Closed
Bug 11196
Opened 25 years ago
Closed 21 years ago
Document how to write a Makefile
Categories
(SeaMonkey :: Build Config, enhancement, P4)
Tracking
(Not tracked)
RESOLVED
FIXED
Future
People
(Reporter: wsargent, Assigned: leaf)
Details
With some help by Chris Waterson, I've managed to cobble together some files I think might actually compile. But I have no idea how to get them to compile. How do you build a component dll outside of mozilla? I understand from Chris's docs that I need to build a factory with a hook to the datasource CID, then call the datasource from the factory. I just don't have the documentation which would tell me what to change. Do I change the MODULE? What is the module? What does the library name do? What are the LCFLAGS? Anyway, the bug is that you have to know the build system as well as the code to actually build anything, and I'm not confident I know what I'm doing without docs. DEPTH=..\..\.. MODULE=rdf LIBRARY_NAME=rdfdatasource_s LCFLAGS=-DMOZ_BRPROF CPP_OBJS=\ .\$(OBJDIR)\nsFileSystemDataSource.obj \ .\$(OBJDIR)\nsFindDataSource.obj \ .\$(OBJDIR)\nsFTPDataSource.obj \ .\$(OBJDIR)\nsLocalStore.obj \ .\$(OBJDIR)\nsSearchDataSource.obj \ .\$(OBJDIR)\nsXULContentSink.obj \ $(NULL) # XXX Note the dependency on $(DEPTH)\rdf\base\src: we use rdfutil.h over # in this library: this'll go away once we formalize utilities into an # "real live" XPCOM interface. LINCS= -I$(DEPTH)\rdf\base\src \ -I$(DEPTH)\rdf\content\src \ $(NULL) include <$(DEPTH)\config\rules.mak> libs:: $(LIBRARY) $(MAKE_INSTALL) $(LIBRARY) $(DIST)\lib clobber:: rm -f $(DIST)\lib\$(LIBRARY_NAME).lib
MODULE refers to the name of the final dll, so MODULE=rdf -> rdf.dll LIBRARY_NAME refers to the name of a static library which optionally produced. LIBRARY_NAME=foo -> foo.lib LCFLAGS stands for 'local c-flags' that apply only to this makefile. On not having docs: we're accepting patches. Traditionally (and I don't say that it's a good tradition) there have been no docs or consistancy in the win32 build system, other than the occasional purge every three years. People just copy and paste and random stuff until it builds, then leaves it alone.
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Updated•25 years ago
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Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
Summary: No documentation on Win32 build system → Incomplete documentation on Win32 build system
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Comment 2•25 years ago
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The summary was a bit harsh... i mean there is *some* documentation. I'll try getting this fixed before the M9 release crunch hits.
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Comment 3•24 years ago
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Obviously, i missed m9. I probably won't have time for a while to get to docs on ``how to write a windows makefile,'' but i think there should be some. So i'll leave this open, and assigned to me.
Severity: normal → enhancement
mass re-assign of all bugs where i was listed as the qa contact
QA Contact: cyeh → chofmann
Updated•23 years ago
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Priority: P3 → P4
QA Contact: chofmann → granrose
Summary: Incomplete documentation on Win32 build system → Document how to write a win32 Makefile
Target Milestone: --- → Future
Comment 5•22 years ago
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Looks like this can be resolved fixed. The build system is moving to gmake.
Comment 6•22 years ago
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s/fixed/wontfix
Comment 7•22 years ago
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bug cleanup - all leaf's bugzilla bugs should be assigned to leaf@mozilla.org (not leaf@netscape.com), now and any future bugs created. this should be a one time change, apologies for the spam.
Assignee: leaf → leaf
Status: ASSIGNED → NEW
Comment 8•22 years ago
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On second thought - it wouldn't hurt to write something like this for the gmake builds if it doesn't exist already.
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Comment 9•22 years ago
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updating summary, accepting.
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
Summary: Document how to write a win32 Makefile → Document how to write a Makefile
Comment 10•21 years ago
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Is this bug fixed with http://www.mozilla.org/build/build-system.html ?
Comment 11•21 years ago
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yeah!
Status: ASSIGNED → RESOLVED
Closed: 21 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Updated•20 years ago
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Product: Browser → Seamonkey
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