---
title: GSoC'21 First Evaluation Report
date: 2021-07-14 12:29
tags: [gsoc, FOSSology]
category: gsoc
description: "In the first phase of GSoC 2021 @ The FOSSology Project, I have
completed the desired milestone. As of now, FOSSology can be installed
completely via CMake and most of the components are working fine in
initial testing."
image: "/images/tech-wallpaper.webp"
---

In the first phase of GSoC 2021 @ The FOSSology Project, I have
completed the desired milestone. As of now, FOSSology can be installed
completely via CMake and most of the components are working fine in
initial testing.

## Updates

In the first phase of GSoC 2021 @ The FOSSology Project, I have
completed the desired milestone. As of now, FOSSology can be installed
completely via CMake and most of the components are working fine in
initial testing.

List of tasks completed

- Added CMake build configurations for all the C/C++ agents for
  executables, libraries, and coverages
- Added CMake install configuration for all C/C++ and PHP agents as well
  as extra components
- Reworked the shell scripts and generated source files to make them
  more compatible with CMake as well as better in terms of overall
  compatibility with the latest tools.

## Improvements

- The new CMake build architecture is much more flexible to changes as
  compared to hard-coded Makefiles.
- CMake generated configurations support parallel build by default, this
  has led to significant improvement in build time. CMake generated
  configuration can now build the whole project within 2 mins or even
  faster on more powerful CPUs (Both Ninja and Makefiles with the same
  number of parallel processes) compared to 4-5 minutes previously.
  *(These results are averaged from initial testing of new build
  architecture)*
- CMake supports out-source builds by default, which means the source
  folders are not touched/modified while building, all build files and
  residuals get their separate folder and the source tree can be cleaned
  easily.
- Developers can now opt for a long list of generators to build
  FOSSology e.g Makefiles, Ninja as per their needs.

## How to test

Instructions to test the new Build system is in [this](https://github.com/avinal/fossology/wiki#test-the-new-system-only-gcc-with-make-and-ninja-tested-for-now) wiki.

## Known Issues

- There may be a permission issue with some generated sources while
  building. This can be bypassed for now by running
  `sudo chmod +x <filename>` command.
- Coverage builds may fail.

## Postponed Tasks

- configuration for tests are skipped for now

## Work in Progress

- Currently, I am working on packaging the FOSSology with CMake.