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On Thu, 17 Aug 2017 10:36:29 +0200 |
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Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote: |
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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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Looks ok. |
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Sergei |