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1 # Build overrides in GN | |
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3 This directory is used to allow different products to customize settings | |
4 for repos that are DEPS'ed in or shared. | |
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6 For example: V8 could be built on its own (in a "standalone" configuration), | |
7 and it could be built as part of Chromium. V8 might define a top-level | |
8 target, //v8:d8 (a simple executable), that should only be built in the | |
9 standalone configuration. To figure out whether or not it should be | |
10 in a standalone configuration, v8 can create a file, build_overrides/v8.gni, | |
tfarina
2015/10/13 05:11:49
Right, I think with this example I can see how thi
kjellander_chromium
2015/10/13 07:31:35
Yeah, I'm happy for the WebRTC use case, since we
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11 that contains a variable, `build_standalone_d8 = true`. | |
12 and import it (as import("//build_overrides/v8.gni") from its top-level | |
13 BUILD.gn file. | |
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15 Chromium, on the other hand, might not need to build d8, and so it would | |
16 create its own build_overrides/v8.gni file, and in it set | |
17 `build_standalone_d8 = false`. | |
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19 The two files should define the same set of variables, but the values can | |
20 vary as appropriate to the needs of the two different builds. | |
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