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      1 Name: yasm
      2 URL: http://www.tortall.net/projects/yasm/
      3 Version: 1.2.0
      4 License: 2-clause or 3-clause BSD licensed, with the exception of bitvect, which is triple-licensed under the Artistic license, GPL, and LGPL
      5 License File: source/patched-yasm/COPYING
      6 License Android Compatible: yes
      7 Security Critical: no
      8 
      9 With these patches merged:
     10 * https://github.com/yasm/yasm/commit/a2cbb10ee1b90b73647667ac849c74d65761d412
     11 * https://github.com/yasm/yasm/commit/01ab853e68ef8aeded716d6f5b34895200f66a51
     12 * https://github.com/yasm/yasm/commit/82fafa7b5619e702c8681c959ade0746498e3cbc
     13 * https://github.com/yasm/yasm/commit/2bd66514b6b100887c19d8598da38347b3cff40e
     14 * https://github.com/yasm/yasm/commit/ab19547382660d81e0b4a0232dccb38f44c52a36
     15 * https://github.com/yasm/yasm/commit/9728322335cba96500861ef766b1546d096e5600
     16 
     17 
     18 See also the yasm.gyp file for a description of the yasm build process.
     19 
     20 Instructions for recreating the yasm.gyp file.
     21   1) Get a clean version of the yasm source tree. The clean tree can be found
     22      at:
     23 
     24        src/third_party/yasm/source/yasm
     25 
     26   2) Run configure on the pristine source from a different directory (eg.,
     27      /tmp/yasm_build).  Running configure from another directory will keep
     28      the source tree clean.
     29 
     30   3) Next, capture all the output from a build of yasm.  We will use the build
     31      log as a reference for making the yasm.gyp file.
     32 
     33        make yasm > yasm_build_log 2> yasm_build_err
     34 
     35   4) Check yasm_build_err to see if there are any anomalies beyond yasm's
     36      compiler warnings.
     37 
     38   5) Grab the generated Makefile, libyasm-stdint.h, config.h, and put into
     39      the correct platform location. For android platform, copy the files
     40      generated for linux, but make sure that ENABLE_NLS is not defined to
     41      allow mac host compiles to work.  For ios, copy the files from mac.
     42 
     43        src/third_party/yasm/source/config/[platform]
     44 
     45      While we do not directly use the "Makefile" to build, it is needed by
     46      the "genmodule" subprogram as input for creating the available modules
     47      list.
     48 
     49   6) Make sure all the subprograms are represented in yasm.gyp.
     50 
     51        grep '^gcc' yasm_build_log  |
     52        grep -v ' -DHAVE_CONFIG_H '
     53 
     54      The yasm build creates a bunch of subprograms that in-turn generate
     55      more .c files in the build. Luckily the commands to generate the
     56      subprogram do not have -DHAVE_CONFIG_H as a cflag.
     57 
     58      From this list, make sure all the subprograms that are build have
     59      appropriate targets in the yasm.gyp.
     60 
     61      You will notice, when you get to the next step, that there are some
     62      .c source files that are compiled both for yasm, and for genperf.
     63 
     64      Those should go into the genperf_libs target so that they can be
     65      shared by the genperf and yasm targets.  Find those files by appending
     66 
     67        | grep 'gp-'
     68 
     69      to the command above.
     70 
     71   7) Find all the source files used to build yasm proper.
     72 
     73        grep -E '^gcc' yasm_build_log  |
     74        grep ' -DHAVE_CONFIG_H ' |
     75        awk '{print $NF }' |
     76        sed -e "s/'\.\/'\`//" |  # Removes some garbage from the build line.
     77        sort -u |
     78        sed -e "s/\(.*\)/'\1',/"  # Add quotes to each line.
     79 
     80      Reversing the -DHAVE_CONFIG_H filter from the command above should
     81      list the compile lines for yasm proper.
     82 
     83      This should get you close, but you will need to manually examine this
     84      list.  However, some of the built products are still included in the
     85      command above.  Generally, if the source file is in the root directory,
     86      it's a generated file.
     87 
     88      Inspect the current yasm.gyp for a list of the subprograms and their
     89      outputs.
     90 
     91      Update the sources list in the yasm target accordingly.  Read step #9
     92      as well if you update the source list to avoid problems.
     93 
     94   8) Update the actions for each of the subprograms.
     95 
     96      Here is the real fun.  For each subprogram created, you will need to
     97      update the actions and rules in yasm.gyp that invoke the subprogram to
     98      generate the files needed by the rest of the build.
     99 
    100      I don't have any good succinct instructions for this.  Grep the build
    101      log for each subprogram invocation (eg., "./genversion"), look at
    102      its command inputs and output, then verify our yasm.gyp does something
    103      similar.
    104 
    105      The good news is things likely only link or compile if this is done
    106      right so you'll know if there is a problem.
    107 
    108      Again, refer to the existing yasm.gyp for a guide to how the generated
    109      files are used.
    110 
    111      Here are a few gotchas:
    112        1) genmodule, by default, writes module.c into the current
    113           directory.  This does not play nicely with gyp.  We patch the
    114           source during build to allow specifying a specific output file.
    115 
    116        2) Most of the generated files, even though they are .c files, are
    117           #included by other files in the build.  Make sure they end up
    118           in a directory that is in the include path for the build.
    119           One of <(shared_generated_dir) or <(generated_dir) should work.
    120 
    121        3) Some of the genperf output is #included while others need to be
    122           compiled directly.  That is why there are 2 different rules for
    123           .gperf files in two targets.
    124 
    125   9) Check for python scripts that are run.
    126 
    127        grep python yasm_build_log
    128 
    129      Yasm uses python scripts to generate the assembly code description
    130      files in C++. Make sure to get these put into the gyp file properly as
    131      well.  An example is gen_x86_insn.py for x86 assembly.
    132 
    133      Note that at least the gen_x86_insn.py script suffers from the same
    134      problem as genmacro in that it outputs to the current directory by
    135      default.  The yasm.gyp build patches this file before invoking it to
    136      allow specifying an output directory.
    137 
    138  10) If all that's is finished, attempt to build....and cross your fingers.
    139