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Hi, everyone. |
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I've written a new tool called shadowman [1] that aims to partially |
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replace the current *-config tools shipped with ccache, distcc, icecc |
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and potentially more. |
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Why? Because the existing tools are inconsistent, inconvenient |
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and usually incomplete. The README [2] states a number of advantages: |
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| 1. one usage syntax that works for all tools, |
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| 2. ability to update/clean masquerades for multiple tools in one call, |
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| 3. consistent (and *good*) implementation -- now all tools get the same |
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| executable list, |
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| 4. reduced code duplication, |
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| 5. modular layout that allows adding extra tools/compiler wildcards |
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| by third-party packages. |
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This thread includes patches that: |
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a. add the package for shadowman (skipping some bundled modules for |
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external inclusion) -- for testing it's just a live ebuild with full |
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keyword set; I will obviously change that before the final inclusion; |
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b. adds shadowman support to ccache, distcc & icecream packages |
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(preserving the old utilities for compatibility), |
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c. adds shadowman update call to toolchain.eclass & clang ebuilds |
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so that the masquerades get updated automatically on gcc/clang upgrade. |
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Please review. Alternatively available as PR on GitHub [3]. |
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[1]:https://github.com/mgorny/shadowman |
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[2]:https://github.com/mgorny/shadowman/blob/master/README |
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[3]:https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/5386 |
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