GYP debugger?

On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 2:00 PM, Nick Carter <[email protected]> wrote:
> I've noticed that the use of the 'direct_dependent_settings' in gyp to
> propagate #defines and include paths makes it trickier to decipher the
> actual build-order dependencies.  I've had cases where I needed to add a gyp
> dependency just to get an #include path for a header file that was
> transitively included by a bona-fide dependent.  The pollution obscures the
> actual dependency structure.
> A transitive version of 'direct_dependent_settings' that works on indirect
> dependencies might improve the situation.  Another possibility is a
> lightweight 'mix-in' target type that has no .vcproj associated with it, but
> that can still impart the side effect of 'direct_dependent_settings' on its
> dependents.
>
>  - nick
>
> On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 6:13 PM, Peter Kasting <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks Mark-Antoine.
>> It has been a very long time since I fixed the dependencies years ago to
>> not be so crazy.  Not surprising that it is once again goofed up.
>> It would be nice to have some of this stuff auto-calculated by GYP if that
>> is feasible...
>> PK
>> >>
>
>

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