From: Cheng Zhao Date: Mon, 2 May 2016 13:32:43 +0000 (+0900) Subject: docs: Introduce clang flags X-Git-Url: http://review.tizen.org/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e39d5a9eb9729789a00125da569666c89bde6d76;p=platform%2Fframework%2Fweb%2Fcrosswalk-tizen.git docs: Introduce clang flags --- diff --git a/docs/development/build-instructions-linux.md b/docs/development/build-instructions-linux.md index 870f4fc..78d3b1a 100644 --- a/docs/development/build-instructions-linux.md +++ b/docs/development/build-instructions-linux.md @@ -137,9 +137,9 @@ The default building configuration is targeted for major desktop Linux distributions, to build for a specific distribution or device, following information may help you. -### Build libchromiumcontent locally +### Building `libchromiumcontent` locally -To avoid using the prebuilt binaries of libchromiumcontent, you can pass the +To avoid using the prebuilt binaries of `libchromiumcontent`, you can pass the `--build_libchromiumcontent` switch to `bootstrap.py` script: ```bash @@ -150,5 +150,32 @@ Note that by default the `shared_library` configuration is not built, so you can only build `Release` version of Electron if you use this mode: ```bash -$ ./script/build.py -c D +$ ./script/build.py -c R +``` + +### Using system `clang` instead of downloaded `clang` binaries + +By default Electron is built with prebuilt `clang` binaries provided by Chromium +project. If for some reason you want to build with the `clang` installed in your +system, you can call `bootstrap.py` with `--clang_dir=` switch. By passing +it the build script will assume the clang binaries reside in `/bin/`. + +For example if you installed `clang` under `/user/local/bin/clang`: + +```bash +$ ./script/bootstrap.py -v --build_libchromiumcontent --clang_dir /usr/local +$ ./script/build.py -c R +``` + +### Using other compilers other than `clang` + +To build Electron with compilers like `g++`, you first need to disable `clang` +with `--disable_clang` switch first, and then set `CC` and `CXX` environment +variables to the ones you want. + +For example building with GCC toolchain: + +```bash +$ env CC=gcc CXX=g++ ./script/bootstrap.py -v --build_libchromiumcontent --disable_clang +$ ./script/build.py -c R ```