We pass -MD -MF args to clang when doing `@cImport`, which
gives us a complete list of files that the C code read from.
Then we add these to the cache. So even when using `@cImport`
Zig's caching system remains perfect. This is a proof of concept
for the mechanism that the self-hosted compiler will use to
watch and rebuild files.
* better libc detection
This introduces a new command `zig libc` which prints
the various paths of libc files. It outputs them to stdout
in a simple text file format that it is capable of parsing.
You can use `zig libc libc.txt` to validate a file.
These arguments are gone:
--libc-lib-dir [path] directory where libc crt1.o resides
--libc-static-lib-dir [path] directory where libc crtbegin.o resides
--msvc-lib-dir [path] (windows) directory where vcruntime.lib resides
--kernel32-lib-dir [path] (windows) directory where kernel32.lib resides
Instead we have this argument:
--libc [file] Provide a file which specifies libc paths
This is used to pass a libc text file (which can be generated with
`zig libc`). So it is easier to manage multiple cross compilation
environments.
`--cache on` now works when linking against libc.
`ZigTarget` now has a bool field `is_native`
Better error messaging when you try to link against libc or use
`@cImport` but the various paths cannot be found. It should also be
faster.
* save native_libc.txt in zig-cache
This avoids having to detect libc at runtime on every invocation.
Mostly picking the same paths as FreeBSD.
We need a little special handling for crt files, as netbsd uses its
own (and not GCC's) for those, with slightly different names.
* add a --system-linker-hack command line parameter to work around
poor LLD macho code. See #1535
* build.zig correctly handles static as well as dynamic dependencies
when building the self hosted compiler.
- no more unnecessary libxml2 dependency
- a static build on macos produces a completely static self-hosted
compiler for macos (except for libSystem as intended).
* introduce --disable-pic option which can generally be allowed to be
the default. compiler_rt.a and builtin.a get this option when you
build a static executable.
* compiler_rt and builtin libraries are not built for build-lib
--static
* posix_spawn instead of fork/execv
* disable the error limit on LLD. Fixes the blank lines printed
init-lib creates a working static library with tests, and
init-exe creates a working hello world with a `run` target.
both now have test coverage with the new "cli tests" file.
closes#1035
* add almost all the input parameter state to the hash
- missing items are the detected MSVC installation on Windows
and detected libc installation on POSIX
- also missing are C files and .h files that libclang finds
* artifacts are created in global cache directory instead of
zig-cache.
- exception: builtin.zig is still in zig-cache
* zig run uses the new cache correctly
* zig run uses execv on posix systems
Issue: https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/1117
The macOS stage1 Zig compiler should look in Zig's real absolute path
for the Zig stdlib, but os_self_exe_path looks in its path as returned
by _NSGetExecutablePath, which may be a symlink. This means that a
symlinked Zig cannot find the Zig stdlib.
This patch fixes the issue by resolving the _NSGetExecutablePath result
to the real path using realpath() before copying the result to the
output path.
'zig run file.zig' builds a file and stores the artifacts in the global
cache. On successful compilation the binary is executed.
'zig run file.zig -- a b c' does the same, but passes the arguments a,
b and c as runtime arguments to the program. Everything after an '--' are
treated as runtime arguments.
On a posix system, a shebang can be used to run a zig file directly. An
example shebang would be '#!/usr/bin/zig run'. You may not be able pass
extra compile arguments currently as part of the shebang. Linux for example
treats all arguments after the first as a single argument which will result
in an 'invalid command'.
Currently there is no customisability for the cache path as a compile
argument. For a posix system you can use `TMPDIR=. zig run file.zig` to
override, in this case using the current directory for the run cache.
The input file is always recompiled, even if it has changed. This is
intended to be cached but further discussion/thought needs to go into
this.
Closes#466.