Attempt to get rid of phobos Makefiles, using reggae

[Joakim via Digitalmars-d]

On Monday, 29 June 2015 at 18:59:31 UTC, Atila Neves wrote:
> On Monday, 29 June 2015 at 16:05:07 UTC, Joakim wrote:
>> On Monday, 29 June 2015 at 10:35:34 UTC, Atila Neves wrote:
>>> Worth making a PR for? The PR would only add this file, it 
>>> wouldn't change anything about the current build, but could 
>>> be used for testing purposes in the meanwhile.
>>
>> Yes, those who want reggae can use it, and the makefile can 
>> remain the default for now.  I can't wait to ditch the 
>> makefiles.
>>
>>> Oh, and given the manual filtering in the config, it 
>>> obviously won't work on Mac OS. I have to get a hold of a Mac 
>>> and make it work there too. Then... Windows.
>>
>> You could probably use the auto-tester to test reggae: simply 
>> add the reggae source to your PR, build it with a patched 
>> makefile, and then use reggae to build druntime/phobos.  I've 
>> used the auto-tester to test a couple PRs for various OSs that 
>> I don't have, especially OS X.
>
> You mean make a posix.mak that actually calls reggae instead? 
> Hmm... I guess that's doable. Otherwise I'd have to edit the 
> script the auto-tester is using.

Yes, submit a PR that adds the reggae source and modifies the 
existing druntime or phobos posix.mak to build reggae, then runs 
reggae to build druntime/phobos, using the linked reggae file.  
Once you're sure it all works, you can delete the reggae source 
and the makefile modifications and simply submit the single 
reggae file that you know works, because you just tested it on 
the auto-tester.

> I'm not sure that'd guarantee the same output though.

If you follow the process above, I don't see why not.