I need to generate two exe files that have some common source codes. What is the best way to do it with dub?
I tried to do like , but got error message about only one main function allowed.
Here is my dub.json:
{
"name": "code1",
"authors": [ "Suliman" ],
"description": "A minimal D application.",
"copyright": "Copyright © 2016, Suliman",
"license": "proprietary",
"subPackages": [
{
"name": "App1",
"targetName": "App1",
"description": "App1",
"targetType": "executable",
"excludedSourceFiles" : ["source/App2/*"],
"excludedSourceFiles" : ["source/app2.d"]
},
{
"name": "App2",
"targetName": "App2",
"description": "App2",
"targetType": "executable",
"excludedSourceFiles" : ["source/App1/*"],
"excludedSourceFiles" : ["source/app1.d"]
}]
}
Your dub.json
will work, but you need to explicitly tell it to build one of
the subpackages with dub build :App1
or dub build :App2
(where :App1
is a
shortcut for code1:App1
).
Separate configurations may be more appropriate here:
"configurations": [
{
"name": "App1",
"targetType": "executable",
"mainSourceFile": "source/app1.d",
"excludedSourceFiles": [ "source/app2.d", "source/App2/*" ],
"targetName": "app1"
},
{
"name": "App2",
"targetType": "executable",
"mainSourceFile": "source/app2.d",
"excludedSourceFiles": [ "source/app1.d", "source/App1/*" ],
"targetName": "app2"
}
]
dub build --config=App1
will produce app1
,
dub build --config=App2
will produce app2
A plain dub build
will default to App1
.
Note that you need excludedSourceFiles
so dub doesn't see a duplicate main
.
The docs recommend against using subpackages for this purpose:
It is also possible to define the sub packages within the root package file, but note that it is generally discouraged to put the source code of multiple sub packages into the same source folder. Doing so can lead to hidden dependencies to sub packages that haven't been explicitly stated in the "dependencies" section. These hidden dependencies can then result in build errors in conjunction with certain build modes or dependency trees that may be hard to understand.
I realized you were using dub.json
, so I put the json format above. For
reference, here's the dub.sdl
format I posted earlier.
configuration "App1" {
targetType "executable"
mainSourceFile "source/app1.d"
excludedSourceFiles "source/app2.d" "source/App2/*"
targetName "app1"
}
configuration "App2" {
targetType "executable"
mainSourceFile "source/app2.d"
excludedSourceFiles "source/app1.d" "source/App1/*"
targetName "app2"
}