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# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
EAPI=8
PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{12..14} )
inherit check-reqs cmake git-r3 python-any-r1
DESCRIPTION="Microsoft DirectX Shader Compiler which is based on LLVM/Clang"
HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/microsoft/DirectXShaderCompiler"
# Fork of upstream carrying a Vulkan compatibility patch not yet merged:
# https://github.com/FireBurn/DirectXShaderCompiler
EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/FireBurn/DirectXShaderCompiler.git"
EGIT_SUBMODULES=( '*' )
LICENSE="Apache-2.0-with-LLVM-exceptions UoI-NCSA BSD public-domain rc"
SLOT="0"
KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
DEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}"
RDEPEND="
virtual/zlib:=
>=dev-libs/libffi-3.4.2-r1:0=
"
BDEPEND="sys-devel/gnuconfig"
CHECKREQS_MEMORY="4G"
CHECKREQS_DISK_BUILD="4G"
src_configure() {
local mycmakeargs=(
-Wno-dev
# Use the generated sources upstream ships: regenerating them runs
# clang-format, whose output differs between LLVM versions, and the
# build fails if the result does not match byte for byte
-DHLSL_DISABLE_SOURCE_GENERATION=ON
-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="${EPREFIX}/usr/lib/llvm/dxc"
-DLLVM_BUILD_DOCS=0
-DLLVM_BUILD_TOOLS=0
# Disable test infrastructure: DXC's clang/test cmake uses
# ExternalProject_Add to download old DXC release zips at build time,
# which fails in a network-restricted Portage sandbox.
-DLLVM_INCLUDE_TESTS=OFF
-DCLANG_INCLUDE_TESTS=OFF
-DSPIRV_BUILD_TESTS=0
-DLLVM_ENABLE_WERROR=0
-DSPIRV_WERROR=0
-DSPIRV_WARN_EVERYTHING=0
-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF
-DLLVM_VERSION_SUFFIX=dxc
-C "${S}/cmake/caches/PredefinedParams.cmake"
)
cmake_src_configure
}
src_install() {
cmake_src_install
cat > "99${PN}" <<-EOF
LDPATH="${EPREFIX}/usr/lib/llvm/dxc/lib"
EOF
doenvd "99${PN}"
dosym -r /usr/lib/llvm/dxc/bin/dxc /usr/bin/dxc
}