Library
Module
Module type
Parameter
Class
Class type
Package description.
See the basics.
The installation description generates an OPAM install file which is simply a description of file moves (in the mv
sense) from the build or source directory to standard install directories. Describing these moves in a given build configuration effectively determines what needs to built by the package build command.
Note. Always use "/"
as a directory seperator for paths, even on Windows.
type field =
?force:bool ->
?built:bool ->
?cond:bool ->
?exts:Exts.t ->
?dst:fpath ->
fpath ->
install
The type for an install field, a function that describe file moves to a particular installation directory. In the simplest form a call field src
simply moves the file src
at the root of the install directory of the field.
In general field ~force ~built ~cond ~exts ~dst src
generates install move as follows:
dst
is the path were the source is written to. Expressed relative to the install directory of the field. Defaults to Fpath.basename src
, i.e. at the root of the install directory. If dst
is a directory path, the destination is (dst ^ Fpath.basename src)
.exts
is present and non empty, generates the list of paths List.map (fun e -> src ^ e)
and a move for each of these. For example field ~exts:
Exts.api
"src/m"
would generate a move for the files "src/m.mli"
, "src/m.cmi"
, "src/m.cmti"
, "src/m.cmx"
.If cond
is false
(defaults to true
) no file move is generated. This provides a convenient way to conditionalize installation based on the build configuration for example:
let jsoo = Conf.value jsoo in
Pkg.mllib ~cond:jsoo "src/mylib_jsoo.mllib"
built
is true
(default), src
is expressed relative to the build directory of the distribution and the path src
is be given to build system invocation for construction. If false
, src
is relative to the root of the distribution and is excluded from the build system invocation; this can be used for installing files that don't need to be built.force
is true
(defaults to false
) it disables the automatic src
filtering performed by the library. When false
, the library automatically disable certain build artefact depending on OCaml's configuration, one such example is filtering native code build artefact if the OCaml install doesn't support native code compilationtype exec_field = ?auto:bool -> field
The type for fields that install executable files. This is like field
except for the additional auto
parameter:
auto
is true
(default) then field src dst
automatically adds the ".native"
suffix to src
if Conf.OCaml.native
is true
and the ".byte"
suffix otherwise. Besides it automatically adds Exts.exe
to dst
, which handles things correctly on the various Windows ports.auto
is false
you have full control according to field
.val bin : exec_field
bin
is a field that installs to a common bin/
directory.
val doc : field
doc
is a field that installs to a package specific doc/
directory
val etc : field
etc
is a field that installs to a package specific etc/
directory.
val lib : field
lib
is a field that installs to a package specific lib/
directory.
val libexec : exec_field
libexec
is a field that installs to a package specific lib/
directory but with the executable bit set.
val man : field
man
is a field that installs to a common man/
directory. See the OPAM manual for details.
val misc : field
misc
is a field that installs to an arbitrary absolute path, the user is prompted for authorization, see the OPAM manual for details.
val sbin : exec_field
sbin
is a field that installs to a common sbin/
directory.
share
is a field that installs to a package specific share/
directory.
share_root
is a field that installs to a common share/
directory.
val stublibs : field
stublibs
is a field that install to a common lib/stublibs/
directory. Used for OCaml C stub directory.
val toplevel : field
toplevel
is a field that installs to a common lib/toplevel/
directory.
val test : ?run:bool -> ?dir:fpath -> ?args:Cmd.t -> exec_field
test
is a special executable field: it doesn't install the described executable (as such the dst
argument is ignored at the moment). If run
is true
(default) executes the test with args
when ocaml pkg/pkg.ml test
is run; this will notably run to test the distribution tarball. If run
is false
the test needs to be invoked explicitely. dir
specifies the current working directory for the test, expressed relative to the root directory of the package (defaults to .
).
The following functions are OCamlbuild specific higher level installs that generate moves by reading OCamlbuild specification files. They also automatically handle the Conf.debugger_support
configuration key by building and installing the build artefacts needed by debuggers whenever its value is true
.
