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# cpp-build-system
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A cross-platform C++ project template and lightweight package manager built on **CMake**, **Docker**, and **Jenkins CI**.
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Designed to produce **single-binary, statically linked executables** on Linux using **musl-libc**, and **MinGW64** builds that are **as static as possible** — all reproducibly built inside **Alpine Linux containers**.
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Supports **embedding Flutter UIs** directly within native C++ applications.
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All builds are orchestrated through project scripts — **direct CMake invocation is not supported.**
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---
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### ✨ Features
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- **Cross-Platform Build Targets**
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- 🧱 **Linux (musl-libc)** — fully static binaries built inside **Alpine containers**
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- 🪟 **Windows (MinGW64)** — cross-compiled from Alpine, mostly static except core Win32 runtime
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- 🧩 **Windows (MSYS2)** — native dynamic builds for testing or fallback
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- 🍎 **macOS** — native x86-64 and arm64 builds
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- **Build & Automation**
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- 🐳 **Alpine-based Docker environments** ensure fully reproducible builds
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- 🤖 **Unified Jenkins pipelines** for Linux, Windows, and macOS targets
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- 🧰 **Root-level project generator** (`create_project.sh` / `.cmd`) for instant scaffolding
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- **Development & Integration**
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- 💠 Optional **Flutter embedding** for hybrid C++/Flutter UIs
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- 🧼 Integrated with **clangd**, **clang-format**, and **clang-tidy** for modern IDEs and CI
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- 🪟 **Inno Setup** integration for automated Windows installer generation
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---
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## 🚀 Getting Started
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### 1️⃣ Clone the Build System
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```bash
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git clone https://git.fifthgrid.com/sgraves/cpp-build-system.git
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git clone https://github.com/sgraves76/cpp-build-system.git
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cd cpp-build-system
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```
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---
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### 2️⃣ Create a New Project
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Run the root-level `create_project.sh` with:
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1. The **project name**
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2. The **parent directory** where the new project should live
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Example:
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```bash
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./create_project.sh MyApp ~/dev
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```
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This creates:
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```
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~/dev/MyApp/
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```
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The new directory contains:
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- A preconfigured cross-platform C++ project structure
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- A `scripts/` folder for building and packaging
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> 🧩 After creation, you'll work entirely within your new project — **cpp-build-system** remains the master template.
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> ⚠️ Do **not** run `cmake` directly — always use the provided scripts.
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---
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### 3️⃣ Configure the Project
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In your new project directory (`~/dev/MyApp/`), edit these two files before your first build:
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> ⚠️ **Important Notice:**
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> Do **not modify** the root `CMakeLists.txt` file in your project.
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> All changes, targets, and configurations must be made in **`project.cmake`** only.
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> The top-level `CMakeLists.txt` is managed by cpp-build-system and is required for
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> correct cross-platform builds, packaging, and CI integration.
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#### **`config.sh`**
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Defines your project’s **identity, features, and build behavior**:
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- **Identity & versioning:**
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`PROJECT_NAME`, `PROJECT_DESC`, `PROJECT_URL`,
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`PROJECT_MAJOR_VERSION`, `PROJECT_MINOR_VERSION`, `PROJECT_REVISION_VERSION`, `PROJECT_RELEASE_VERSION`, `PROJECT_ITERATION_VERSION`
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- **Apps & testing:**
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`PROJECT_APP_LIST` and `PROJECT_ENABLE_TESTING`
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- **Build/link behavior:**
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`PROJECT_STATIC_LINK` (defaults to ON), `PROJECT_ENABLE_*` flags for dependencies such as Boost, Curl, FUSE, JSON, libsodium, OpenSSL, RocksDB, SQLite, spdlog, etc.
