On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 01:03:15PM -0700, Gregory Szorc wrote: > A few people have pinged me recently regarding static analysis and other > Clang-based tooling that relies on having a Clang compilation database (the > Clang tools use this database so they know what defines to use, etc). Of > course, if we can generate a Clang compilation database that also means we > know exactly what the compiler invocations/flags are and we can plug those > in to new build backends easily, presumably leading to faster builds. > > Bug 904572 tracks building a Clang compilation database, but progress has > stalled. > > glandium: given your recent proposal to create new build backends (I still > need to reply to that post), I'm curious what your plans are for deriving > compiler invocations/flags so we can do things like efficiently generate > Clang compilation databases. I'd really like to establish a plan for Clang > compilation databases, even if it is a short term hack.
The short term hack is just to merge ehsan's patch and mine, and address the original review comments. Mike _______________________________________________ dev-builds mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-builds
