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lake

lua(jit)-based make alternative

Prerequisites

A luajit install that provides the include files and .dll/.so to link against (git clone https://luajit.org/git/luajit.git)
- Linux: use make install
- Windows: use mingw32-make or similar, then create a C:\luajit folder and move the below files to it, then add the folder to the system path
  - headers: luaxlib.h, lua.h, luaconf.h, luajit.h, lualib.h
  - binaries: luajit.exe, lua51.dll
- Note: vanilla lua could be used as well but lake.guessOS accuracy may suffer without jit.os
The LuaFileSystem library (https://github.com/lunarmodules/luafilesystem.git)
- Linux: in /usr/local/lib/lua/5.1
- Windows: in C:\lake
- Note: (not technically required, but incremental builds will be disabled without it)

Installation

Windows: mingw32-make -f Makefile.win
- Create C:\lake and move lake.exe, lfs.dll (from prerequisites), and the lua folder to it, then add to path
Linux: make
- move lake executable to /usr/local/bin/
- move lua/lake.lua (just the file) to /usr/local/share/lua/5.1
- move lfs.so to /usr/local/lib/lua/5.1, if not already there
Bootstrap:
- lake prereqs to install luajit and lfs (specify PREFIX, LIB_PATH, and INC_PATH as needed)
- lake install to install lake (specify PREFIX, LIB_PATH, and INC_PATH as needed)

Usage

lake --help will provide commandline usage tips for the tool

The scripts themselves are just lua files that use the implicitly linked lake.lua library bundled with the application, anything valid in lua/luajit is valid in a script.

the provided make.lua is a functional bootstrap buildscript and shows most features of the syntax and lake library functions.

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