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- **Platform-specific settings:**
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`PROJECT_ENABLE_WIN32_LONG_PATH_NAMES`, macOS bundle identifiers, app icons, bundle names
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- **Security, signing, and keys:**
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`PROJECT_PUBLIC_KEY`, `PROJECT_PRIVATE_KEY`
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- **Optional Flutter integration:**
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`PROJECT_FLUTTER_BASE_HREF`
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- **Overrides:**
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A local `override.sh` (if present) is automatically sourced for per-machine customizations and is, by default, ignored in `.gitignore`
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#### **`project.cmake`**
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Owns your project’s **CMake build graph** — defining what gets built and how:
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- **Targets:** Add **executables** and **libraries** (static/shared as needed)
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- **Sources & includes:** Declare additional source lists and include paths
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- **Config & resources:** Bundle configuration files and runtime assets
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Together, `config.sh` (identity & features) and `project.cmake` (targets & wiring) define a complete, reproducible build configuration across all platforms.
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---
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### 4️⃣ Build the Project
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Use the provided build wrappers — they take two arguments:
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```
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<arch> <config>
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```
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> Default \<arch\> is `x86_64` if not specified
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> Default \<configuration\> is `RelWithDebInfo` if not specified
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#### 🐧 Unix/Linux/macOS (via Alpine containers)
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```bash
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./scripts/make_unix.sh # x86_64 RelWithDebInfo
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./scripts/make_unix.sh x86_64 Release
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./scripts/make_unix.sh aarch64 Debug
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```
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#### 🪟 Windows (MinGW64 or MSYS2)
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```bash
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# Cross-compile Windows x64 using MinGW64 (preferred)
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./scripts/make_win32.sh x86_64 RelWithDebInfo
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# Build on Windows via MSYS2 (dynamic, for testing)
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./scripts/make_win32.cmd x86_64 Debug
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```
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> `make_unix.sh` automatically builds inside **Alpine containers** for reproducible static binaries using **musl-libc** unless `PROJECT_STATIC_LINK=OFF`.
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> `make_win32.*` supports both **MinGW64 cross-builds** (mostly static) and **MSYS2** builds (dynamic fallback).
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---
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## 🧹 Package Cleanup & Restore
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- **Automatic cleanup on first compile:**
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After you configure `config.sh` and run your **first successful build**, the project’s `cleanup.sh` will run to **remove any packages you set to `OFF`**. This reduces dependency bloat to exactly what your project needs.
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- **Manual cleanup (optional):**
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You can also run cleanup manually at any time from your project directory:
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```bash
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./scripts/cleanup.sh
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```
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- **Restoring removed packages:**
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If you later want to **add back packages** you previously turned off (and which `cleanup.sh` removed), run the **template’s** update script from the `cpp-build-system` repository root, pointing it at your project path:
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```bash
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# from the cpp-build-system repo root
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./update_project.sh ~/dev/MyApp
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```
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This will **restore all template-managed packages and scripts** (including `cleanup.sh`) into your project so you can re-enable dependencies via `config.sh` and rebuild.
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---
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## 🧱 Linking Strategy
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| Target | Linking Model | Build Environment | Notes |
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|---------|----------------|------------------|-------|
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| **Linux (musl)** | Fully static | Alpine | No shared libs — single binary |
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| **Linux (MinGW64)** | Static as possible | Alpine | Only core Win32 runtime dynamically linked |
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| **Windows (MSYS2)** | Dynamic | MSYS2 | Fallback/test build |
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| **macOS** | Static as possible | Native | Standard Apple toolchain behavior |
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> 💡 *Goal: portable, reproducible, single-binary builds across platforms.*
