contrib/buildsystems: optionally capture the dry-run in a file

Add an option for capturing the output of the make dry-run used in
determining the msvc-build structure for easy debugging.

You can use the output of `--make-out <path>` in subsequent runs via the
`--in <path>` option.

Signed-off-by: Philip Oakley <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <[email protected]>

Author: Philip Oakley

contrib/buildsystems/engine.pl

@@ -32,20 +32,24 @@ sub showUsage
   -g <GENERATOR>  --gen <GENERATOR> Specify the buildsystem generator    (default: $gen)
                                     Available: $genlist
   -o <PATH>       --out <PATH>      Specify output directory generation  (default: .)
+                  --make-out <PATH> Write the output of GNU Make into a file
   -i <FILE>       --in <FILE>       Specify input file, instead of running GNU Make
   -h,-?           --help            This help
 EOM
     exit 0;
 }
 
 # Parse command-line options
+my $make_out;
 while (@ARGV) {
     my $arg = shift @ARGV;
     if ("$arg" eq "-h" || "$arg" eq "--help" || "$arg" eq "-?") {
 	showUsage();
 	exit(0);
     } elsif("$arg" eq "--out" || "$arg" eq "-o") {
 	$out_dir = shift @ARGV;
+    } elsif("$arg" eq "--make-out") {
+	$make_out = shift @ARGV;
     } elsif("$arg" eq "--gen" || "$arg" eq "-g") {
 	$gen = shift @ARGV;
     } elsif("$arg" eq "--in" || "$arg" eq "-i") {
@@ -80,6 +84,12 @@ sub showUsage
 # test for an empty Errors file and remove it
 unlink $ErrsFile if -f -z $ErrsFile;
 
+if (defined $make_out) {
+    open OUT, ">" . $make_out;
+    print OUT @makedry;
+    close OUT;
+}
+
 # Parse the make output into usable info
 parseMakeOutput();