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26.Dd September 4, 2018
27.Dt CW 1ONBLD
28.Os
29.Sh NAME
30.Nm cw
31.Nd invoke one or more compilers with argument translation
32.Sh SYNOPSIS
33.Nm cw
34.Op Fl C
35.Op Fl -versions
36.Op Fl -noecho
37.Fl -primary Ar compiler
38.Op Fl -shadow Ar compiler ...
39.Op Fl -linker Ar linker
40.Fl -
41.Ar compiler args ...
42.Sh DESCRIPTION
43.Nm cw
44is a facility for invoking one or more compilers, providing translation from
45Sun style arguments as appropriate.
46This allows the use of arbitrary compilers without the need to alter large
47numbers of makefiles.
48A mode called shadow compilation invokes multiple compilers so that warnings
49and errors may be obtained from all of them.
50See
51.Sx SHADOW COMPILATION
52for details.
53This version of cw supports compilers with both Sun Studio 12 and GCC-style
54command lines.
55.Sh ARGUMENTS
56Both the
57.Fl -primary
58and
59.Fl -shadow
60parameters take a
61.Em compiler specification .
62This is a comma-separated list of the form
63.Ar name,executable,style
64Where
65.Ar name
66is a name for the compiler,
67.Ar executable
68is the full path to the compiler executable, and
69.Ar style
70is the style of command-line options the compiler expects, either
71.Em sun
72or
73.Em gnu .
74.Bl -tag -width indent
75.It Fl -primary Ar compiler
76Specify the compiler to be used primarily (that which is used for link-editing
77and pre-processing, and whos objects we deliver).
78.It Fl -shadow Ar compiler
79Specify a shadow compiler, which builds sources for the sake of checking code
80quality and compatibility, but has its output discarded.
81.It Fl -linker Ar linker
82Specify a link-editor to use in place of
83.Pa /usr/bin/ld .
84.Xr ld 1
85itself arranges for this to be executed by any subprocesses.
86.It Fl -noecho
87Do not echo the actual command line of any compilers invoked.
88.It Fl -versions
89Request from each configured primary and shadow compiler its version
90information.
91.It Fl C
92The sources being compiled are C++.  This is necessary as it affects the
93translation of compiler arguments.
94.It Fl -
95Arguments intended for the compilers themselves must be separated from those
96of
97.Nm cw
98by a
99.Fl - .
100.It Fl _name=
101.It Fl _style=
102Parameters intended for the compiler be guarded with options of the form
103.Fl _name=
104and
105.Fl _style=
106Where
107.Em name
108and
109.Em style
110are those passed to
111.Fl -primary
112and
113.Fl -shadow
114this allows certain flags to be passed only to certain classes of compiler.
115.Pp
116For historical reasons, the
117.Fl _style=
118option is also translated such that a style of
119.Em sun
120may use the flag
121.Fl _cc=
122and a style of
123.Em gnu
124may use the flag
125.Fl _gcc= ,
126and when the
127.Fl C
128option is given and C++ is in use the style of
129.Em sun
130may use the flag
131.Fl _CC=
132and the style of
133.Em gnu
134may use the flag
135.Fl _g++= .
136.El
137.Sh SHADOW COMPILATION
138If
139.Fl -shadow
140compilers are specified
141.Nm cw
142will invoke each shadow compiler, with the outputs modified (as well as any
143translation for compiler style) as follows:
144.Bl -enum
145.It
146If
147.Nm cw
148is invoked to link-edit without compilation (the input files are all objects),
149the shadow compiler is not invoked.
150.It
151If the
152.Fl o Ar filename
153option was provided, with or without a separating space, it will be replaced with
154.Fl o Ar tempfile
155.It
156If the option
157.Fl o
158was not provided,
159.Fl o Ar tempfile
160will be added to the end of the argument list used to invoke
161the shadow compilers.
162.El
163When shadow compilation is in effect,
164.Nm cw
165writes to standard error each compiler's standard error output following its
166argument list.
167Messages from the compilers will not be interleaved.
168If
169.Nm cw
170is used to invoke the preprocessor and no output location is specified,
171.Nm cw
172will write to standard output the primary compiler's standard output.
173.Pp
174Because the Sun compilers write intermediate objects to fixed
175filenames in the current directory when instructed to compile and
176link multiple source files via a single command line, it would be
177unsafe to invoke more than one compiler in this fashion.
178Therefore
179.Nm cw
180does not accept multiple source files unless the preprocessor is to be
181invoked.
182An attempt to invoke
183.Nm cw
184in this manner will result in an error.
185.Sh ARGUMENT TRANSLATION
186If the compiler to be invoked is a GNU-style C or C++ compiler, a set of
187default flags is added to the beginning of the argument list, and the
188remaining arguments are translated to their closest appropriate
189semantic equivalents and passed in the same order as their
190counterparts given to
191.Nm cw .
192See the comments at the head of
193.Pa usr/src/tools/cw/cw.c
194for a detailed list of translations.
195.Sh ENVIRONMENT
196.Bl -tag -width indent
197.It CW_SHADOW_SERIAL
198If this variable is set in the environment, invoke the primary compiler, wait
199for it to complete, then invoke the shadow compilers.
200Normally the primary and shadow compilers are invoked in parallel.
201.It CW_NO_EXEC
202f this variable is set in the environment, write the usual output to
203standard error but do not actually invoke any compiler.
204This is useful for debugging the translation engine.
205.El
206.Sh EXIT STATUS
207The following exit status values are returned:
208.Bl -tag -width indent
209.It 0
210The primary compiler, and shadow compilers if invoked, all completed
211successfully.
212.It >0
213A usage error occurred, or one or more compilers returned a nonzero
214exit status.
215.El
216.Sh SEE ALSO
217.Xr cc 1 ,
218.Xr CC 1 ,
219.Xr gcc 1 ,
220.Xr ld 1
221.Sh BUGS
222The translations provided for gcc are not always exact and in some cases
223reflect local policy rather than actual equivalence.
224.Pp
225Additional compiler types should be supported.
226.Pp
227The translation engine is hacky.
228