WeakRef updated to better support Tango -- and a question

[Sean Kelly]

== Quote from e-t172 (e-t172 at akegroup.org)'s article
> Sean Kelly a écrit :
> > == Quote from e-t172 (e-t172 at akegroup.org)'s article
> >> Sean Kelly a écrit :
> >>> Can you produce makefiles that do everything required and also work with the DigitalMars make
> > tool?
> >>> Even better, can you get the makefiles to optionally generate a debug build as well, and still with
> > with
> >>> DigitalMars make?  It's that requirement that has forced us into using scripts in some instances,
for
> >>> better or worse.
> >> Huh. I thought that nobody used make on Windows (except with MinGW)...
> >
> > Well, Tango builds on Windows as well as *nix, so we need makefiles in both places.
> Yes. I've never built anything on Windows, I thought it used something
> different. I was wrong.
> >> well, if I understand correctly, that means that, currently, there are
> >> different build systems (different scripts) for Windows and for Linux,
> >> right ? Therefore, using Makefiles on Linux and the "old" system on
> >> Windows would still be an enhancement.
> >
> > It also creates maintenance issues.  Right now, the makefiles are basically identical but
> > for changing ".obj" to ".o" and the like.  The user portion of Tango doesn't use a makefile
> > but that's because it's simply easier to use a script there--the actual build process is much
> > simpler than the runtime library.
> Before:
> - Three completly different shell scripts: build-dmd.bat, build-dmd.sh
> and build-gdc.sh
> - Three similar (but still different) makefiles: dmd-win32.mak,
> dmd-posix.mak, and gdc-posix.mak
> After:
> - One shell script: build-dmd.bat
> - Two different makefiles: dmd-win32.mak and posix.mak (which covers
> both DMD and GDC on POSIX)
>  From my understanding, it does not create maintenance issues. I'd
> rather think it removes some of them.

Ah gotcha.  Well if you're inclined then go for it and submit them in a ticket.  The
current setup works, but I agree that it could be improved.


Sean