GN, Custom Build Tools & Visual Studio

Aaron Gray

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May 28, 2021, 12:08:41 PM5/28/21

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I am working on a compiler-compiler with multiple bootstrap stages.

I am hoping to use Googles gn (Generate Ninja) for my build system, which currently is using Visual Studio 2019.

I am trying to work out if I can create Custom Build Tools for my tool stages. OR jst be able to create tools on the fly from executables, that will manifest as Visual Studio Custom Build Tools in the IDE's build system.

Hoping this can be done !

Many thanks in advance,

Aaron

Brett Wilson

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May 28, 2021, 11:41:23 PM5/28/21

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GN does not attempt to be a real meta build tool (there are some GN concepts that are not expressible in Visual Studio). The Visual Studio projects it generates actually use Ninja to do the build. So there is also integration with any VS custom build steps.

Brett

Aaron Gray

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Jun 8, 2021, 10:07:00 AM6/8/21

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Many thanks, have looked properly at Ninja now so know so can see its level, and also looked at its source code.

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