From: Barry Andrews <titanandrews@...>
Date: 2006-10-11T09:35:10+09:00
Subject: rake - How to use separate source and build folders

Hello Rubyists,

I am new to rake and attempting to use it to build a small C++ project. 
I made some changes to one of the example rake files from 
rake.rubyforge.org and I want to have a separate source and build folder 
named 'src' and 'build'. I use the FileList to specify my cpp files, 
then I modify that list with the 'ext' and 'sub' methods. I would expect 
this to work, however I get this:

"Don't know how to build task 'build/CGfxOpenGL.o'" which points to this 
line: "Rake::Task['link'].invoke" in the build task.

If I change these 2 lines:

exts = SRC.ext('o')
OBJ = exts.sub("#{SRC_DIR}", "#{BUILD_DIR}")

to just

OBJ = SRC.ext('o')

it WORKS FINE except all my object files are in my src folder WHICH I 
DON'T WANT.

How can I remedy this? I thought that since the 'build/CGfxOpenGL.o' 
does not exist that the rule '.o' would execute which is what does the 
compile.

many many thanks!

-Barry



require 'rake/clean'

SRC_DIR   = 'src'
BUILD_DIR = 'build'

SRC = FileList["#{SRC_DIR}/*.cpp"]
exts = SRC.ext('o')
OBJ = exts.sub("#{SRC_DIR}", "#{BUILD_DIR}")

task :echo do
   puts "Usage:\n"
   puts "    clean\n"
   puts "    build\n"
end

# clean
CLEAN.include("#{BUILD_DIR}/*.o")

task :default => ["echo"]

task :init do
   FileUtils.mkdir "#{BUILD_DIR}" if !FileTest.exists?("#{BUILD_DIR}")
end

# compile
rule '.o' => '.cpp' do |t|
   sh "g++ -Wall -Weffc++ -O2 -c -o #{t.name} #{t.source}"
end

# link
file "link" => OBJ do
   puts "myobject: #{OBJ}\n";
   sh "g++ -Wall -L/usr/local/lib -lglut -lGL -lGLU -o 
#{BUILD_DIR}/Balance #{OBJ}"
end

# build it!
task :build => [:init] do
   Rake::Task['link'].invoke
end

# File dependencies go here ...
file 'CGfxOpenGL.o' => ['CGfxOpenGL.cpp',
                         'CGfxOpenGL.h']

file 'winmain.o' => ['winmain.cpp']