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| +# MB - The Meta-Build wrapper |
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| +MB is a simple wrapper intended to provide a uniform interface to either |
| +GYP or GN, such that users and bots can call one script and not need to |
| +worry about whether a given bot is meant to use GN or GYP. |
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| +It supports two main functions: |
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| +1. "gen" - the main `gyp_chromium` / `gn gen` invocation that generates the |
| + Ninja files needed for the build. |
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| +2. "analyze" - the step that takes a list of modified files and a list of |
| + desired targets and reports which targets will need to be rebuilt. |
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| +We also use MBW as a forcing function to collect all of the different |
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scottmg
2015/04/02 20:02:40
MBW->MB
Dirk Pranke
2015/04/02 21:16:16
will fix.
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| +build configurations that we actually support for Chromium builds into |
| +one place, in `src/build/mbw_conf.pyl`. |
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scottmg
2015/04/02 20:02:40
same
Dirk Pranke
2015/04/02 21:16:16
same.
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| +For more information, see: |
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| +* [The Design Spec](docs/design_spec.md) |
| +* [The User Guide](docs/user_guide.md) |