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| author | anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com> | 2014-07-05 09:56:20 (GMT) |
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| committer | anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com> | 2014-07-05 09:56:20 (GMT) |
| commit | d8f294851e83c691df90373ec45dad97b28000c5 (patch) | |
| tree | 22929630ef8ede336bfb81dd5a7a5bd1e0514d86 /src/engine/SCons/SConf.py | |
| parent | 6ab5db7fb1f1abd580cee149605ff632289723ad (diff) | |
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doc: Update revised SConf description
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diff --git a/src/engine/SCons/SConf.py b/src/engine/SCons/SConf.py index dd93269..d6a70ec 100644 --- a/src/engine/SCons/SConf.py +++ b/src/engine/SCons/SConf.py @@ -2,14 +2,13 @@ Autoconf-like configuration support. -In other words, this package allows to run series of tests to detect -capabilities of current system and generate config files (header files -in C/C++) that turn on system-specific options and optimizations. - -For example, it is possible to detect if optional libraries are present -on current system and generate config that makes compiler include them. -C compilers do not have ability to catch ImportError if some library is -not found, so these checks should be done externally. +In other words, SConf allows to run tests on the build machine to detect +capabilities of system and do some things based on result: generate config +files, header files for C/C++, update variables in environment. + +Tests on the build system can detect if compiler sees header files, if +libraries are installed, if some command line options are supported etc. + """ # |