JHBuild is a tool designed to ease building collections of source packages, called “modules”.

Last update: Nov 22, 2022

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Overview

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JHBuild is a tool designed to ease building collections of source packages, called “modules”.

JHBuild was originally written for building GNOME, but has since been extended to be usable with other projects.

JHBuild requires Python >= 3.5

Installing JHBuild

Refer to the 'Getting Started' section of the JHBuild manual:

https://gnome.pages.gitlab.gnome.org/jhbuild/getting-started.html

Or refer to the online JHBuild manual at:

https://gnome.pages.gitlab.gnome.org/jhbuild/index.html

An introduction to JHBuild is also available on the GNOME Wiki:: https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Jhbuild/Introduction

Using JHBuild

JHBuild uses a command line syntax similar to tools like CVS:

jhbuild [global-options] command [command-arguments]

The global JHBuild options are:

`-f, --file config`
	Use an alternative configuration file instead of the default ~/.config/jhbuildrc.
`-m, --moduleset moduleset`
	Use a module set other than the module set listed in the configuration file. This option can be a relative path if the module set is located in the JHBuild moduleset folder, or an absolute path if located elsewhere.
`--no-interact`	Do not prompt the user for any input. This option is useful if leaving a build unattended, in order to ensure the build is not interrupted.

Refer to the JHBuild manual for a complete list of JHBuild commands and options. The common ones are:

jhbuild bootstrap

The bootstrap command installs a set of build utilities. The build utilities include autoconf , automake and similar utilities. The recommended method to install the build utilities is via your distribution's package management system. The bootstrap should only be used if the build utilites are not provided by your distribution's package management system, for example on Mac OS.

jhbuild build [--autogen] [--clean] [--dist] [--distcheck] [--ignore-suggests] [--no-network] [--skip=module...] [--start-at=module] [--tags=tags] [-D date] [--no-xvfb] [--try-checkout] [--no-poison] [--force] [--build-optional-modules] [--min-age=time] [module...]

The build command builds one or more packages, including their dependencies.

If no module names are provided on the command line, the modules list from the configuration file will be used.

`-a, --autogen`	Always run autogen.sh before building modules. By default, autogen.sh will only be called if the top-level makefile is missing. Otherwise, JHBuild relies on the package's makefiles to detect if configure needs to be rebuilt or rerun.
`-c, --clean`	Run make clean before building modules.
`-d, --dist`	Run make dist after building modules.
`--distcheck`	Run make distcheck after building modules.
`--ignore-suggests`
	Do not build soft dependencies.
`-n, --no-network`
	Do not access the network when building modules. This will skip download or update stages in a build. If a module can't be built without network access, the module build will fail.
`-s, --skip=`
	Do not build the listed modules. Used to skip the building of specified dependencies.
`--tags=`
	Ignore modules that do not match tag. Modules are automatically attributed a tag matching the name of the module's module set.
`-t, --start-at=module`
	Start at the named module rather than at the beginning of the list. This option is useful if the build was interrupted.
`-D date`	If supported by the underlying version control system, update the source tree to the specified date before building. An ISO date format is required, e.g. "2009-09-18 02:32Z".
`-x, --no-xvfb`	Run graphical tests on the actual X server rather than in a simulated Xvfb.
`-C, --try-checkout`
	If the build fails, and if supported by the version control system, force a checkout and run autogen.sh before retrying the build.
`-N, --no-poison`
	If one or more of a module's dependencies failed, this option forces JHBuild to try to build the module anyway.
`-f, --force`	Build the modules even if policy states it is not required.
`--build-optional-modules`
	Modules listed as optional dependencies, may not be required to build the module. This option forces JHBuild to build optional dependencies.
`--min-age=time`	Skip modules installed more recently than the specified relative time. The time string format is a number followed by a unit. The following units are supported: seconds (s), minutes (m), hours (h) and days (d). For example, --min-age=2h will skip modules built less than two hours ago.

jhbuild buildone [--autogen] [--clean] [--distcheck] [--no-network] [-D date] [--no-xvfb] [--force] [--min-age=time] module...

The buildone command is similar to build, but it does not build the dependent modules. It is useful for rebuilding one or more modules.

jhbuild sanitycheck

The sanitycheck command performs a number of checks to verify the build environment is okay.

For details of all jbhuild's command line options:

jhbuild --help

Reporting Bugs

If you find any bugs in JHBuild, or have feature requests (or implementations :), please file them at:

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/jhbuild/issues/new

This will ensure your request is not lost.

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Comments

made jhbuild more cross-platform

Replaced some direct os environment variable querying with their equivalent cross-platform solutions.

Added a dependency on appdirs to take care of finding the right caching folder, in a cross-platform way.

Removed some legacy code from the monkeypatch (might need more work).

As a bonus, in the files I worked in, I tried to improved pep8 compliance by cleaning up some simple whitespace issues.

opened by jojolian753 2
added initial .travis.yml

The script for the Travis CI service (free of cost for FLOSS projects) which should help to detect deficies in the default moduleset (build errors and insufficient feedback on build and configure errors) (already found one, so this should be useful).

opened by krichter722 1
added initial .travis.yml

This helps to reveal some build issues including sysdeps which can't be resolved properly, missing dependencies which cause failure at runtime (of jhbuild) as well as compilation errors. Travis CI is free, but only as in free beer, so you might use it or not according to your project's policies. It's extremely handy.

opened by krichter722 1
added --allow-root option

This option allows to prevent jhbuild from terminating if it is invoked as user root which is useful when using subcommands like sysdeps in a headless environment which otherwise would require the root password to be entered with expect or a similar mechanism.

opened by krichter722 1