Difference between revisions of "Shining Some Light on the Mozilla Build System"
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** Multiple products in CVS | ** Multiple products in CVS | ||
** Thousands of Makefiles | ** Thousands of Makefiles | ||
| − | * Basic tools | + | * Basic tools |
| − | + | ** [http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/ autoconf] - managing differences between platforms and selecting build options | |
| − | + | ** [http://www.gnu.org/software/make/ GNU Make] - following rules to build things based on changed files | |
| + | ** Tinderbox | ||
* Your build experiences | * Your build experiences | ||
* Deconstructing [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Configuring_Build_Options mozconfig] | * Deconstructing [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Configuring_Build_Options mozconfig] | ||
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* Looking at some Makefiles | * Looking at some Makefiles | ||
** Plumbing the depths of [http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/source/config/rules.mk rules.mk] | ** Plumbing the depths of [http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/source/config/rules.mk rules.mk] | ||
| + | * The future of the build system: Buildbot | ||
| + | * Breakpad and Crash Reporting | ||
Revision as of 12:05, 18 September 2007
Talk Details
- Date: Sept 20, 2007
- Speaker: Ted Mielczarek, Mozilla Corporation
Notes
- Ted Mielczarek - ted@mielczarek.org
- Build system peer, Breakpad stuff, etc
- Building software
- It's all about scope
- Three major platforms supported, multiple other platforms usable
- Multiple products in CVS
- Thousands of Makefiles
- Basic tools
- Your build experiences
- Deconstructing mozconfig
- Sorting through configure.in
- What the heck is client.mk for?
- Fancy things you can do
- Looking at some Makefiles
- Plumbing the depths of rules.mk
- The future of the build system: Buildbot
- Breakpad and Crash Reporting
