[Scons-users] Scons and ant

Bill Deegan bill at baddogconsulting.com
Tue Mar 3 01:56:34 EST 2015 

Owen,

see inline comments below.

On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 10:33 PM, Owen Alanzo Hogarth <gurenchan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Thanks for the tip on properly adding directories, I'll make sure to up
> date that part.
>
> I am still wondering why the Install() instruction doesn't even seven seem
> to be running.
>

I think you missed this part of my reply:
>From the manpage:

By default, the command
>
> scons
>
> will build all target files in or below the current directory. Explicit
> default targets (to be built when no targets are specified on the command
> line) may be defined the SConscript file(s) using the *Default()*
> function, described below.
>





>
> I will continue to work on it, I'd like to get this sorted out.
>
> On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 2:05 PM, Bill Deegan <bill at baddogconsulting.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Owen,
>>
>> The reason it stops is because when you run SCons without any arguments
>> it defaults to building all targets under the current directory. Since /Users/dev/.pic
>> is not under the current directory, scons will stop once it's built
>> everything that is under it, thus stopping after it builds the .apk.
>>
>> From the manpage:
>>
>> By default, the command
>>>
>>> scons
>>>
>>> will build all target files in or below the current directory. Explicit
>>> default targets (to be built when no targets are specified on the command
>>> line) may be defined the SConscript file(s) using the *Default()*
>>> function, described below.
>>>
>>
>> Further the section on Default()
>>
>> Default(targets) , env.Default(targets)
>>>
>>> This specifies a list of default targets, which will be built by scons
>>> if no explicit targets are given on the command line. Multiple calls to
>>> Default are legal, and add to the list of default targets.
>>>
>>> Multiple targets should be specified as separate arguments to the
>>> Default method, or as a list. Default will also accept the Node
>>> returned by any of a construction environment's builder methods.
>>>
>>> Examples:
>>>
>>> Default('foo', 'bar', 'baz')
>>> env.Default(['a', 'b', 'c'])
>>> hello = env.Program('hello', 'hello.c')
>>> env.Default(hello)
>>>
>>> An argument to Default of None will clear all default targets. Later
>>> calls to Default will add to the (now empty) default-target list like
>>> normal.
>>>
>>> The current list of targets added using the Default function or method
>>> is available in the DEFAULT_TARGETS list; see below.
>>>
>>
>> I would sugguest using env.install() as your means to copy all files
>> around rather than Copy() and also shutil.
>>
>> Also:
>> env_android.Command('#platform/android/java/libs/armeabi/libpic_android.so',
>> dir, Copy('platform/android/java/libs/armeabi/libpic_android.so', output))
>>
>> Uses the source as the dir. This will not cause changes in the directory
>> to rerun this command.
>> Directory nodes have some special properties. This is a common SCons new
>> user mistake.  You should use Glob(dir+"/*") and if there are files in
>> subdirectories, then you'll want to add those via Glob(dir+"*/*") and so on.
>>
>> Hope this helps!
>> -Bill
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 9:36 PM, Owen Alanzo Hogarth <gurenchan at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I have read those and though it would work but it just seems to stop
>>> right after the ant build, no messages about installing or anything.
>>>
>>> I even tried aliasing as well but nothing, the build just stops.
>>>
>>> On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 1:20 PM, William Blevins <wblevins001 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Owen,
>>>>
>>>> Well, I'm not sure how you were trying to do this looking at your
>>>> code.  You never call the SCons Install builder though I suppose you could
>>>> use Copy:
>>>> http://www.scons.org/doc/production/HTML/scons-user.html#idp14496624
>>>> Copy as a command or an Execute will always be invoked, and you may not
>>>> desire that behavior.
>>>>
>>>> You should be able to simply "env_android.Install( '/Users/dev/.pic',
>>>> '#platform/android/java/bin/PIC-release-unsigned.apk' )":
>>>> http://www.scons.org/doc/production/HTML/scons-user.html#chap-install
>>>>
>>>> Then of course you run this builder doing "scons /Users/dev/.pic" since
>>>> the install location is the target.  I usually alias all my install files
>>>> to something convenient like "install" via the Alias command:
>>>> http://www.scons.org/doc/production/HTML/scons-user.html#chap-alias
>>>>
>>>> If you want to rename the file, then use InstallAs instead.
>>>>
>>>> V/R,
>>>> William
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 12:02 AM, Owen Alanzo Hogarth <
>>>> gurenchan at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Here's a pastebin of my scons build file: http://pastebin.com/36H6PeAi
>>>>>
>>>>> towards the bottom there's an ANT_TARGET=
>>>>> "/Users/dev/pic/src/platform/android/java/bin/PIC-release-unsigned.apk"
>>>>>
>>>>> That gets built.
>>>>>
>>>>> Now I would like to move that to a directory that's not located inside
>>>>> the SConstruct folder structure.
>>>>>
>>>>> to /Users/dev/.pic/
>>>>>
>>>>> No matter what, I cannot seem to actually move the file
>>>>> "/Users/dev/pic/src/platform/android/java/bin/PIC-release-unsigned.apk"
>>>>> to my desired location
>>>>> /Users/dev/.pic/
>>>>>
>>>>> Anything that I can do to do this last step?
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 10:57 AM, William Blevins <
>>>>> wblevins001 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Owen,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Can you give a concrete example?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I don't know the context for "It tacks on the install location at the
>>>>>> end of my current directory".
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Please define Install command source X and target Y, plus said
>>>>>> directory Z, or better yet, paste your SConscript?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If I do, Install('/usr/bin', hello) then the target "hello" will be
>>>>>> installed in "/usr/bin".
>>>>>>
>>>>>> V/R,
>>>>>> William
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 9:45 PM, Owen Alanzo Hogarth <
>>>>>> gurenchan at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Russel
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> That was it, I ended up doing:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> env.Command(target='local.properties',
>>>>>>>        source='/Users/dev/pic/src/platform/android/java/build.xml',
>>>>>>>        action='/usr/local/bin/ant release -f $SOURCE')
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> for anyone who might have issues in the future.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> One more question, when using the install builder I'll get my
>>>>>>> project installed like:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> /Users/dev/pic/src/platform/android/java/usr/bin
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It tacks on the install location at the end of my current directory.
>>>>>>> The only thing that I can think of is that I am not building a
>>>>>>> Program but a SharedLibrary, but I don't see why that should make a
>>>>>>> difference.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 1:08 AM, Russel Winder <russel at winder.org.uk>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Mon, 2015-03-02 at 17:34 +0800, Owen Alanzo Hogarth wrote:
>>>>>>>> > […]
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > env.Command('/usr/local/bin/ant release -f',
>>>>>>>> > ['/Users/dev/pic/src/platform/android/java/build.xml'],
>>>>>>>> > ['/Users/dev/pic/src/platform/android/java/bin'])
>>>>>>>> […]
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I think you misread the Command section of the manual. The first
>>>>>>>> parameter is the targets to be made, the second the sources, and the
>>>>>>>> third the command template string. Something more along the lines
>>>>>>>> of:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> env.Command('/Users/dev/pic/src/platform/android/java/bin/thing',
>>>>>>>>       ['/Users/dev/pic/src/platform/android/java/build.xml'] +
>>>>>>>> Glob('sources_pattern'),
>>>>>>>>       '/usr/local/bin/ant release -f')
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> which would need a lot of doctoring for your situation, I have just
>>>>>>>> shown something that will fail but hopefully guides you to the right
>>>>>>>> thing.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Russel.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> =============================================================================
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>>>>>>>> russel at winder.org.uk
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