Re: [PATCH 3/5] ninja: build modified version with GNU Make jobserver support

[Randy MacLeod <randy.macleod@windriver.com>]

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On 2024-04-03 3:08 p.m., Martin Hundebøll wrote:
> On Wed, 2024-04-03 at 17:58 +0200, Alexander Kanavin wrote:
>> We can't carry this mass of patches. It has to land upstream first.
> Understandable.
>
>> Are you able/willing to drive the upstream pull request to
>> completion?
> No, I don't think so. I'm not familiar with the ninja codebase, and the
> pull requests has been lingering for too long.
>
> Another option might be to propose adding the fifo feature to the
> kitware fork of ninja:
> https://github.com/Kitware/ninja
>
> They have forked ninja to get the jobserver feature in, but haven't
> taken the fifo part so far.
>
> The kitware fork is also used by buildroot:
> https://gitlab.com/buildroot.org/buildroot/-/blob/master/package/ninja/ninja.mk
>
> // Martin

I see that v2 has switched to kitware, which is fine in the short run.

I'm just back from vacation. I plan to test this patchset out.

I can spend some time convincing upstream ninja that a solution is 
needed for our use-case and
that perhaps the jobsever approach and the kitware fork is a good 
starting point.

Of course, I can't promise to "drive it to completion" but I'll hound 
the upstream devs for months or even years!

Thanks for re-submitting the patchset Martin!


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