parts of the \c{buildfile} cleaned up and dependenies +handled, let's discuss the common changes to the remaining definitions, going +from top to bottom. We start with the public headers block: + +\ +# Public headers. +# +pub = [dir_path] ../include/foo/ + +include $pub + +pub_hdrs = $($pub/ pub_hdrs) + +lib{foo}: $pub/{$pub_hdrs} +\ + +This block gets hold of the list of public headers and makes them +prerequisites of the library. Normally you shouldn't need to make any changes +here. If you need to exclude some headers, it should be done in the +\c{buildfile} in the \c{inlcude/} directory. + +\N|In the combined layout the single \c{buildfile} does not have such code. +Instead, all headers are covered by the wildcard pattern in following block.| + +The next block deals with sources, private headers, and dependencies, if +any: + +\ +# Private headers and sources as well as dependencies. +# +lib{foo}: {hxx ixx txx cxx}{**} $impl_libs $intf_libs +\ + +By default it will list all the relevant files as prerequisites of the +library, starting from the directory of the \c{buildfile} and including all +the subdirectories, recursively (see \l{b#name-patterns Name Patterns} for +background on wildcard patterns). + +If your C++ package doesn't have any inline or template files, then you can +remove the \c{ixx} and \c{txx} target types, respectively (which is parallel +to the change made in \c{root.build}; see \l{#core-adjust-build Review +project-wide build system files in \c{build/}}). For example: + +\ +# Private headers and sources as well as dependencies. +# +lib{foo}: {hxx cxx}{**} $impl_libs $intf_libs +\ + +The other common change to this block is the exclusion of certain files or +making them conditionally included. As an example, let's say in our \c{libfoo} +the source subdirectory contains a bunch of \c{*-test.cpp} files which are +unit tests and should not be listed as prerequisites of a library. Here is how +we can exclude them: + +\ +# Private headers and sources as well as dependencies. +# +lib{foo}: {hxx cxx}{** -**-test} $impl_libs $intf_libs +\ + +Let's also assume our \c{libfoo} contains \c{impl-win32.cpp} and +\c{impl-posix.cpp} which provide alternative implementations of the same +functionality for Windows and POSIX and should only be included as +prerequisites on the respective platforms. Here is how we can handle that: + +\ +# Private headers and sources as well as dependencies. +# +lib{foo}: {hxx cxx}{** -impl-win32 -impl-posix -**-test} +lib{foo}: cxx{impl-win32}: include = ($cxx.target.class == 'windows') +lib{foo}: cxx{impl-posix}: include = ($cxx.target.class != 'windows') +lib{foo}: $impl_libs $intf_libs +\ + +There are two nuances in the above example worth highlighting. Firstly, we +have to exclude the files from the wildcard pattern before we can +conditionally include them. Secondly, we have to always link libraries +last. In particual, the following is a shorter but an incorrect version of the +above: + +\ +lib{foo}: {hxx cxx}{** -impl-win32 -impl-posix -**-test} \ + $impl_libs $intf_libs +lib{foo}: cxx{impl-win32}: include = ($cxx.target.class == 'windows') +lib{foo}: cxx{impl-posix}: include = ($cxx.target.class != 'windows') +\ + +\N|You may also be tempted to use the \c{if} directive instead of the +\c{include} variable for conditional prerequisites. For example: + +\ +if ($cxx.target.class == 'windows') + lib{foo}: cxx{impl-win32} +else + lib{foo}: cxx{impl-posix} +\ + +This would also be incorrect. For background and details, see +\l{https://github.com/build2/HOWTO/blob/master/entries/keep-build-graph-config-independent.md +How do I keep the build graph configuration-independent?}| -@@ Dependency on system library. @@ List of common 'tasks' like Objective-C, Assembler, symexport, - relevant HOWTO. autoconf. + relevant HOWTO. autoconf. unit tests ======== |