build-config/v8pp/build-v8.sh

#!/bin/bash

# I guess now we have to install ninja ourselves.. sigh..
git clone https://github.com/ninja-build/ninja.git || true
pushd ninja
    git checkout v1.11.1

    cmake -Bbuild-cmake
    cmake --build build-cmake

    export PATH=`pwd`/build-cmake:"$PATH"  # ninja available now

popd

export PATH=`pwd`/depot_tools:"$PATH"  # depot tools available now (used to include ninja)

# https://github.com/prahladyeri/tuxdrive/issues/3
apt-get install python3-pip -y
pip3 install httplib2 --upgrade --break-system-packages

fetch v8 # || gclient sync

# fetch v8 || gclient sync

cd v8  # if this fails, exit! hence the set -ex

#gclient sync -r 6.9.427.6  # 55da769bafac8b531cd8b388df56161b8b7c6416
#gclient sync -r 7.1.69     #
#gclient sync -r lkgr/6.9
#gclient sync -r 6.9.427.13 # https://ci.appveyor.com/project/pmed/v8pp
#gclient sync -r 7.5.288.23  # https://github.com/pmed/v8-nuget/
#gclient sync -r 8.0.426.15  # stupid test
#gclient sync -r 7.2.1  # stupid test
#gclient sync -r 8.2.297.1  # https://github.com/pmed/v8-nuget/
#gclient sync -r 9.3.345.3  # https://github.com/pmed/v8-nuget/
gclient sync -r 10.0.139.9  # https://github.com/pmed/v8-nuget/
#gclient sync -r 11.9.169.4  # https://github.com/pmed/v8-nuget/
#gclient sync -r 13.0.245.25


# N/m couldn't get this to work, let's just not build inside docker for v8
#  # patch for a bug w/r/t uids on files
#  # # see: https://superuser.com/a/1435438
#  #
#  #e.g.
#  #
#  #tar: ./usr/lib: Cannot change ownership to uid 376730, gid 89939: Invalid argument
#  #tar: ./usr/bin: Cannot change ownership to uid 376730, gid 89939: Invalid argument
#  #...
#  # subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '['tar', 'mxf', '/home/trigen/projects/build-config/v8pp/v8/build/linux/debian_bullseye_i386-sysroot/debian_bullseye_i386_sysroot.tar.xz', '-C', '/home/trigen/projects/build-config/v8pp/v8/build/linux/debian_bullseye_i386-sysroot']' returned non-zero exit status 2.
#  #
#  file="./v8/build/linux/sysroot_scripts/install-sysroot.py"
#  old_string="mxf"
#  new_string="mxf', '--no-same-owner"
#  sed -i "s/${old_string}/${new_string}/g" "$file"
#  echo $?



# Looks like we have to use GN now: https://github.com/v8/v8/wiki/Building-with-GN

# initial build
# temp
#rm -rf out/x64.release

#alias gm=$PWD/tools/dev/gm.py
# whatever, it said,
#+ alias gm=/var/lib/go-agent/pipelines/v8pp-ubuntu2404/v8pp/v8/tools/dev/gm.py
#+ gm x64.release
#./build-v8.sh: line 46: gm: command not found
# so f*ck the alias

$PWD/tools/dev/gm.py x64.release

# we don't want std::_Cr, but std::__1 like everybody else is using
# note that this is only relevant if use_custom_libcxx = true.
# unfortunately I don't know how to specify v8 to use libc++ from the system
# I asked a question about this here: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/v8-users/Do5MvAvYFgs
sed -i.bak 's/_LIBCPP_ABI_VERSION=Cr/_LIBCPP_ABI_VERSION=1/' build/config/c++/BUILD.gn

# https://groups.google.com/g/v8-dev/c/AJjIyKMpFmA
sed -i.bak 's/"-Wctad-maybe-unsupported"//' BUILD.gn

# workaround, see notes.txt
echo "v8_enable_embedded_builtins = false"  | tee -a out/x64.release/args.gn
echo "v8_use_external_startup_data = false" | tee -a out/x64.release/args.gn
echo "v8_use_snapshot = false"              | tee -a out/x64.release/args.gn
echo "v8_enable_gdbjit = true"              | tee -a out/x64.release/args.gn
# set below to true to make it use libc++ (although it will use the one it is bundled with,
# and also it will enable unsafe abi stuff, which means basically alpha features afaik)
echo "use_custom_libcxx = false"             | tee -a out/x64.release/args.gn
# possibly they use a different version of clang compiling v8.
# however, I already set my own, probably newer clang version.
# ran into: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/v8-users/Jb1VSouy2Z0
#echo "is_clang = false"                     | tee -a out/x64.release/args.gn
# setting to true now, and see if we use this clang on starcry if it works..
echo "is_clang = true"                     | tee -a out/x64.release/args.gn

# the only remaining issue was: undefined reference to `typeinfo for v8::ArrayBuffer::Allocator'
# this is the case with (gnu) libstd++ , only remaining issue for me
# https://github.com/danbev/learning-v8/pull/4
echo "use_rtti = true"                     | tee -a out/x64.release/args.gn

# produce monolith (single static all in one .a file)
echo "v8_monolithic = true"                 | tee -a out/x64.release/args.gn
ninja -C out/x64.release v8_monolith

# produce .so files (shared libs)
# temporary disable the .so files (I'm not using them for now, and they are slow to build)
#sed -i.bak '/^v8_monolithic/d' out/x64.release/args.gn
#echo "is_component_build = true"            | tee -a out/x64.release/args.gn
#ninja -C out/x64.release