mllib ~field ~cond ~api ~dst_dir mllib
installs an OCaml library described by the OCamlbuild .mllib file mllib
with:
field
is the field where it gets installed (defaults to lib
).cond
is false
(defaults to true
), no move is generated.api
is the list of modules that defines the public interface of the library, if None
all the modules mentioned in mllib
are part of the public interface.dst_dir
is the destination directory of the library in the field. If unspecified this is the root of the field's directory.val clib :
?dllfield:field ->
?libfield:field ->
?cond:bool ->
?lib_dst_dir:fpath ->
fpath ->
install
clib clib
installs C stubs described by the OCamlbuild .clib file clib
with:
dllfield
is the field where the C DLL archive gets installed, (defaults to stublibs
)libfield
is the field where the C static archive gets installed (defaults to lib
)cond
is false
(defaults to true
), no move is generated.lib_dst_dir
is the destination directory of the library in the libfield
field. If unspecified this is the root of the field's directory. This does not affect the dllfield
, DLLs are always installed at the root directory of the dllfield
.val build :
?prepare_on_pin:bool ->
?dir:fpath ->
?pre:(Conf.t -> unit result) ->
?cmd:(Conf.t -> Conf.os -> fpath list -> unit result) ->
?post:(Conf.t -> unit result) ->
?clean:(Conf.os -> build_dir:fpath -> unit result) ->
unit ->
build
build ~prepare_on_pin ~dir ~cmd ~pre ~post
describes the package build procedure.
prepare_on_pin
if true
(default) distribution preparation is performed if a `Pin
build context is detected. This means that the checkout is watermarked and the massage hook is invoked, see step 2. of distribution creation.dir
is the directory where build artefacts are generated, (defaults to "_build"
). Note that his value can be overriden from the command line.pre
is a hook that is invoked with the build context, after distribution preparation if applicable, but before the build command. It can be used to adapt the build setup according to the build configuration. Default is a nop.cmd
invokes the build system to build the files determined by install moves. It is given the build configuration, an OS specification, the list of files to build relative to the build directory, and build the given files in the build directory. The default is:
fun c os files -> OS.Cmd.run @@ Cmd.(Pkg.build_cmd c os %% of_list files)
post
is a hook that is invoked with the build context after the build command returned sucessfully. Default is a nop.clean
is invoked to clean a build. It is given an OS specification and a build directory to clean. The default is:
let clean os ~build_dir = OS.Cmd.run @@ Pkg.clean_cmd os ~build_dir
Warning. If you are invoking tools in your hooks consider using tool
to look them up it helps for cross-compilation.
If you are using ocamlbuild
, the following functions help to customize the build system invocation according to the configuration.
build_cmd c os
is the default build command to which files to build are given. Its value is defined by:
fun c os ->
let ocamlbuild = Conf.tool "ocamlbuild" os in
let build_dir = Conf.build_dir c in
let debug = Cmd.(on (Conf.debug c) (v "-tag" % "debug")) in
let profile = Cmd.(on (Conf.profile c) (v "-tag" % "profile")) in
Cmd.(ocamlbuild % "-use-ocamlfind" % "-classic-display" %% debug %%
profile % "-build-dir" % build_dir)
clean_cmd os ~build_dir
is the default clean command. Its value is defined by:
fun os ~build_dir ->
let ocamlbuild = Conf.tool "ocamlbuild" os in
Cmd.(ocamlbuild % "-use-ocamlfind" % "-classic-display" %
"-build-dir" % build_dir % "-clean")
ocb_tag c key name
is a command fragment adding the ocamlbuild
parameterized tag name
with key
's value to the default set of tags. The key value is converted to a string using the printer of the key value converter.
For example with a key k : bool Conf.key
whose value is true
, ocb_tag c k "foo"
adds the tag foo(true)
to the default tags. A sample build command for build
using this key would be:
let cmd c os files =
OS.Cmd.run Cmd.(build_cmd c os %% ocb_tag c k "foo" %% of_list files)
ocb_bool_tag c key name
is a command fragment adding the ocamlbuild
tag name
to the default set of tags iff key
's value is true
.
ocb_bool_tags c assoc
is the concatenation of ocb_bool_tag
for all pairs in assoc
.
type watermark =
string
* [ `String of string
| `Version
| `Version_num
| `Name
| `Vcs of [ `Commit_id ]
| `Opam of fpath option * string * string ]
The type for watermarks. A watermark identifier, e.g. "ID"
and its definition:
`String s
, s
is the definition.`Name
, is the name of package.`Version
, is the version of the distribution.`Version_num
, is the version of the distribution with a potential leading 'v'
or 'V'
dropped.`Vcs `Commit_id
, is the commit identifier (hash) of the distribution. May be post-fixed by "dirty"
in pin builds.`Opam (file, field, sep)
, is the values of the field field
concatenated with separator sep
of the OPAM file file
, expressed relative to the distribution root directory, if file
is None
this is the package's default OPAM file, see describe
. Not all fields are supported see the value of Topkg_care.Opam.File.field_names
. Warning. In pin builds, `Opam
watermarks are only substituted if the package topkg-care
is installed.When a file is watermarked with an identifier "ID"
, any occurence of the sequence %%ID%%
in its content is substituted by its definition.
val distrib :
?watermarks:watermark list ->
?files_to_watermark:(unit -> fpath list result) ->
?massage:(unit -> unit result) ->
?exclude_paths:(unit -> fpath list result) ->
?uri:string ->
unit ->
distrib
distrib ~watermarks ~files_to_watermark ~massage
~exclude_paths ~uri ()
influences the distribution creation process performed by the topkg
tool. See the full details about distribution creation.
