WeakRef updated to better support Tango -- and a question

[e-t172]

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.