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Diffstat (limited to 'src/engine/SCons/SConf.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/engine/SCons/SConf.py | 17 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/src/engine/SCons/SConf.py b/src/engine/SCons/SConf.py index c32f726..7ecd826 100644 --- a/src/engine/SCons/SConf.py +++ b/src/engine/SCons/SConf.py @@ -2,14 +2,13 @@ Autoconf-like configuration support. -In other words, this package allows to run series of tests to detect -capabilities of current system and generate config files (header files -in C/C++) that turn on system-specific options and optimizations. - -For example, it is possible to detect if optional libraries are present -on current system and generate config that makes compiler include them. -C compilers do not have ability to catch ImportError if some library is -not found, so these checks should be done externally. +In other words, SConf allows to run tests on the build machine to detect +capabilities of system and do some things based on result: generate config +files, header files for C/C++, update variables in environment. + +Tests on the build system can detect if compiler sees header files, if +libraries are installed, if some command line options are supported etc. + """ # @@ -35,7 +34,7 @@ not found, so these checks should be done externally. # WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. # -__revision__ = "src/engine/SCons/SConf.py 2014/07/05 09:42:21 garyo" +__revision__ = "src/engine/SCons/SConf.py 2014/08/24 12:12:31 garyo" import SCons.compat |