[Mesa-dev] [PATCH 0/8] Fixes for building AOSP master

Chih-Wei Huang cwhuang at android-x86.org
Thu Feb 25 17:44:45 UTC 2016


2016-02-26 1:27 GMT+08:00 Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov at gmail.com>:
> On 25 February 2016 at 17:22, Chih-Wei Huang <cwhuang at android-x86.org> wrote:
>> 2016-02-25 9:47 GMT+08:00 Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov at gmail.com>:
>>> On 24 February 2016 at 18:56, Rob Herring <robh at kernel.org> wrote:
>>>> AOSP master branch has switched to clang from gcc and has major build
>>>> system changes moving away from GNU make.
>>>
>>> Out of curiosity: what are they moving to ? I can see "blueprint"
>>> (ninja?), kati (gnu make clone) and soong(?). Is there a
>>> comparison/documentation about them ?
>>
>> Google has announced the change to all partners.
>> The reasons include it’s time to have just one compiler
>> for Android, and the positive impact on security
>> of sanitizers like AddressSanitizer, etc.
>>
> I was wondering about GNU make move (to ...?), while I think you're
> talking about gcc vs clang.

Ah, I didn't read your question clearly. Sorry.
Actually I only see the move of gcc to clang
in the announcement, not mentioned about the make.

>> The full post and faq can be found in the
>> android-gms-announcements list.
>>
> Searching for android-gms-announcements does list anything. Is there a
> typo in the name or the discussion group is closed to partners only ?

Oh, it's partners only. Sorry.


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