beqjanus / autobuild

A framework for building packages and managing their dependencies

Autobuild

Autobuild is a framework for building packages and for managing the dependencies of a package on other packages. It provides a common interface to configuring and building any package, but it is not a build system like make or cmake. You will still need platform-specific make, cmake, or project files to configure and build your library. Autobuild will, however, allow you invoke these commands and package the product with a common interface.

Important: Linden Lab Autobuild is not the same as or derived from GNU Autobuild, but they are similar enough to cause confusion.

For more information, see Autobuild's wiki page.

Environment variables

Name	Default	Description
AUTOBUILD_ADDRSIZE	32	Target address size
AUTOBUILD_BUILD_ID	-	Build identifier
AUTOBUILD_CONFIGURATION	-	Target build configuration
AUTOBUILD_CONFIG_FILE	autobuild.xml	Autobuild configuration filename
AUTOBUILD_CPU_COUNT	-	Build system cpu core count
AUTOBUILD_GITHUB_TOKEN	-	GitHub HTTP authorization token to use during package download
AUTOBUILD_GITLAB_TOKEN	-	GitLab HTTP authorization token to use during package download
AUTOBUILD_INSTALLABLE_CACHE	-	Location of local download cache
AUTOBUILD_LOGLEVEL	WARNING	Log level
AUTOBUILD_PLATFORM	-	Target platform
AUTOBUILD_SCM_SEARCH	true	Whether to search for .git in parent directories if using SCM version discovery
AUTOBUILD_VARIABLES_FILE	-	.env file to load
AUTOBUILD_VCS_BRANCH	git branch	autobuild-package.xml VCS info: branch name.
AUTOBUILD_VCS_INFO	false	Whether to include version control information in autobuild-package.xml
AUTOBUILD_VCS_REVISION	git commit	autobuild-package.xml VCS commit reference to include in autobuild-package.xml. Defaults to current git commit sha.
AUTOBUILD_VCS_URL	git remote url	autobuild-package.xml VCS info: repository URL
AUTOBUILD_VSVER	-	Target Visual Studio version to use on windows