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// file      : INSTALL.cli
// copyright : Copyright (c) 2014-2016 Code Synthesis Ltd
// license   : MIT; see accompanying LICENSE file

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Note: unless you specifically only need the \c{build2} build system and not the
complete \c{build2} toolchain, you should use the \c{build2-toolchain}
distribution instead.

\c{build2} requires a C++11 compiler with limited C++14 support. GCC 4.8 or
later and Clang 3.4 or later are known to work.

\c{build2} is self-hosted, which means that unless you have obtained a
pre-built binary from somewhere else, you will need to bootstrap it. To
accomplish this, use the '\c{bootstrap.sh}' shell script found in the root
directory of the \c{build2} distribution. The following is the recommended
sequence of steps:

\dl|

\li|1. Prerequisites\n

Get \c{libbutl} and place it next to \c{build2}, so that you have:

\
libbutl/ (or libbutl-X.Y.Z/)
build2/  (or build2-X.Y.Z/)
\

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\li|\n2. Bootstrapping\n

Change to the \c{build2/} directory and execute \c{bootstrap.sh} specifying
the C++ compiler to be used, if necessary (default is \c{g++}; run
\c{./bootstrap.sh --help} for other options). For example:

\
$ cd build2/
$ ./bootstrap.sh --cxx clang++-3.5
\

Once the script completes successfully (which may take some time), the
\c{build2} binary is saved as \c{build2/b-boot}:

\
$ build2/b-boot --version
\

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\li|\n3. Rebuilding\n

Next, build \c{libbutl} and the \c{build2} binary using the bootstrapped
binary from step 2:

\
$ build2/b-boot 'configure(../libbutl/)'
$ build2/b-boot config.import.libbutl=../libbutl configure update
\

Again, if necessary, you can also specify the C++ compiler:

\
$ build2/b-boot config.cxx=clang++-3.5 ...
\

The resulting \c{build2} binary is saved as \c{build2/b}:

$ build2/b --version

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\li|\n4. Verification\n

This step is optional and involves re-building \c{libbutl} and \c{build2}
yet again using the binary built on step 3 and verifying that the two builds
are identical.

@@ This is currently broken since the resulting binary contains full object
file paths. So we would need to build in exactly the same place as the
original, but that would make the binary from step 2 unusable. It seems the
only way to make it work is via installation/staging.

To perform this step, first unpack new copies of \c{libbutl} and \c{build2}
into a different directory, for example, a \c{verify/} sub-directory. Then
complete step 2 for these new copies but using \c{build2/b} binary from step
3 rather than \c{build2/b-boot} from step 2. Also, use the \c{libbutl} from
step 2 in the \c{config.import.libbutl} value (otherwise rpath differences
will result in different \c{build2} binaries). For example:

\
$ cd verify/build2
$ ../../build2/build2/b '{configure update}(../libbutl-X.Y.Z/)'
$ ../../build2/build2/b config.import.libbutl=../../libbutl-X.Y.Z \
configure update
\

Once this is done, compare the \c{libbutl} libraries and \c{build2} binaries,
for example:

\
$ cd ../..
$ diff libbutl/butl/libbutl.so verify/libbutl/butl/libbutl.so
$ diff build2/build2/b verify/build2/build2/b
\

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\li|\n5. Installation\n

\
$ build2/b config.install.root=/usr/local config.install.root.sudo=sudo \
'install(../libbutl-X.Y.Z/ ./)'
\

Note: you may want to add the \c{config.bin.rpath} configuration variable
if your installation location is not searched automatically for shared
libraries. See the \c{INSTALL} file in \c{build2-toolchain} for details.||
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