The Metamage codebase has several build mechanisms:
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Compile::Driver
- Compile::Driver is a build tool in the form of a collection of Perl modules. Run
./build.pl <project-name>from the metamage_1 directory to compile and link a project (along with its prerequisites). It works on Unix systems for projects of all types, including OS X applications. Build output goes to the var/build directory.
- Compile::Driver is a build tool in the form of a collection of Perl modules. Run
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A-line
- A-line is an older build tool in C++ that supports classic Mac OS development. It works in Unix environments generally, but is only needed in MacRelix. Build products end up in $HOME/var/build.
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GNUmakefile
- Don't be fooled -- this is not a typical makefile, and trying to use it like one won't have the results you expect. It's mainly a convenient place for little scripts.
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pack.pl
- This is a simple Perl script that takes hexadecimal codes as input and produces the corresponding raw bytestream as output, discarding comments. It's used to transcribe 68K machine code from relatively human-readable text to the raw form expected by v68k and d68k.