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---
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Default `project.cmake`:
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```cmake
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add_project_library(lib${PROJECT_NAME} "" "" "${PROJECT_ADDITIONAL_SOURCES}")
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add_project_executable(${PROJECT_NAME} lib${PROJECT_NAME} lib${PROJECT_NAME})
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add_project_test_executable(${PROJECT_NAME}_test lib${PROJECT_NAME} lib${PROJECT_NAME})
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```
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Default `config.sh`:
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```bash
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#!/usr/bin/env bash
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PROJECT_NAME="test"
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PROJECT_COMPANY_NAME=""
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PROJECT_COPYRIGHT=""
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PROJECT_DESC=""
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PROJECT_URL=""
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PROJECT_MACOS_BUNDLE_ID="com.test.${PROJECT_NAME}"
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PROJECT_MACOS_ICNS_NAME=""
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PROJECT_MAJOR_VERSION=0
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PROJECT_MINOR_VERSION=0
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PROJECT_REVISION_VERSION=1
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PROJECT_RELEASE_NUM=0
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PROJECT_RELEASE_ITER=alpha
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PROJECT_APP_LIST=(${PROJECT_NAME})
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PROJECT_PRIVATE_KEY=${DEVELOPER_PRIVATE_KEY}
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PROJECT_PUBLIC_KEY=${DEVELOPER_PUBLIC_KEY}
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PROJECT_STATIC_LINK=ON
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PROJECT_MINGW64_COPY_DEPENDENCIES+=()
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PROJECT_MSYS2_PACKAGE_LIST+=()
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PROJECT_ENABLE_V2_ERRORS=ON
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PROJECT_ENABLE_WIN32_LONG_PATH_NAMES=OFF
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PROJECT_ENABLE_BACKWARD_CPP=OFF
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PROJECT_ENABLE_BOOST=OFF
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PROJECT_ENABLE_CLI11=OFF
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PROJECT_ENABLE_CPP_HTTPLIB=OFF
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PROJECT_ENABLE_CURL=OFF
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PROJECT_ENABLE_CXXOPTS=OFF
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PROJECT_ENABLE_DTL=OFF
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PROJECT_ENABLE_FLAC=OFF
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PROJECT_ENABLE_FMT=OFF
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PROJECT_ENABLE_FONTCONFIG=OFF
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PROJECT_ENABLE_FREETYPE2=OFF
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PROJECT_ENABLE_FUSE=OFF
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PROJECT_ENABLE_FZF=OFF
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PROJECT_ENABLE_GTKMM=OFF
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PROJECT_ENABLE_JSON=OFF
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PROJECT_ENABLE_LIBBITCOIN_SYSTEM=OFF
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PROJECT_ENABLE_LIBDSM=OFF
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PROJECT_ENABLE_LIBEVENT=OFF
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PROJECT_ENABLE_LIBICONV=OFF
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PROJECT_ENABLE_LIBJPEG_TURBO=OFF
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PROJECT_ENABLE_LIBPNG=OFF
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PROJECT_ENABLE_LIBSODIUM=OFF
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PROJECT_ENABLE_LIBTASN=OFF
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PROJECT_ENABLE_NANA=OFF
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PROJECT_ENABLE_NUSPELL=OFF
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PROJECT_ENABLE_OGG=OFF
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PROJECT_ENABLE_OPENAL=OFF
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PROJECT_ENABLE_OPENSSL=OFF
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PROJECT_ENABLE_PUGIXML=OFF
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PROJECT_ENABLE_ROCKSDB=OFF
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PROJECT_ENABLE_SAGO_PLATFORM_FOLDERS=OFF
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PROJECT_ENABLE_SDL=OFF
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PROJECT_ENABLE_SECP256K1=OFF
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PROJECT_ENABLE_SFML=OFF
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PROJECT_ENABLE_SPDLOG=OFF
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PROJECT_ENABLE_SQLITE=OFF
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PROJECT_ENABLE_STDUUID=OFF
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PROJECT_ENABLE_TESTING=ON
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PROJECT_ENABLE_TPL=OFF
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PROJECT_ENABLE_VLC=OFF
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PROJECT_ENABLE_VORBIS=OFF
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PROJECT_ENABLE_WINFSP=OFF
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PROJECT_ENABLE_WXWIDGETS=OFF
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PROJECT_KEEP_BACKWARD_CPP=1
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if [ "${PROJECT_ENABLE_TESTING}" == "ON" ]; then
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PROJECT_APP_LIST+=(${PROJECT_NAME}_test)
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fi
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if [ -f "./override.sh" ]; then
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. ./override.sh
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fi
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```
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