Explain your current build system and how is works.    I have used nmake for 
quite some time now and love how it is architected.   It can be used to solve 
many a problem.  I have used it solve standard C/C++ build issues as well as 
build issues with databases, perl, java, and other related software that needs 
to be constructed from source.

It is quite easy to extend and its core engine is very powerful.

Tom




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From: Norman Ramsey <[email protected]>
To: Glenn Fowler <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Sent: Wednesday, June 3, 2009 9:07:09 PM
Subject: Re: [ast-users] worlds collide -- using AST tools with non-AST 
software (how to config?)

> are you trying to
> 1) use nmake :PACKAGE: or
> 2) replicate what nmake :PACKAGE: does without using nmake or
> 3) fix a problem with nmake :PACKAGE: or
> ?

2 and ?

I would like to replicate what nmake :PACKAGE: does without using
nmake, since I am trying to cut down on build-system dependencies.
This decision is partly at the behest of my colleague and partly
because I continue to have difficulties getting bin/package to work
the way I expect, which leads me to wonder whether I can distribute
something based on AST that others will be able to build on systems
different from mine.

The ? is that I have gotten quite interested in understanding the
details of how nmake works.  I am hoping to persuade the Glasgow
Haskell Compiler project either to switch to nmake or to incorporate
some of nmake's good ideas into their own build system.  Growing a
formal model of nmake seems like a good next step, and :PACKAGE: is a
not entirely random place to pull.


Norman
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