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author | Luca Falavigna <dktrkranz@debian.org> | 2010-01-02 20:56:35 +0100 |
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committer | Luca Falavigna <dktrkranz@debian.org> | 2010-01-02 20:56:35 +0100 |
commit | 64c458487151933ee0ba093cf4ac69e177d9be37 (patch) | |
tree | f6e3755704f53406eea85532e4ffe5d5ef50b7f0 /src/engine/SCons/Environment.xml | |
parent | 2aec9cc58398cac1376509a7d75edb83b41f984e (diff) | |
parent | 72c578fd4b0b4a5a43e18594339ac4ff26c376dc (diff) |
Merge commit 'upstream/1.2.0.d20091224'
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diff --git a/src/engine/SCons/Environment.xml b/src/engine/SCons/Environment.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6a245a5 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/engine/SCons/Environment.xml @@ -0,0 +1,187 @@ +<!-- +Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 The SCons Foundation + +This file is processed by the bin/SConsDoc.py module. +See its __doc__ string for a discussion of the format. +--> +<cvar name="BUILDERS"> +<summary> +A dictionary mapping the names of the builders +available through this environment +to underlying Builder objects. +Builders named +Alias, CFile, CXXFile, DVI, Library, Object, PDF, PostScript, and Program +are available by default. +If you initialize this variable when an +Environment is created: + +<example> +env = Environment(BUILDERS = {'NewBuilder' : foo}) +</example> + +the default Builders will no longer be available. +To use a new Builder object in addition to the default Builders, +add your new Builder object like this: + +<example> +env = Environment() +env.Append(BUILDERS = {'NewBuilder' : foo}) +</example> + +or this: + +<example> +env = Environment() +env['BUILDERS]['NewBuilder'] = foo +</example> +</summary> +</cvar> + +<cvar name="Dir"> +<summary> +A function that converts a string +into a Dir instance relative to the target being built. +</summary> +</cvar> + +<cvar name="ENV"> +<summary> +A dictionary of environment variables +to use when invoking commands. When +&cv-ENV; is used in a command all list +values will be joined using the path separator and any other non-string +values will simply be coerced to a string. +Note that, by default, +&scons; +does +<emphasis>not</emphasis> +propagate the environment in force when you +execute +&scons; +to the commands used to build target files. +This is so that builds will be guaranteed +repeatable regardless of the environment +variables set at the time +&scons; +is invoked. + +If you want to propagate your +environment variables +to the commands executed +to build target files, +you must do so explicitly: + +<example> +import os +env = Environment(ENV = os.environ) +</example> + +Note that you can choose only to propagate +certain environment variables. +A common example is +the system +<envar>PATH</envar> +environment variable, +so that +&scons; +uses the same utilities +as the invoking shell (or other process): + +<example> +import os +env = Environment(ENV = {'PATH' : os.environ['PATH']}) +</example> +</summary> +</cvar> + +<cvar name="File"> +<summary> +A function that converts a string into a File instance relative to the +target being built. +</summary> +</cvar> + +<cvar name="SCANNERS"> +<summary> +A list of the available implicit dependency scanners. +New file scanners may be added by +appending to this list, +although the more flexible approach +is to associate scanners +with a specific Builder. +See the sections "Builder Objects" +and "Scanner Objects," +below, for more information. +</summary> +</cvar> + +<cvar name="CHANGED_SOURCES"> +<summary> +A reserved variable name +that may not be set or used in a construction environment. +(See "Variable Substitution," below.) +</summary> +</cvar> + +<cvar name="CHANGED_TARGETS"> +<summary> +A reserved variable name +that may not be set or used in a construction environment. +(See "Variable Substitution," below.) +</summary> +</cvar> + +<cvar name="SOURCE"> +<summary> +A reserved variable name +that may not be set or used in a construction environment. +(See "Variable Substitution," below.) +</summary> +</cvar> + +<cvar name="SOURCES"> +<summary> +A reserved variable name +that may not be set or used in a construction environment. +(See "Variable Substitution," below.) +</summary> +</cvar> + +<cvar name="TARGET"> +<summary> +A reserved variable name +that may not be set or used in a construction environment. +(See "Variable Substitution," below.) +</summary> +</cvar> + +<cvar name="TARGETS"> +<summary> +A reserved variable name +that may not be set or used in a construction environment. +(See "Variable Substitution," below.) +</summary> +</cvar> + +<cvar name="UNCHANGED_SOURCES"> +<summary> +A reserved variable name +that may not be set or used in a construction environment. +(See "Variable Substitution," below.) +</summary> +</cvar> + +<cvar name="UNCHANGED_TARGETS"> +<summary> +A reserved variable name +that may not be set or used in a construction environment. +(See "Variable Substitution," below.) +</summary> +</cvar> + +<cvar name="TOOLS"> +<summary> +A list of the names of the Tool specifications +that are part of this construction environment. +</summary> +</cvar> |