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Diffstat (limited to 'libbuild2/build/script/builtin.cli')
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1 files changed, 61 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/libbuild2/build/script/builtin.cli b/libbuild2/build/script/builtin.cli index 7d0936f..5aea034 100644 --- a/libbuild2/build/script/builtin.cli +++ b/libbuild2/build/script/builtin.cli @@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ namespace build2 // class depdb_dyndep_options { - // Note that --byproduct, if any, must be the first option and is - // handled ad hoc, kind of as a sub-command. + // Note that --byproduct or --dyn-target, if any, must be the first + // option and is handled ad hoc. // // Similarly, --update-{include,exclude} are handled ad hoc and must // be literals, similar to the -- separator. They specify prerequisite @@ -40,23 +40,48 @@ namespace build2 // with support for generated files (and thus -I) at least in the make // format where we use relative paths for non-existent files. // + // Currently Supported dependency formats (--format) are `make` + // (default) and `lines`. + // + // The `make` format is the make dependency declaration in the + // `<target>...: [<prerequisite>...]` form. In the non-byproduct mode + // a relative prerequisite path is considered non-existent. + // + // The `lines` format lists targets and/or prerequisites one per line. + // If the --dyn-target option is specified then the target list is + // expected to come first separated from the prerequisites list with a + // blank line. If there are no prerequisites, then the blank line can + // be omitted. If the --dyn-target option is not specified, then all + // lines are treated as prerequisites and there should be no blank + // lines. In the non-byproduct mode a prerequisite line that starts + // with a leading space is considered a non-existent prerequisite. + // Currently only relative non-existent prerequisites are supported. + // Finally, in this mode, if the prerequisite is syntactically a + // directory (that is, it ends with a trailing directory separator), + // then it is added as fsdir{}. This can be used to handle situations + // where the dynamic targets are placed into subdirectories. + // // Note on naming: whenever we (may) have two options, one for target // and the other for prerequisite, we omit "prerequisite" as that's // what we extract by default and most commonly. For example: // - // --what --what-target - // --default-type --default-target-type + // --what --target-what + // --default-type --target-default-type // path --file; // Read from file rather than stdin. - string --format; // Dependency format: make (default). + string --format; // Dependency format: `make` (default), + // or `lines`. - string --what; // Dependency kind, e.g., "header". + // Dynamic dependency extraction options. + // + string --what; // Prerequisite kind, e.g., "header". - dir_paths --include-path|-I; // Search paths for generated files. + dir_paths --include-path|-I; // Search paths for generated + // prerequisites. - string --default-type; // Default prerequisite type to use - // if none could be derived from ext. + string --default-type; // Default prerequisite type to use if + // none could be derived from extension. bool --adhoc; // Treat dynamically discovered // prerequisites as ad hoc (so they @@ -64,14 +89,39 @@ namespace build2 // normal mode). dir_path --cwd; // Builtin's working directory used - // to complete relative paths (only - // in --byproduct mode). + // to complete relative paths of + // prerequisites (only in --byproduct + // mode, lines format for existing + // paths). bool --drop-cycles; // Drop prerequisites that are also // targets. Only use if you are sure // such cycles are harmless, that is, // the output is not affected by such // prerequisites' content. + + // Dynamic target extraction options. + // + // This functionality is enabled with the --dyn-target option. Only + // the make format is supported, where the listed targets are added as + // ad hoc group members (unless already specified as static members). + // This functionality is not available in the byproduct mode. + // + string --target-what; // Target kind, e.g., "source". + + string --target-default-type; // Default target type to use if none + // could be derived from extension. + + map<string, string> // Extension to target type mapping in + --target-extension-type; // the <ext>=<type> form, for example, + // h=hxx. This mapping is considered + // before attempting to automatically + // map the extension and so can be used + // to resolve ambiguities. + + dir_path --target-cwd; // Builtin's working directory used to + // complete relative paths of targets. + }; } } |