gn

How to convert a Makefile awk to BUILD.gn


The original Makefile like

hello2.cc: hello.cc
  awk '$1 != "//" { print }' < hello.cc > hello2.cc

I'll started from official gn example

git clone --depth=1 https://gn.googlesource.com/gn
cp -a gn/tools/gn/example .
cd example
gn gen out
ninja -C out

convert.sh

#!/bin/bash
echo "1=$1"
echo "2=$2"
awk '$1 != "//" { print }' < "$1" > "$2"

My draft BUILD.gn is

action("awk") {
  script = "convert.sh"
  sources = [ "hello.cc" ]
  outputs = [ "$target_out_dir/hello2.cc" ]
  args = rebase_path(sources, root_build_dir)
# +
#    [ rebase_path(target_gen_dir, root_build_dir) ]
}
executable("hello") {
  sources = [
    "hello2.cc",  # I just modify this line
  ]

  deps = [
    ":hello_shared",
    ":hello_static",
    ":awk",
  ]
}

shared_library("hello_shared") {
  sources = [
    "hello_shared.cc",
    "hello_shared.h",
  ]

  defines = [ "HELLO_SHARED_IMPLEMENTATION" ]
}

static_library("hello_static") {
  sources = [
    "hello_static.cc",
    "hello_static.h",
  ]
}

The output of 'ninja -C out -v', does that means script should be python only?

ninja: Entering directory `out'
[1/4] python ../convert.sh ../hello.cc
FAILED: obj/hello2.cc
python ../convert.sh ../hello.cc
  File "../convert.sh", line 2
    echo "1=$1"
              ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed.

Solution

  • The key point is default script is python. Here are workable settings

    .gn

    buildconfig = "//build/BUILDCONFIG.gn"
    script_executable = "/bin/bash"   # ADDED this line
    

    Run gn gen out again, modify BUILD.gn as

    action("awk") {
      script = "convert.sh"
      sources = [ "hello.cc" ]
      outputs = [ "$target_out_dir/hello2.cc" ]
      args = rebase_path(sources, root_build_dir) +
        rebase_path(outputs, root_build_dir)
    }
    executable("hello") {
      sources = [
        "$target_out_dir/hello2.cc",
      ]
      include_dirs = [ "//" ]  # to support #include in original .cc
      deps = [
        ":hello_shared",
        ":hello_static",
        ":awk",
      ]
    }
    
    shared_library("hello_shared") {
      sources = [
        "hello_shared.cc",
        "hello_shared.h",
      ]
    
      defines = [ "HELLO_SHARED_IMPLEMENTATION" ]
    }
    
    static_library("hello_static") {
      sources = [
        "hello_static.cc",
        "hello_static.h",
      ]
    }