OpenBar build system

The openbar build system is used to enhance reproducible builds for your project by providing deterministic and immutable environments.

Features

• The configuration and build are performed with a minimal and unambiguous number of actions to eliminate any possible errors:

  make myconfig_defconfig
  make

• The project environment is containerized to ensure better reproducibility and sustainability:

  • No dependencies on host distribution.

  • Configurable container using a Dockerfile.

  • Configurable container environment variables and mount points at runtime.

  • The generated files are stored in the local file system and belong to the local user.

  • The local SSH configuration is used to be able to fetch private repositories.

• Although the final user interface is quite restrictive, the project configuration is very flexible and has some powerful features:

  • Configurable project type (standard, yocto).

  • Configurable project path (defconfig files, docker files, poky).

  • Config files use a makefile syntax that allows to easily use some features like target dependencies, file inclusion, default variable assignment, etc ...

  • Developers can easily access the build environment with the make shell command.

Further Reading

For more information about the OpenBar project, the specifications of the openbar build system, and to discover some examples, please visit the project documentation:

https://openbar.github.io

License

The openbar build system is released under the MIT License.