From b1d0383c31cc936710fb9099f6d9e86e7eeae569 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Grill Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 05:04:55 +0000 Subject: made default configurations generic two more flext tutorials fixes for Max headers cleanups updated build system updated tutorials revised the documentation updated for OSX upgraded version number svn path=/trunk/; revision=2465 --- externals/grill/flext/buildsys/readme.txt | 176 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 176 insertions(+) create mode 100644 externals/grill/flext/buildsys/readme.txt (limited to 'externals/grill/flext/buildsys/readme.txt') diff --git a/externals/grill/flext/buildsys/readme.txt b/externals/grill/flext/buildsys/readme.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000..f1a93363 --- /dev/null +++ b/externals/grill/flext/buildsys/readme.txt @@ -0,0 +1,176 @@ +flext - C++ layer for Max/MSP and pd (pure data) externals + +Copyright (c) 2001-2005 Thomas Grill (gr@grrrr.org) +For information on usage and redistribution, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL +WARRANTIES, see the file, "license.txt," in this distribution. + +---------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +At the moment this is more like a sketchboard, but i'll promise to bring some +order into it some fine day in the not too distant future. + +---------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Build scripts +============= + +Depending on platform the build process is run with +build.sh +or +build.bat + + +Arguments: PLATFORM SYSTEM COMPILER {TARGET} {definitions} + +PLATFORM: win / lnx / mac +SYSTEM: pd / max +COMPILER: msvc / gcc / mingw / cygwin / bcc / icc + +TARGET: (default is all) + all, build - build package in default style + install - install package + clean - clean build products + + config - test if configuration needs refreshing + +or + build-MODE-TYPE + install-MODE-TYPE + clean-MODE-TYPE + +with + MODE: default, all, release, debug + TYPE: default, all, single, multi, shared + + +Additional definitions can be passed to the make program +like + "PKGINFO=info.txt" (defines new filename for package information) +or + "PKGINFO=" (package information will be skipped - only for config target) + +For more macro names, see below + + +For each of the supported combinations of PLATFORM, SYSTEM and COMPILER +a MAKE program has been chosen, normally the one that comes with the compiler. + +For gcc it is GNU make (gnumake) +For msvc it is Microsoft make (nmake) +For bcc it is Borland make (bmake) + + + +Package info (package.txt) +========================== + +Package information contains vital information for the build process. +Obligatory are only: + +NAME: resulting filename of the build product +SRCS: list of source files + + +Normally also used are: + +HDRS: used header files, which SRCS files are dependent upon +SRCDIR: source folder (relative to project folder), default is . + + +Other settings: + +PRECOMPILE: prefix header file (in SRCDIR) for all source files, + will be precompiled if supported by the compiler + +BUILDCLASS: can currently be flext or ext, default is ext. + flext will build the flext system + ext will build a flext-based external + +BUILDMODE: release or debug, default is release + if release, optimization flags will be used + if debug, debug information will be generated + +BUILDTYPE: single, multi or shared, default is single + if single, it will be linked against the single-threaded static flext library + if multi, it will be linked against the multi-threaded static flext library + if shared, it will be linked against the shared flext library + +BUILDDIR: relative folder with additional build settings + + + +Additional build settings (BUILDDIR) +==================================== + +If BUILDDIR is defined, all PLATFORM-SYSTEM-COMPILER combinations to support +must are mirrored by the respective .def and .inc files in the BUILDDIR. + + +config-PLATFORM.def files (e.g. config-lnx.def) : + + These files can contain additional macro definitions, that are private + to the project. + The definitions should be strictly in the form SETTING=value, without any + make-specific macros etc. + The .def files work as templates that get copied to a user-editable + config.txt file when the build process is first started. + + +MAKE-PLATFORM-COMPILER.inc files +(e.g. gnumake-lnx-gcc.inc or nmake-win-msvc.inc): + + These files (which are no considered to be edited by the user) can contain + specific modifications to compiler flags, include file paths etc. + + For gnumake this would e.g. be + INCPATH += -I/usr/local/include/python2.3 + + for nmake or bmake e.g. + INCPATH = $(INCPATH) -I"c:\program files\Python2.3\include" + + +Structure of build system +========================= + +The build system has several levels of information, which are evaluated in the +following order (see also buildsys/MAKE-sub.mak) + +Project level: +- PKGINFO file (e.g. package.txt) +- USRCONFIG file (e.g. config.txt) +- USRMAKE file (e.g. build/gnumake-lnx-gcc.inc) + +General definitions (in buildsys): + +- MAKE.inc (e.g. buildsys/gnumake.inc) + contains evaluation of flext library name, build directory etc. +- MAKE-BUILDCLASS.inc (e.g. buildsys/gnumake-ext.inc) + contains some more flag settings + +Real-time-system-dependent definitions (in buildsys/PLATFORM/SYSTEM): + +- MAKE-COMPILER.inc (e.g. buildsys/lnx/pd/gnumake-gcc.inc) + contains general real-time-system dependent info (e.g. paths, FLEXT_SYS setting) +- MAKE-COMPILER-BUILDCLASS.inc (e.g. buildsys/lnx/pd/gnumake-gcc-ext.inc) + contains specific real-time-system dependent info (e.g. extension of binary) + +Platform-dependent definitions (in buildsys/PLATFORM): + +- MAKE-COMPILER.inc (e.g. buildsys/lnx/gnumake-gcc.inc) + contains general platform-specific flags +- MAKE-COMPILER-BUILDCLASS.inc (e.g. buildsys/lnx/gnumake-gcc-ext.inc) + contains the actual make targets (_build_,_clean_ and _install_) + + +Macro names +=============== + +PKGINFO - filename for package information (must reside in project folder) + +CFLAGS - compiler flags +LDFLAGS - linker flags + +INCPATH - include file path (must come with e.g. -I ) +LIBPATH - library path (must come with e.g. -L ) + +LIBS - libraries to link in (must come with e.g. -l ) -- cgit v1.2.1