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28*6b3a42afSjmmv.Dd September 9, 2012
29*6b3a42afSjmmv.Dt KYUA-BUILD-ROOT 7
30*6b3a42afSjmmv.Os
31*6b3a42afSjmmv.Sh NAME
32*6b3a42afSjmmv.Nm build-root
33*6b3a42afSjmmv.Nd Mechanics of build directories
34*6b3a42afSjmmv.Sh DESCRIPTION
35*6b3a42afSjmmv.Em Build directories
36*6b3a42afSjmmv(or object directories, target directories, product directories, etc.) is
37*6b3a42afSjmmvthe concept that allows a developer to keep the source tree clean from
38*6b3a42afSjmmvbuild products by asking the build system to place such build products
39*6b3a42afSjmmvunder a separate subtree.
40*6b3a42afSjmmv.Pp
41*6b3a42afSjmmvMost build systems today support build directories.  For example, the GNU
42*6b3a42afSjmmvAutomake/Autoconf build system exposes such concept when invoked as
43*6b3a42afSjmmvfollows:
44*6b3a42afSjmmv.Bd -literal -offset indent
45*6b3a42afSjmmv$ cd my-project-1.0
46*6b3a42afSjmmv$ mkdir build
47*6b3a42afSjmmv$ cd build
48*6b3a42afSjmmv$ ../configure
49*6b3a42afSjmmv$ make
50*6b3a42afSjmmv.Ed
51*6b3a42afSjmmv.Pp
52*6b3a42afSjmmvUnder such invocation, all the results of the build are left in the
53*6b3a42afSjmmv.Pa my-project-1.0/build/
54*6b3a42afSjmmvsubdirectory while maintaining the contents of
55*6b3a42afSjmmv.Pa my-project-1.0/
56*6b3a42afSjmmvintact.
57*6b3a42afSjmmv.Pp
58*6b3a42afSjmmvBecause build directories are an integral part of most build systems, and
59*6b3a42afSjmmvbecause they are a tool that developers use frequently,
60*6b3a42afSjmmv.Xr kyua 1
61*6b3a42afSjmmvsupports build directories too.  This manifests in the form of
62*6b3a42afSjmmv.Xr kyua 1
63*6b3a42afSjmmvbeing able to run tests from build directories while reading the (often
64*6b3a42afSjmmvimmutable) test suite definition from the source tree.
65*6b3a42afSjmmv.Pp
66*6b3a42afSjmmvOne important property of build directories is that they follow (or need to
67*6b3a42afSjmmvfollow) the exact same layout as the source tree.  For example, consider
68*6b3a42afSjmmvthe following directory listings:
69*6b3a42afSjmmv.Bd -literal -offset indent
70*6b3a42afSjmmvsrc/Kyuafile
71*6b3a42afSjmmvsrc/bin/ls/
72*6b3a42afSjmmvsrc/bin/ls/Kyuafile
73*6b3a42afSjmmvsrc/bin/ls/ls.c
74*6b3a42afSjmmvsrc/bin/ls/ls_test.c
75*6b3a42afSjmmvsrc/sbin/su/
76*6b3a42afSjmmvsrc/sbin/su/Kyuafile
77*6b3a42afSjmmvsrc/sbin/su/su.c
78*6b3a42afSjmmvsrc/sbin/su/su_test.c
79*6b3a42afSjmmv
80*6b3a42afSjmmvobj/bin/ls/
81*6b3a42afSjmmvobj/bin/ls/ls*
82*6b3a42afSjmmvobj/bin/ls/ls_test*
83*6b3a42afSjmmvobj/sbin/su/
84*6b3a42afSjmmvobj/sbin/su/su*
85*6b3a42afSjmmvobj/sbin/su/su_test*
86*6b3a42afSjmmv.Ed
87*6b3a42afSjmmv.Pp
88*6b3a42afSjmmvNote how the directory layout within
89*6b3a42afSjmmv.Pa src/
90*6b3a42afSjmmvmatches that of
91*6b3a42afSjmmv.Pa obj/ .
92*6b3a42afSjmmvThe
93*6b3a42afSjmmv.Pa src/
94*6b3a42afSjmmvdirectory contains only source files and the definition of the test suite
95*6b3a42afSjmmv(the Kyuafiles), while the
96*6b3a42afSjmmv.Pa obj/
97*6b3a42afSjmmvdirectory contains only the binaries generated during a build.
98*6b3a42afSjmmv.Pp
99*6b3a42afSjmmvAll commands that deal with the workspace support the
100*6b3a42afSjmmv.Fl -build-root Ar path
101*6b3a42afSjmmvoption.  When this option is provided, the directory specified by the
102*6b3a42afSjmmvoption is considered to be the root of the build directory.  For example,
103*6b3a42afSjmmvconsidering our previous fake tree layout, we could invoke
104*6b3a42afSjmmv.Xr kyua-test 1
105*6b3a42afSjmmvas any of the following:
106*6b3a42afSjmmv.Bd -literal -offset indent
107*6b3a42afSjmmv$ kyua test --kyuafile=src/Kyuafile --build-root=obj
108*6b3a42afSjmmv$ cd src && kyua test --build-root=../obj
109*6b3a42afSjmmv.Ed
110*6b3a42afSjmmv.Sh SEE ALSO
111*6b3a42afSjmmv.Xr kyua 1 ,
112*6b3a42afSjmmv.Xr kyua-debug 1 ,
113*6b3a42afSjmmv.Xr kyua-list 1 ,
114*6b3a42afSjmmv.Xr kyua-test 1
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