872190 - mach in an objdir doesn't seem to work

Status: NEW

(Firefox Build System :: General, defect)

Description

[Benjamin Smedberg]

I was trying to use mach in a way that kinda works with my existing multi-objdir setup:

STR:

* source is in ~/builds/git-mozilla-central
* mkdir ~/builds/git-mozilla-central/obj-debug
* cd ~/builds/git-mozilla-central/obj-debug
* ln -s ~/mozconfig-debug .mozconfig
* ../mach build

Expected results:

* built a debug build in ~/builds/git-mozilla-central/obj-debug

Actual results:

* built a release build in ~/builds/git-mozilla-central/obj-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu

Comment 1

[Benjamin Smedberg]

Oh, the contents of the .mozconfig is the single line

`ac_add_options --enable-debug --disable-optimize`

Comment 2

[Benjamin Smedberg]

FWIW, if I had no mozconfig I would have expected it to still use the obj-debug objdir instead of making a separate one.

Comment 3

[Gregory Szorc [:gps]]

Vlad filed something similar in bug 872077. This might be a dupe.