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rxantos
rxantos

Reputation: 1859

premake5 How do I use multiple configuration files?

I need different build options for different compilers for a project I am working on. I am thinking of using the dofile keyword to include a different build configuration based on the compiler chosen when using premake5. How do I instruct premake5 to do something like (in pseudo code)

if gcc 
 dofile gcc.lua
else if vs2008
 dofile vs2008.lua
else if vs2010
 dofile vs2010.lua
else if vs2012
 dofile vs2012.lua
else if vs2013
 dofile vs2013.lua
else if vs2015
 dofile vs2015.lua

etc.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1159

Answers (1)

J. Perkins
J. Perkins

Reputation: 4276

You can do what you suggest like this:

if _ACTION == "gmake" then
    dofile "gcc.lua"
elseif _ACTION == "vs2008" then
    dofile "vs2008.lua"
elseif ...

Or like this:

dofile(_ACTION .. ".lua")

But you probably want to do this instead:

filter { "action:gmake" }
    define { "SOME_GMAKE_SYMBOLS" }
    -- put your gmake configuration here

filter { "action:vs*" }
    -- put your common VS configuration here

filter { "action:vs2008" }
    define { "SOME_VS2008_SYMBOLS" }
    -- put your VS2008 specific configuration here


filter { "action:vs*" }
    -- put your common VS configuration here

-- and so on...

Upvotes: 3

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