gencc (generator of compile commands) is a simple standalone application developed in C++11 that generates compilation databases for clang. It is similar to bear, but it does not rely on LD_PRELOAD, enabling its use in latest OS X versions (without disabling security features) and Linux with SELinux enabled.
gencc is useful to run build systems such as make, capturing compiler calls. If you are using CMake, forget about this and use directly CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS so that it exports the database at the same time it generates the build files.
You just need make and a C++11 compiler. Just run on the top directory: make. This will generate the gencc binary.
Since gencc does not rely on hijacking any calls, you need to explicitly pass which compiler you want to use for C++ and/or C. You can do that by setting the CXX or CC environment variables or by passing the values directly in the command line. You can also decide whether you just want to build as well during the process or you just want to generate the database.
The same gencc binary is used both for the builder or main (master) as well as the compiler (slave). They communicate with each other through a shared memory area.
Usage:
-cxx [value] - CXX compiler
-cc [value] - CC compiler
-o [value] - Output file
-m [value] - Size of shared memory to use in bytes
-build - Call the actual compiler
Examples:
CXX=g++ ./gencc make or ./gencc -cxx g++ make will generate compile_commands.json for g++
CC=gcc ./gencc make or ./gencc -cc gcc make will generate compile_commands.json for gcc
./gencc -cxx g++ -cc gcc make will generate compile_commands.json for both g++ and gcc
You need a system with Unix tools such as bash, diff, sed and sort. For Windows you can get that with MSYS.
Run make check and both unit and functional tests will run.
This is a very early (and yet usable) version of gencc. Please tell me if you find any bug with as much information as possible.
It has been tested on OS X, Linux and Windows (with MSYS).
GPLv3
Copyright (C) 2017 Pablo Marcos Oltra
gencc is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
gencc is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with gencc. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
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