gn recipe: Do not pass libraries in LDFLAGS in the Linux recipe

The existing recipe was added before the GN build switched to libc++ and
//build/gen.py started setting flags such as -static-libstdc++ -ldl
-lpthread on its own.

The recipe's settings are now redundant and actually hide bugs from the
bots. For example, commit 082fbe397d ("Pass -lpthread when linking instead
of -pthread") should have broken the bot, but since it is explicitly passing
-lpthread in LDFLAGS the build continued working.

Bug: chromium:934793
Change-Id: I634a1b6206b5af2e9df53005ccbe8547f56eb0c7
Reviewed-on: https://gn-review.googlesource.com/c/4080
Reviewed-by: Petr Hosek <phosek@google.com>
Commit-Queue: Petr Hosek <phosek@google.com>
5 files changed
tree: 02806414b9e09bde99406d05236be3cc1575489e
  1. base/
  2. build/
  3. docs/
  4. infra/
  5. tools/
  6. util/
  7. .clang-format
  8. .editorconfig
  9. .gitignore
  10. .style.yapf
  11. AUTHORS
  12. LICENSE
  13. OWNERS
  14. README.md
README.md

GN

GN is a meta-build system that generates build files for Ninja. There is documentation in docs/ and a presentation on it.

Getting started

You can download the latest version of GN binary for Linux, macOS and Windows.

Alternatively, you can build GN from source:

git clone https://gn.googlesource.com/gn
cd gn
python build/gen.py
ninja -C out
# To run tests:
out/gn_unittests

On Windows, it is expected that cl.exe, link.exe, and lib.exe can be found in PATH, so you'll want to run from a Visual Studio command prompt, or similar.

On Linux and Mac, the default compiler is clang++, a recent version is expected to be found in PATH. This can be overridden by setting CC, CXX, and AR.

Reporting bugs

If you find a bug, you can see if it is known or report it in the bug database.

Sending patches

GN uses Gerrit for code review. The short version of how to patch is:

Register at https://gn-review.googlesource.com.

... edit code ...
ninja -C out && out/gn_unittests

Then, to upload a change for review:

git commit
git cl upload --gerrit

When revising a change, use:

git commit --amend
git cl upload --gerrit

which will add the new changes to the existing code review, rather than creating a new one.

We ask that all contributors sign Google's Contributor License Agreement (either individual or corporate as appropriate, select ‘any other Google project’).

Community

You may ask questions and follow along w/ GN‘s development on Chromium’s gn-dev@ Google Group.