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build: added NINJA env to customize ninja binary #44293

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5 changes: 3 additions & 2 deletions Makefile
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Expand Up @@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ $(NODE_EXE) $(NODE_G_EXE): config.gypi out/Makefile
ln -fs out/${build_type}/$(NODE_EXE) $@; fi
else
ifeq ($(BUILD_WITH), ninja)
NINJA ?= ninja
ifeq ($(V),1)
NINJA_ARGS := $(NINJA_ARGS) -v
endif
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NINJA_ARGS := $(NINJA_ARGS) $(filter -j%,$(MAKEFLAGS))
endif
$(NODE_EXE): config.gypi out/Release/build.ninja
ninja -C out/Release $(NINJA_ARGS)
$(NINJA) -C out/Release $(NINJA_ARGS)
if [ ! -r $@ ] || [ ! -L $@ ]; then ln -fs out/Release/$(NODE_EXE) $@; fi

$(NODE_G_EXE): config.gypi out/Debug/build.ninja
ninja -C out/Debug $(NINJA_ARGS)
$(NINJA) -C out/Debug $(NINJA_ARGS)
if [ ! -r $@ ] || [ ! -L $@ ]; then ln -fs out/Debug/$(NODE_EXE) $@; fi
else
$(NODE_EXE) $(NODE_G_EXE):
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9 changes: 9 additions & 0 deletions doc/contributing/building-node-with-ninja.md
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Expand Up @@ -40,4 +40,13 @@ To create a debug build rather than a release build:
./configure --ninja --debug && make
```

## Customizing `ninja` path

On some systems (RHEL7 and below), `ninja` is not offered in the yum package.
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For these systems use the `NINJA` env var:

```bash
./configure --ninja && NINJA="ninja-build" make
```

[Ninja]: https://ninja-build.org/