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

["Rebecca Cran" <rebecca@bsdio.com>]

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Thanks! That was the step I was missing - I was still running edksetup.bat instead of Edk2ToolsBuild.py.

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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@edk2.groups.io <devel@edk2.groups.io> on behalf of 
> Michael D Kinney <michael.d.kinney@intel.com>
> *Sent:* Thursday, December 29, 2022 9:22 AM
> *To:* devel@edk2.groups.io <devel@edk2.groups.io>; rebecca@bsdio.com 
> <rebecca@bsdio.com>; Kubacki, Michael <michael.kubacki@microsoft.com>
> *Cc:* Kinney, Michael D <michael.d.kinney@intel.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [edk2-devel] edk2-wiki: "How to build with Stuart" - 
> suggested changes/additions
> +Michael Kubacki
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Rebecca Cran <rebecca@bsdio.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2022 7:47 PM
> > To: Kinney, Michael D <michael.d.kinney@intel.com>; devel@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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