[TxMt] [XCode Bundle] BUILD_FOLDER environmental variable

[Allan Odgaard]

On 31. Jul 2007, at 16:03, Ryan Wilcox wrote:

> [...]
>> In your case, you have the build dir in the .xconfig file? Ideally we
>> would extend our code to also look there.
> Yes, my build dir is stored in the .xcconfig. Parsing those is no  
> easy matter: you can have environmental variables in there,  
> #include other .xcconfigs...
>
> The annoying thing is that the path is in the project's executable  
> setting: writing the following AppleScript shows the proper path
>
> tell application "Xcode"
> 	tell project 1
> 		set a to active executable
> 		a's path
> 	end tell
> end tell
>
> BUT the executable I don't think changes when configurations are  
> switched (right?)

The executable shouldn’t, but the full path I believe does. At least  
I have the configuration name as part of the build dir.

> OTOH, would that make a good fall back when we can't find the  
> executable even in $PROJECT_DIR/build ?

Probably not ideal, since it would start up Xcode (if not already  
running), and would require Xcode to have the current project loaded.  
Personally I do not have Xcode running most of the time.

I am not really sure what the best solution here is… I guess  
eventually we’ll have to bite the bullet and write a full parser for  
the Xcode related files (including .xcconfig) based on reverse- 
engineering, I think Apple has sort of learned that developers get  
really upset each time they change the Xcode format, and have made a  
commitment to try not to do that in the future, so that work  
hopefully will only have to be done once.