[edk2-devel] edk2-wiki: "How to build with Stuart" - suggested changes/additions

[Michael Kubacki]

The instructions to build base tools with Edk2ToolsBuild.py are in 
"Example: I want to build BaseTools." on the page.

On 12/30/2022 2:24 AM, Rebecca Cran wrote:
> Thanks! That was the step I was missing - I was still running edksetup.bat instead of Edk2ToolsBuild.py.
> 
> --
> 
> Rebecca Cran
> 
> On 12/30/22 00:07, Sean Brogan wrote:
>> Rebecca,
>>
>> I don't see detailed instructions for how to build the base tools in 
>> the new wiki pages. But if you use the python /pytool method then a 
>> path file is generated and Stuart will set the path correctly.
>>
>> This file should be used to build the base tools
>> https://github.com/tianocore/edk2/blob/master/BaseTools/Edk2ToolsBuild.py
>>
>> You can read a little more about the feature here. 
>> https://www.tianocore.org/edk2-pytool-extensions/features/sde/#path_env-descriptors
>>
>> Thanks
>> Sean
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> *From:* devel at edk2.groups.io <devel at edk2.groups.io> on behalf of 
>> Michael D Kinney <michael.d.kinney at intel.com>
>> *Sent:* Thursday, December 29, 2022 9:22 AM
>> *To:* devel at edk2.groups.io <devel at edk2.groups.io>; rebecca at bsdio.com 
>> <rebecca at bsdio.com>; Kubacki, Michael <michael.kubacki at microsoft.com>
>> *Cc:* Kinney, Michael D <michael.d.kinney at intel.com>
>> *Subject:* Re: [edk2-devel] edk2-wiki: "How to build with Stuart" - 
>> suggested changes/additions
>> +Michael Kubacki
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Rebecca Cran <rebecca at bsdio.com>
>> > Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2022 7:47 PM
>> > To: Kinney, Michael D <michael.d.kinney at intel.com>; devel at edk2.groups.io
>> > Subject: Re: [edk2-devel] edk2-wiki: "How to build with Stuart" - 
>> suggested changes/additions
>> >
>> > I also found a problem on Windows. It seems that BaseTools\Bin\Win32
>> > isn't added to %PATH% unless you run edksetup.bat - or, if you're using
>> > PowerShell, you can run:
>> >
>> >
>> > $Env:PATH =
>> > "$pwd\BaseTools\Bin\Win32$([System.IO.Path]::PathSeparator)$Env:PATH"
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Rebecca Cran
>> >
>> >
>> > On 12/24/22 10:37, Rebecca Cran wrote:
>> > > Mike,
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > I tried following the "How to build with Stuart" document and ran into
>> > > a some issues on my Ubuntu 20.04 system:
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > First, we now need to use "python3.9" on Ubuntu 20.04 since "python3"
>> > > is 3.8 which no longer works.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Secondly, the loongarch64 gcc download is 930MB - 3.2GB once unpacked.
>> > > We might want to add something about specifying "-a LOONGARCH64" etc.
>> > > if you want to build it, or '-a X64,AARCH64' etc. if you want to skip
>> > > it. I ended up canceling "stuart_update" because I thought it had 
>> hung.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Lastly, the "stuart_update" command listed doesn't work: it seems you
>> > > need to specify a TOOL_CHAIN_TAG to have it download anything.
>> > >
>> > >
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
> 


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