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10520 :: how to pass --cc options to compiler by nimble?

• aiac (orginal) [2023-09-28T12:20:59+02:00] view original

  • command

  
  nimble build --verbose --mm:refc -d:beast -d:release \
    --cc:clang --clang.exe:zigcc --clang.linkerexe:zigcc \
    --passC="--target x86_64-linux-musl" --passL="--target x86_64-linux-musl"
  Run

  • error info

  
  Error: arguments can only be given if the '--run' option is selected
  nimble.nim(229)          buildFromDir
  Run

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• janAkali (orginal) [2023-09-28T13:48:15+02:00] view original

  use nimble c <filename> or you can create separate build task in your nimble file:

  
  task zigcc, "Build with a zig compiler.":
    let nimCmd = """nim c --verbose -d:release --cc:clang --clang.exe:zigcc --clang.linkerexe:zigcc --passC="--target x86_64-linux-musl" --passL="--target x86_64-linux-musl" main.nim"""
    exec nimCmd
  Run

  and use it like this:

  
  nimble zigcc
  Run

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• aiac (orginal) [2023-09-28T15:01:38+02:00] view original

  thanks ;-)

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• daylinmorgan (orginal) [2023-09-28T17:34:53+02:00] view original

  This is likely an issue with preserving quotes. Nimble passes extra arguments as is but will lose the quotes when it reads the parameters. So when it passes it to the compiler it's actually passing --passC=-target x86-linux-musl --passL=-target x86-linux-musl

  So with that in mind another option is to add more quotes (also I think it should be -target not --target):

  
  nimble build --verbose -d:release \
    --cc:clang --clang.exe:zigcc --clang.linkerexe:zigcc \
    --passC="'-target x86_64-linux-musl'" --passL="'-target x86_64-linux-musl'"
  Run

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• aiac (orginal) [2023-09-28T17:57:26+02:00] view original

  Thanks, it works great 😊

  nimble provides useless error messages btw 🤣

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• aiac (orginal) [2023-09-28T17:57:55+02:00] view original

  Thanks, it works great 😊

  nimble provides useless error messages btw 🤣

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• daylinmorgan (orginal) [2023-09-28T18:14:27+02:00] view original

  The error message itself is coming from the nim compiler technically.

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