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3 ===============
4 mozconfig Files
5 ===============
6
7 mozconfig files are used to configure how a build works.
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9 mozconfig files are actually shell scripts. They are executed in a
10 special context with specific variables and functions exposed to them.
11
12 API
13 ===
14
15 Functions
16 ---------
17
18 The following special functions are available to a mozconfig script.
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20 ac_add_options
21 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
22
23 This function is used to declare extra options/arguments to pass into
24 configure.
25
26 e.g.::
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28 ac_add_options --disable-tests
29 ac_add_options --enable-optimize
30
31 mk_add_options
32 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
33
34 This function is used to inject statements into client.mk for execution.
35 It is typically used to define variables, notably the object directory.
36
37 e.g.::
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39 mk_add_options AUTOCLOBBER=1
40
41 ac_add_options
42 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
43
44 This is a variant of ac_add_options() which only adds configure options
45 for a specified application. This is only used when building multiple
46 applications through client.mk. This function is typically not needed.
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48 Special mk_add_options Variables
49 --------------------------------
50
51 For historical reasons, the method for communicating certain
52 well-defined variables is via mk_add_options(). In this section, we
53 document what those special variables are.
54
55 MOZ_OBJDIR
56 ^^^^^^^^^^
57
58 This variable is used to define the :term:`object directory` for the current
59 build.
60
61 Finding the active mozconfig
62 ============================
63
64 Multiple mozconfig files can exist to provide different configuration
65 options for different tasks. The rules for finding the active mozconfig
66 are defined in the
67 :py:func:`mozbuild.mozconfig.MozconfigLoader.find_mozconfig` method:
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69 .. autoclass:: mozbuild.mozconfig.MozconfigLoader
70 :members: find_mozconfig

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