Add "bare" C and C++ build tips docs #1371
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Adds brief descriptions of how to do "bare" (no build system) C and C++ builds - just to show where things should go.
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| # adjust your `cd` appropriately | ||
| cd $WORKSPACE/srcdir/hello | ||
| mkdir -p ${libdir} | ||
| $CXX -shared -std=c++11 -O3 -fPIC -o ${libdir}/libhello.${dlext} src/hello.cpp # you may want to edit the `std` flag, for exampLE |
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| $CXX -shared -std=c++11 -O3 -fPIC -o ${libdir}/libhello.${dlext} src/hello.cpp # you may want to edit the `std` flag, for exampLE | |
| $CXX -shared -std=c++11 -O3 -fPIC -o ${libdir}/libhello.${dlext} src/hello.cpp # you may want to edit the `std` flag, for example |
| ## C builds | ||
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| If your library has no build system like Make, CMake, Meson, or Autoconf, you may need to use the C compiler directly. The C compiler is stored in the `CC` environment variable, and you can direct output to `libdir` (shared libraries) and `bindir` (executables). | ||
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I don't want to give the impression that this are the exact commands one shall run, it's rather to give an idea (I can't say how many times people take these instructions almost verbatim rather than as indication)
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| As a high-level example: | |
| ## C++ builds | ||
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| Similarly to C builds, sometimes your C++ libraries will not have a build system associated with them. The C++ compiler is stored in the `CXX` environment variable. | ||
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Adds brief descriptions of how to do "bare" (no build system) C and C++ builds - just to show where things should go.