ZEROBUILD

Zerobuild is a very simple build tool for C programs. I wrote it because sometimes I did not have an environment with a full bash & automake tools.

PROS: very simple syntax of "makefiles". Zerobuild is only one executable.

CONS: you have to set up search paths by "hand".

TODO: check if .h files are changed.
I use zerobuild to build my L1VM!

Here is the zerobuild.txt of zerobuild:

-------- snip ---------------
# zerobuild makefile

[executable, name = zerobuild]
sources = global.h, parser.c, make.c, process.c

ccompiler = clang-3.9
-------- snip ---------------

That's it!

You can use a different name as "zerobuild.txt" too:

$ zerobuild foobar.txt

And to force a full build:

$ zerobuild force

Here is an example of how to build a shared library:

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# zerobuild makefile

[library, shared, name = libtest.so]
sources = arr.c, libtest.c, mutex.c, nanovmlib.c

includes = ../include

ccompiler = gcc
archiver = ar
linker = ld
aflags = "cru"

cflags = "-g -ffast-math -fomit-frame-pointer -O3 -march=native"
lflags = "-lc -shared"
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Stefan Pietzonke 27. July 2022