Re: using variant_dir but strip out the variant_dir from source files

Hi Bill, I am chdir only to the top level folder "build", and want to
build CC a/b/c.c instead of CC build/a/b/c.c

I got this working but wonder if there is a way that I do not need to
change the Defaults.py file.
On Thu, Oct 18, 2018 at 6:04 PM Bill Deegan <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> So you have a file:
> a/b/c.c
> variant dir to
> build/a/b/c.c
>
> you're chdir'ing into
> build/a/b ?
>
> And you want the command line to be
> compiler c.c
>
> ?
>
> On Thu, Oct 18, 2018 at 6:30 AM Hua Yanghao <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Update: it looks like the _concat()-like stuff can only be put in the
>> SCons/Defaults.py otherwise not all environment will get it.
>> Not sure if there is a way that I do not need to modify the
>> Defaults.py but still able to add one function to the default
>> environment construction.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Yanghao
>> On Thu, Oct 18, 2018 at 12:07 AM Hua Yanghao <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >
>> > Looked into the Action.py a little bit, doesn't seem to really have a
>> > controllable print for chdir messages.
>> > I tested below patch which works for me:
>> >
>> > diff --git i/tools/scons-3.0.1/scons-local-3.0.1/SCons/Action.py
>> > w/tools/scons-3.0.1/scons-local-3.0.1/SCons/Action.py
>> > index ce5471d..ee2a5c1 100644
>> > --- i/tools/scons-3.0.1/scons-local-3.0.1/SCons/Action.py
>> > +++ w/tools/scons-3.0.1/scons-local-3.0.1/SCons/Action.py
>> > @@ -647,7 +647,8 @@ class _ActionAction(ActionBase):
>> >                                 show=_null,
>> >                                 execute=_null,
>> >                                 chdir=_null,
>> > -                               executor=None):
>> > +                               executor=None,
>> > +                               chdir_verbose=False):
>> >          if not is_List(target):
>> >              target = [target]
>> >          if not is_List(source):
>> > @@ -691,7 +692,8 @@ class _ActionAction(ActionBase):
>> >                  cmd = self.strfunction(target, source, env)
>> >              if cmd:
>> >                  if chdir:
>> > -                    cmd = ('os.chdir(%s)\n' % repr(chdir)) + cmd
>> > +                    if chdir_verbose:
>> > +                        cmd = ('os.chdir(%s)\n' % repr(chdir)) + cmd
>> >                  try:
>> >                      get = env.get
>> >                  except AttributeError:
>> > @@ -718,7 +720,7 @@ class _ActionAction(ActionBase):
>> >              finally:
>> >                  if save_cwd:
>> >                      os.chdir(save_cwd)
>> > -        if cmd and save_cwd:
>> > +        if cmd and save_cwd and chdir_verbose:
>> >              print_func('os.chdir(%s)' % repr(save_cwd), target, source, env)
>> >
>> >          return stat
>> > On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 11:54 PM Hua Yanghao <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > I finally implemented something like _concat() so I can use it
>> > > directly in the COMSTR definition to strip out the additional path.
>> > > However now scons trying to be very verbose and every single
>> > > os.chdir() is being printed (chdir="..." used for all builders). Is
>> > > there a way to disable this os.chdir() print message without modifying
>> > > the scons source code? Thanks.
>> > > On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 9:55 PM Hua Yanghao <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > > Dear Scons User,
>> > > > I am having maybe an odd request. The background is there are some
>> > > > compilers out there produces all kinds of output in your current
>> > > > directory which you do not have control. I wanted to combine the
>> > > > variant_dir feature plus the chdir kw arguments to builders, to be
>> > > > able to invoke those compilers directly inside the variant_dir. And I
>> > > > still want to keep the source duplication in the variant_dir as it
>> > > > will be a snapshot of only the used files for a particular built out
>> > > > of thousands of irrelevant files. As a side effect now the source
>> > > > files are all prefixed with the variant_dir which becomes "invalid"
>> > > > because the compiler is already invoked in the variant_dir instead of
>> > > > the top level directory.
>> > > >
>> > > > Is there a way (e.g. a special env variable) already that when I write
>> > > > my builders instead of "$COMPILER $SOURCE", I can use something like
>> > > > "$COMPILER $ORIGINAL_SOURCE"? Or do I have to wrap around the
>> > > > $COMPILER with another command such that I can do things like
>> > > > "$COMPILER_WRAPPED $VARIANT_DIR $SOURCE"? I know the second one
>> > > > definitely can work but wondering if there are better ways already in
>> > > > scons.
>> > > >
>> > > > Best Regards,
>> > > > Yanghao
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