Re: NSPR build system

On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 6:54 AM, Benjamin Smedberg
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> NSPR uses autoconf (version 2.13) but it does not use automake.
>
> The NSPR build system was created long before automake existed, and has many
> of the same features as automake. A rough summary of the build system goes
> like this:
>
> * configure.in is an M4 script which defines configuration options. It is
> tranformed into the configure shell script using "autoconf-2.13".
>
>
> * Makefile.in files are in each build directory. When configure is run, they
> are transformed into Makefile by substituting @VARNAMES@. They typically
> include the following sections:
>
> include $(DEPTH)/config/autoconf.mk - this file contains the build
> configuration variables set during configure
>
> include $(topsrcdir)/config/config.mk - this file sets up makefile variables
>
> set variables such as CRSCS and HEADERS
>
> include $(topsrcdir)/config/rules.mk - this file sets the makefile rules for
> compiling files, installing headers, etc

Benjamin's reply is very complete.  Thanks!

I just wanted to add that the current NSPR build instructions are at
http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/NSPR_build_instructions
(I know build instructions are not the same as documentation of
the build system.)

Wan-Teh