Bug 233990 – ANGLE modifies a source file every time you build

• Status: RESOLVED
• Resolution: WONTFIX
• Component: New Bugs

[Myles C. Maxfield]

ANGLE modifies a source file every time you build

[Myles C. Maxfield]

Created attachment 446322 [details]
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Note that there are important steps to take when updating ANGLE. See https://trac.webkit.org/wiki/UpdatingANGLE

[Alexey Proskuryakov]

Comment on attachment 446322 [details]
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> Source/ThirdParty/ANGLE/ChangeLog:20
> +        This patch adds a build step to copy all the generation script's input files into
> +        a DerivedSources/ directory, and copies the script there too, so the script thinks
> +        its inside the src/ directory, but it's actually not. Then, we can execute the
> +        script just like normal, except now it's producing a generated file inside the
> +        DerivedSources/ directory. This patch also adds the generated file to the Xcode
> +        project (but doesn't check in the file into the repo) so you can see its contents
> +        while editing, and project-wide searches will find it. This is the same design we
> +        use for the rest of WebKit's derived sources.

The aspect where we copy input files into DerivedSources isn't same design as the rest of WebKit. Is it intended as a temporary hack to overcome generation script's limitations?

[Myles C. Maxfield]

Comment on attachment 446322 [details]
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View in context: https://bugs.webkit.org/attachment.cgi?id=446322&action=review

>> Source/ThirdParty/ANGLE/ChangeLog:20
>> +        use for the rest of WebKit's derived sources.
> 
> The aspect where we copy input files into DerivedSources isn't same design as the rest of WebKit. Is it intended as a temporary hack to overcome generation script's limitations?

Yes. The script has input and output paths hard coded and they both live in src/. So I think the only way to make it work is to copy the necessary files from src/ to DerivedSources/.

[Myles C. Maxfield]

Closing in favor of https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=234025