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1 Build Glossary 2 ============== 3 4 .. glossary:: 5 :sorted: 6 7 object directory 8 A directory holding the output of the build system. The build 9 system attempts to isolate all file modifications to this 10 directory. By convention, object directories are commonly 11 directories under the source directory prefixed with **obj-**. 12 e.g. **obj-firefox**. 13 14 mozconfig 15 A shell script used to configure the build system. 16 17 configure 18 A generated shell script which detects the current system 19 environment, applies a requested set of build configuration 20 options, and writes out metadata to be consumed by the build 21 system. 22 23 config.status 24 An executable file produced by **configure** that takes the 25 generated build config and writes out files used to build the 26 tree. Traditionally, config.status writes out a bunch of 27 Makefiles. 28 29 install manifest 30 A file containing metadata describing file installation rules. 31 A large part of the build system consists of copying files 32 around to appropriate places. We write out special files 33 describing the set of required operations so we can process the 34 actions efficiently. These files are install manifests. 35 36 clobber build 37 A build performed with an initially empty object directory. All 38 build actions must be performed. 39 40 incremental build 41 A build performed with the result of a previous build in an 42 object directory. The build should not have to work as hard because 43 it will be able to reuse the work from previous builds. 44 45 mozinfo 46 An API for accessing a common and limited subset of the build and 47 run-time configuration. See :ref:`mozinfo`.