Delete some unused code in src/base.

The motivation was that I wanted to fix the one -Wc++11-narrowing
warning that clang-cl emitted in File::DeleteOnClose() (...given
the warning doesn't fire on win-only code, we apparently deemed
this a valuable warning).

I saw that the method was dead, so then I went through other
File::Flags and removed unused ones, and I removed some unused
functions in file_util that kepts some of the remaining flags
alive.

No behavior change.

With this, gn builds with clang-cl without any custom CFLAGS.

Bug: none
Change-Id: I7663c886022ffecbd8a1811952805467c9a163b4
Reviewed-on: https://gn-review.googlesource.com/c/gn/+/6640
Reviewed-by: Brett Wilson <brettw@chromium.org>
Commit-Queue: Brett Wilson <brettw@chromium.org>
8 files changed
tree: 251cb692e8c74abfaaa8b9431d7423248c5f62fb
  1. build/
  2. docs/
  3. examples/
  4. infra/
  5. misc/
  6. src/
  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.

Related resources:

Getting a binary

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.

Examples

There is a simple example in examples/simple_build directory that is a good place to get started with the minimal configuration.

To build and run the simple example with the default gcc compiler:

cd examples/simple_build
../../out/gn gen -C out
ninja -C out
./out/hello

For a maximal configuration see the Chromium setup:

and the Fuchsia setup:

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 push origin HEAD:refs/for/master

When revising a change, use:

git commit --amend
git push origin HEAD:refs/for/master

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 with GN‘s development on Chromium’s gn-dev@ Google Group.