Re: [Vala] Added initial vala support to waf build system

["Michael Lawrence" <lawremi iastate edu>]

On Jan 18, 2008 3:05 PM, Jaap A. Haitsma <jaap haitsma org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Maybe interesting for the readers of this list
>
> The waf build system is an alternative to autotools but is much easier
> to use and to understand. Anyway if you want to learn more about it
> you can read it on the homepage [1]
>
> I've just added initial vala support to the waf build system. See the
> demo in SVN trunk [2]. For now it's only possible to build programs
> (not libraries) and everything in compiled straight away on one valac
> command line.
>
> Is the correct way to build vala programs the following?
>
> run valac to produce .c and .h file
> run gcc to make object files
> run gcc to do linking
>
> make dist should only contian C sources
>

I would argue that make dist should contain the vala sources as well.
Why hide them?

> If anybody is also interested in extending the vala capabilities of
> waf feel free to contact me
>
> Jaap
>
>
>
> [1] http://code.google.com/p/waf/
> [2] http://waf.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/demos/vala/
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