In the following the distribution build directory is a private clone of the package's source repository's HEAD
when topkg distrib
is invoked.
watermarks
defines the source watermarks for the distribution, defaults to watermarks
.files_to_watermark
is invoked in the distribution build directory to determine the files to watermark, defaults to files_to_watermark
.massage
is invoked in the distribution build directory, after watermarking, but before archiving. It can be used to generate distribution time build artefacts. Defaults to massage
.exclude_paths ()
is invoked in the distribution build directory, after massaging, to determine the paths that are excluded from being added to the distribution archive. Defaults to exclude_paths
.uri
is an URI pattern that specifies the location of the distribution on the WWW. In this string any sub-string "$(NAME)"
is replaced by the package name, "$(VERSION)"
is replaced by the distribution version string and "$(VERSION_NUM)"
by the distribution version string, chopping an initial 'v'
or 'V'
character if present. This argument is used to generate the url
file of an OPAM package for the distribution; it will be deprecated in the future in favour of a x-distrib-uri
field in the OPAM file. If the value is unspecified it defaults to:
PKG_HOMEPAGE/releases/$(NAME)-$(VERSION_NUM).tbz
where PKG_HOMEPAGE is the package's OPAM file homepage
field. As a special case if the hostname of PKG_HOMEPAGE is github
the following is used:
PKG_DEV_REPO/releases/download/$(VERSION)/$(NAME)-$(VERSION_NUM).tbz
where PKG_DEV_REPO is the package's OPAM file dev-repo
field without the .git
suffix.
val watermarks : watermark list
watermarks
is the default list of watermarks. It has the following elements:
("NAME", `Name)
("VERSION", `Version)
("VERSION_NUM", `Version_num)
("VCS_COMMIT_ID", `Vcs [`Commit_id])
("PKG_MAINTAINER", `Opam (None, "maintainer", ", "))
("PKG_AUTHORS", `Opam (None, "authors", ", ")
("PKG_HOMEPAGE", `Opam (None, "homepage", " ")
("PKG_ISSUES", `Opam (None, "bug-reports", " ")
("PKG_DOC", `Opam (None, "doc", " "))
("PKG_LICENSE", `Opam (None, "license", ", ")
("PKG_REPO", `Opam (None, "dev-repo", " "))
Prepending to the list overrides default definitions.
files_to_watermark ()
is the default list of files to watermark. It is invoked in the distribution build directory and gets the set of tracked files of this directory from which it removes the files that end with .flv
, .gif
, .ico
, .jpeg
, .jpg
, .mov
, .mp3
, .mp4
, .otf
, .pdf
, .png
, .ttf
, .woff
.
val massage : unit -> unit result
massage
is the default distribution massaging function. It is invoked in the distribution build directory and does nothing.
exclude_paths ()
is the default list of paths to exclude from the distribution archive. It is invoked in the distribution build directory and returns the following static set of files.
fun () -> Ok [".git"; ".gitignore"; ".gitattributes"; ".hg"; ".hgignore";
"build"; "Makefile"; "_build"]
val publish :
?artefacts:[ `Doc | `Distrib | `Alt of string ] list ->
unit ->
publish
publish ~artefacts ()
influences the distribution publication process performed by the topkg
tool:
artefacts
defines which artefacts are published by an invocation of topkg publish
without arguments (defaults to [`Doc;`Distrib]
).std_file ~install p
is a standard file p
expressed relative to the distribution root directory. The file is automatically installed if install
is true
(default).
meta_file ~lint ~install p
is a META file p
expressed relative to the distribution root directory. The file is automatically installed in the lib
field if install
is true
(default). If lint
is true
(default), it is OCamlfind linted.
val opam_file :
?lint:bool ->
?lint_deps_excluding:string list option ->
?install:bool ->
fpath ->
opam_file
opam_file ~lint ~lint_deps_excluding ~install p
is an OPAM file p
expressd relative to the distribution root directory such that:
install
is true
(default), it is automatically installed in the lib
field.lint
is true
(default), it is OPAM linted.If lint_deps_excluding
is Some excludes
, topkg
checks that each of the OPAM package dependencies is mentioned as a root package in the OCamlbuild _tags
file and vice-versa. The following package names are excluded from this test:
excludes
."conf-"
Topkg_care.OCamlfind.base_packages
Topkg_care.Opam.ocaml_base_packages
If None
the dependency check is disabled.
