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** Multiple products in CVS | ** Multiple products in CVS | ||
** Thousands of Makefiles | ** Thousands of Makefiles | ||
| − | * Basic tools | + | * Managing the chaos |
| + | ** [http://tinderbox.mozilla.org/showbuilds.cgi?tree=Firefox Tinderbox] | ||
| + | ** [http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/ LXR] | ||
| + | * Basic build tools | ||
** [http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/ autoconf] - managing differences between platforms and selecting build options | ** [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 | ** [http://www.gnu.org/software/make/ GNU Make] - following rules to build things based on changed files | ||
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* Your build experiences | * Your build experiences | ||
* Cross-platform builds -- what's different on different platforms? | * Cross-platform builds -- what's different on different platforms? | ||
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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: | + | ** [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/How_Mozilla%27s_build_system_works Use the docs!] |
| + | ** [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Category:Build_Glossary The Build Glossary] | ||
| + | * The future of the build system | ||
| + | ** Buildbot | ||
| + | ** [http://wiki.mozilla.org/Build:Configure_System_Rewrite Giving the build system a facelift] | ||
* Breakpad and Crash Reporting | * Breakpad and Crash Reporting | ||
Latest revision as of 08:06, 20 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
- Managing the chaos
- Basic build tools
- Your build experiences
- Cross-platform builds -- what's different on different platforms?
- VMs to the rescue
- 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
- Use the docs!
- The Build Glossary
- The future of the build system
- Buildbot
- Giving the build system a facelift
- Breakpad and Crash Reporting
