[Buildroot] [PATCH RFC] core: enable per-package log files
Anisse Astier
anisse at astier.eu
Wed Oct 18 07:34:33 UTC 2017
On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 12:58:20AM +0200, Arnout Vandecappelle wrote:
>
>
> On 17-10-17 17:45, Anisse Astier wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 02:01:41PM +0200, Arnout Vandecappelle wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> On 17-10-17 09:11, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> [snip]
> >> I don't see any way that it could break things, actually. But obviously it
> >> *does* need to be tested more extensively.
> >
> > Indeed it does. I found another issue in the parsing, it turns out there
> > might be many tabs at the beginning of a recipe, so they must be
> > consumed greedily as well:
> >
> > @@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ for arg in args:
> > elif line[0] == '+': # ignore
> > dprint("jobserver MAKEFLAGS mode")
> > line = line[1:]
> > + elif line[0] == '\t': # eat additionnal tabs
> > + dprint("more tabs")
> > + line = line[1:]
>
> That's not entirely correct either, because any other make character followed
> by tab means the tab is part of the command. Better do line.lstrip('\t').
I disagree. See this Makefile for example :
all:
--+ @ @echo multiple tab
It it's interpreted properly and shows that the parsing code seems
correct.
>
> > else: # no more matching initial recipe character
> > break
> > if print_command:
> >
> >>
> >>>>
> >>>> Not many. I have only tested the qemu_aarch64_virt_defconfig which does
> >>>> not contain much(~28 packages), but I was already able to fix a few
> >>>> parsing issues.
> >>>
> >>> A bigger test is indeed needed to validate things. But let's see what
> >>> others have to say first.
> >>
> >> Indeed, because I'm not in favour...
> >>
> >> - IMO 'make --output-sync=recurse' is sufficient to begin with.
>
> Anisse, what's your POV about this? Do you see reasons why output-sync is
> insufficient?
I have no attachment to my proposal. If -Orecurse works and removes one
roadblock for parallel building, I'm OK with that.
>
> >>
> >> - This script requires python3 for *any* build, but python3 is not currently a
> >> dependency.
> >>
> >> - If the script is changed so it supports both 2 and 3, it still requires a
> >> python invocation for every build step, which is slowing things down.
> >>
> >> - Even if it is converted to a shell script or sped up in a different way, it
> >> will make things more complicated for IMO limited gain.
> >
> > I'm not sure it can be converted to pure shell because of the lexing issues
> > (nested double quotes, etc.).
>
> Something like this?
>
> IFS="$(echo)"
> for line in $2; do
> sh -c "$line" 2>&1 | $1
> done
>
> Hm, stripping the first characters of $line is still to do...
Ah yes, it's simpler and could work. Needs testing.
Regards,
Anisse
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