val describe :
?delegate:Cmd.t ->
?readmes:std_file list ->
?licenses:std_file list ->
?change_logs:std_file list ->
?metas:meta_file list ->
?opams:opam_file list ->
?lint_files:fpath list option ->
?lint_custom:(unit -> R.msg result list) ->
?distrib:distrib ->
?publish:publish ->
?build:build ->
string ->
(Conf.t -> install list result) ->
unit
describe name install
describes a package named name
with:
delegate
, the package delegate command to use. If unspecfied determined by the delegate lookup procedure, see topkg help delegate
for more information.readmes
are readme files, defaults to [std_file "README.md"]
. Automatic install is in the doc
field.licenses
are license files, defaults to [std_file "LICENSE.md"]
. Automatic install is in the doc
field.change_logs
are change logs, defaults to [std_file "CHANGES.md"]
. The first file of the list is the one that is acted upon by the topkg log
command. Automatic install is in the doc
field.metas
the package's ocamlfind META files, defaults to [ meta_file "pkg/META" ]
.opams
the package's OPAM package files, defaults to [opam_file "opam"]
. The default OPAM file used by a package description depends on the package name
(which can be overriden from the command line). The OPAM file lookup procedure selects the first path in opams
whose filename is (name ^ ".opam")
and, failing to do so, it fallbacks to an "opam"
file at the root of the distribution.lint_files
if Some files
, ensures that all files mentioned in readme
, license
, change_log
, metas
, opams
and files
are present in the distribution. Defaults to Some []
. If None
disables the file existence tests (including readme, change_log, license, metas, opams, metas.)lint_custom
defines a custom linting process run with the current directory set at the root of the distribution. Successes and errors in the returned list are reported as such and any error in the list makes the lint fail. Defaults to None
.distrib
, specifies the distribution process, defaults to distrib
()
.publish
, specifies the publication process, defaults to publish
()
.build
, specifies the build process, defaults to build
()
.install
given a build configuration specifies the install moves. Note that some of standard files are automatically installed and don't need to be specified, see std_file
, meta_file
and opam_file
.The following describes the exact steps performed by topkg
distrib
to create the distribution archive. Note that topkg
allows to override or disable part of the process via command line arguments, e.g. to specify the version string manually or skip linting. See topkg distrib --help
for more information.
The distribution process assumes that the source repository working directory is clean so that its definitions are consistent with those of the distribution build directory. A warning is generated if this is not the case as it may end up in inconsistent distribution archives (but which may be fine to only publish a documentation update).
Let $NAME
be the name of the package, $BUILD
be its build directory, $VERSION
be the VCS tag description (e.g. git-describe(1)
if you are using git
) of the source repository HEAD commit and distrib
the distribution description found in the source's repository pkg/pkg.ml
file.
HEAD
as the distribution build directory $BUILD/$NAME-$VERSION.build
.Prepare the distribution:
files_to_watermark
function of distrib
in the distribution build directory to determine the files to watermark with watermarks
and perform the watermarking process.$VERSION
to the OPAM files mentioned by Pkg.describe
.massage
function of distrib
in the distribution build directory. This can be used to create distribution time build artefacts.exclude_paths
function of distrib
in the distribution build directory to determine the paths to exclude from the archive.$BUILD/$NAME-$VERSION.tbz
with the file hierarchy in $BUILD/$NAME-$VERSION.build
, excluding the paths determined at the preceeding point and delete the clone $BUILD/$NAME-$VERSION.build
. File modifications times in the archive are set to HEAD
's commit time and file permissions are preserved. Any other form of file metadata is discarded in the archive.$BUILD/$NAME-$VERSION
, lint the distribution, build the package in the current build environment with its tests, run the tests, on success delete $BUILD/$NAME-$VERSION
. Note that this uses the archive's pkg/pkg.ml
file, which should not be different from the source's repository file if the latter was clean when topkg distrib
was invoked.It is right to doubt the beauty and be concerned about the watermarking process. However experience shows that alternatives like having an OCaml module generated with the appropriate information doesn't work well in practice. Version numbers do not only show up in OCaml source code. They also appear in documentation comments, metadata files, textual data files and non-OCaml source files.
Watermarking by default all the non binary files of the distribution allows one to write %%VERSION%% in any context and be sure it is be substituted with the right version number in pin and distribution build contexts (this occurence was not subsituted because a ZERO WIDTH NON-JOINER U+200C was introduced between the first two percent characters).
If this scheme poses a problem for certain files or you remain unconvinced, simply filter the result of files_to_watermark
or replace it by the exact files you would like to watermark.