Welcome to the home page for Cooker.

Cooker is a an easy to use build system similar in function to 'Make', using XML for project descriptions.
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Note: These features are working under Linux, unless specified. Other systems are untested at the moment, though should work for any UNIX style system

(% denotes half working, * denotes not working at all)

• 'prepare' program configures projects -- similar to './configure' (*)
• 'cook' program builds projects -- similar to 'make'
• 'serve' program installs compiled projects -- similar to 'make install' (*)
• XML based - Via libxml2
  • "cooker.xml" similar to a "Makefile"
  • Files in the "cookbook"
• Builds:
• C binaries, static & shared libraries
• C++ binaries, static & shared libraries
• ObjectiveC binaries, static & shared libraries (*)
• Java classes (%)
• Anything! (Cooker can build anything of any type, as long as there is a definition in the cookbook) (%)
• Only builds modified files (Useful for developers -- Only applicable to certain languages)
• And more... (See the FAQ for more information)

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No packages for download yet, because cooker is still under major development.
Checkout the CVS if you are brave!

Please ensure you have read and understand the BSD Modified license before you download
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No Docs yet, sorry :-(
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Other than documentation, the only help I can currently offer is via the mailing list 'cooker-devel'.

Or you can try me on jabber at "alexdlm@myjabber.net/" (NOT an email address) if you are desperate.
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If you are interested in this project, please subscribe to the 'cooker-announce' mailing list.

Please send any patches to the patch tracker. Please DO NOT email patches to cooker-devel unless they are very small. However, feel free to email bugs and feature requests etc to cooker-devel.
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Cooker is copyright Alex de la Mare 2003, and is distributed under the BSD modified license, as follows:

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
are met:
1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
   notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
   notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
   documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products
   derived from this software without specific prior written permission.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES
OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT
NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

Please note that cooker comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
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Related projects:

• GNU make -- Traditional build system
• GNU autoconf -- Traditional Configuration system
• GNU automake -- Used to generate makefiles for GNU make
• Apache Ant -- JAVA based build tool

My other projects:

• Chassis -- Multiplatform system abstraction library for opengl apps
• liboglui -- OpenGL GUI
• Vesania.com - Where I let off steam ;-)

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