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DvvCz / cpkg

A dead simple package manager for C.
MIT License
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Dependency management #5

Closed DvvCz closed 4 months ago

DvvCz commented 5 months ago

Package management is a tough thing to tackle.. since practically everything about C is against it (no module system, only absolute #include), leading to the current situation of having hundreds of build tools..

I have a few ideas on how to go about this, but I don't think it's worth going for until I legitimately have to create a C-project to experiment with the best way to do this.

I think the simplest method would be having separate types of "packages", most simple type being essentially just cloning a project's source code to /target/, symlinking to vendor, then user refers to the package from there. Dealing with other cpkg projects should also just be symlinking. Shared library dependencies should also be a thing, shouldn't be too hard, just passing an extra argument to the compiler.

DvvCz commented 4 months ago

Basic implementation has come with v0.8.0