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[SCons | http://www.scons.org] is a replacement for make(1). It is written in [Python] and does everything make(1) does and more:

* Configuration files are [Python] scripts.
* Dependency analysis built in for [C], [C++] and [Fortran].
* Support for fetching source files from [SCCS], [RCS], [CVS], BitKeeper and PerForce.
* Built in support for VisualStudio .NET and past VisualStudio versions including generation of <tt>.dsp</tt>, <tt>.dsw</tt>, <tt>.sln</tt> and <tt>.vcproj</tt> files.
* Reliable detection of build changes using [MD5] signatures, optional, configurable support for traditional timestamps.
* Improved support for parallel builds.
* Integrated autoconf(1)-like support for finding <tt>#include</tt> files, libraries, functions and typedefs.
* Global view of all dependencies -- no more multiple build passes or reordering targets to build everything.
* Building from central repositories of source code and/or pre-built targets.
* Ability to share built files in a cache to speed up multiple builds -- like [CCache] but for any type of target file, not just [C]/[C++] compilation.
* Designed from the ground up for cross-platform builds, and known to work on [Linux], other [POSIX] systems (including [AIX], [*BSD], [HP/UX], [IRIX] and [Solaris]), [Windows] NT, [MacOSX], and [OS/2].
* [Doom3]'s build system uses SCons.

One page links to SCons:

MakeToSCons

Last edited on Tuesday, June 28, 2005 12:12:40 am by MattBrown

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