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Re: Build Styles vs Build Configurations
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Re: Build Styles vs Build Configurations


  • Subject: Re: Build Styles vs Build Configurations
  • From: Dix Lorenz <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 10:19:15 -0700

Hi Glen,

I'm confused as to the exact difference between Build Styles and Build Configurations, even after reading Xcode 2.1 User Guide > The Build System > Build Configurations > Upgrading from Previous Versions of Xcode.

Now if I get info on the Project, I can edit Build Configuration settings. If I go into the Target, I can see these settings come through on the Build settings for the target. How is this different from the old Xcode 2.0 and earlier Build Styles? Is it the different order in which Build Configuration is applied and then Target build settings??

Pretty much. Build styles overrode every other setting in the target so you got used to see those strikethroughs in the panel for the target. Build configurations are applied differently: First the config in the project, which itself might be based on an external config file (very cool feature, unfortunately there is some bug which crashes Xcode when I try opening a project with such a setting, YMMV). Then it is overridden by the target settings which again could be based on an external file. And then you could have settings per file.


To me it makes a lot of sense although I think Apple should change the templates for targets accordingly. For example I don't see any reason why a Tool should have special warning settings, they have nothing to do with the target being a Tool. The targets should just set those things that are necessary for the target, that would coincide nicely with the quasi-objectoriented setup of the build settings...

Greetings,
Dix

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