These are ALL our changes to premake-core to get our build up and running.

premake5.lua

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 
 	local corePath = _SCRIPT_DIR
 
-
 --
 -- Disable deprecation warnings for myself, so that older development
 -- versions of Premake can be used to bootstrap new builds.
@@ -72,7 +71,12 @@
 -- TODO: defaultConfiguration "Release"
 --
 
+	if not _OPTIONS["to"] then
+	    _OPTIONS["to"] = "build"
+	end
+
 	solution "Premake5"
+		platforms { 'x64' }
 		configurations { "Release", "Debug" }
 		location ( _OPTIONS["to"] )
 
@@ -81,7 +85,7 @@
 		language    "C"
 		kind        "ConsoleApp"
 		flags       { "No64BitChecks", "ExtraWarnings", "StaticRuntime" }
-		includedirs { "src/host/lua-5.1.4/src" }
+		includedirs { "src/host/lua-5.2.3/src" }
 
 		files
 		{
@@ -92,12 +96,12 @@
 
 		excludes
 		{
-			"src/host/lua-5.1.4/src/lauxlib.c",
-			"src/host/lua-5.1.4/src/lua.c",
-			"src/host/lua-5.1.4/src/luac.c",
-			"src/host/lua-5.1.4/src/print.c",
-			"src/host/lua-5.1.4/**.lua",
-			"src/host/lua-5.1.4/etc/*.c"
+			"src/host/lua-5.2.3/src/lauxlib.c",
+			"src/host/lua-5.2.3/src/lua.c",
+			"src/host/lua-5.2.3/src/luac.c",
+			"src/host/lua-5.2.3/src/print.c",
+			"src/host/lua-5.2.3/**.lua",
+			"src/host/lua-5.2.3/etc/*.c"
 		}
 
 		configuration "Debug"
@@ -111,13 +115,13 @@
 			flags       { "OptimizeSize" }
 
 		configuration "vs*"
-			defines     { "_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS" }
+			defines     { "_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS", "_CRT_NONSTDC_NO_WARNINGS" }
 
 		configuration "vs2005"
-			defines	{"_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE" }
+			defines	    {"_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE" }
 
 		configuration "windows"
-			links { "ole32" }
+			links       { "ole32" }
 
 		configuration "linux or bsd or hurd"
 			defines     { "LUA_USE_POSIX", "LUA_USE_DLOPEN" }
@@ -129,7 +133,7 @@
 
 		configuration "macosx"
 			defines     { "LUA_USE_MACOSX" }
-			links       { "CoreServices.framework" }
+			links       { "CoreServices.framework", "readline" }
 
 		configuration { "macosx", "gmake" }
 			toolset "clang"

src/_premake_init.lua

@@ -125,6 +125,12 @@
 		pathVars = true,
 	}
 
+	api.register {
+		name = "buildoutputsasinputs",
+		scope = "config",
+		kind = "string"
+	}
+
 	api.register {
 		name = "buildrule",     -- DEPRECATED
 		scope = "config",
@@ -446,6 +452,9 @@
 			"WPF",
 			"C++11",
 			"C++14",
+
+			"MacOSXBundle",
+			"NoLibSysDir"         -- disable adding /usr/lib on linux
 		},
 		aliases = {
 			FatalWarnings = { "FatalWarnings", "FatalCompileWarnings", "FatalLinkWarnings" },

src/_premake_main.lua

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 ---
 
 	function m.installModuleLoader()
-		table.insert(package.loaders, 2, m.moduleLoader)
+		table.insert(package.searchers, 2, m.moduleLoader)
 	end
 
 	function m.moduleLoader(name)

src/actions/make/_make.lua

@@ -80,13 +80,13 @@
 ---
 
 	function make.esc(value)
-		result = value:gsub("\\", "\\\\")
-		result = result:gsub(" ", "\\ ")
-		result = result:gsub("%(", "\\%(")
-		result = result:gsub("%)", "\\%)")
+		result = string.gsub(value, "\\", "\\\\")
+		result = string.gsub(result, " ", "\\ ")
+		result = string.gsub(result, "%(", "\\(")
+		result = string.gsub(result, "%)", "\\)")
 
 		-- leave $(...) shell replacement sequences alone
-		result = result:gsub("$\\%((.-)\\%)", "$%(%1%)")
+		result = result:gsub("$\\%((.-)\\%)", "$(%1)")
 		return result
 	end
 

src/actions/make/make_cpp.lua

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 		"phonyRules",
 		"cppConfigs",
 		"cppObjects",
+		"customBuildDepends",
 		"shellType",
 		"cppTargetRules",
 		"targetDirRules",
@@ -105,12 +106,72 @@
 	end
 
 
+--
+-- Output the custom build dependencies.
+--
+
+	function make.getStandardFiles(prj, cfg)
+		local res = {}
+
+		local tr = project.getsourcetree(prj)
+		premake.tree.traverse(tr, {
+			onleaf = function(node, depth)
+				if string.match(node.relpath, "%.h") then
+					return
+				end
+
+				local filecfg = fileconfig.getconfig(node, cfg)
+				if filecfg and not fileconfig.hasCustomBuildRule(filecfg) then
+					table.insert(res, node.relpath)
+				end
+			end
+		})
+
+		return res
+	end
+
+
+	function make.customBuildDepends(prj)
+
+		-- now I can write out the lists, project level first...
+		function listFiles(var, list)
+			_p('%s \\', var)
+			for _, objectname in ipairs(list) do
+				_x('\t%s \\', objectname)
+			end
+			_p('')
+		end
+
+		for cfg in project.eachconfig(prj) do
+			_x('ifeq ($(config),%s)', cfg.shortname)
+			listFiles('CUSTOMBUILDOUTPUTS :=', make.getStandardFiles(prj, cfg))
+			_p('endif')
+			_p('')
+		end
+	end
+
+
 --
 -- Output the list of file building rules.
 --
 
 	function make.cppFileRules(prj)
 		local tr = project.getsourcetree(prj)
+
+		local dependedOnAllFiles = false
+		premake.tree.traverse(tr, {
+			onleaf = function(node, depth)
+				for cfg in project.eachconfig(prj) do
+					local filecfg = fileconfig.getconfig(node, cfg)
+
+					if filecfg and filecfg.buildoutputsasinputs then
+						dependedOnAllFiles = true
+						break
+					end
+				end
+			end
+		})
+
 		premake.tree.traverse(tr, {
 			onleaf = function(node, depth)
 				-- check to see if this file has custom rules
@@ -128,17 +189,21 @@
 				if rules then
 					cpp.customFileRules(prj, node)
 				else
-					cpp.standardFileRules(prj, node)
+					cpp.standardFileRules(prj, node, dependedOnAllFiles)
 				end
 			end
 		})
 		_p('')
 	end
 
-	function cpp.standardFileRules(prj, node)
+	function cpp.standardFileRules(prj, node, dependedOnAllFiles)
 		-- C/C++ file
 		if path.iscppfile(node.abspath) then
-			_x('$(OBJDIR)/%s.o: %s', node.objname, node.relpath)
+			if dependedOnAllFiles then
+				_x('$(OBJDIR)/%s.o: %s $(CUSTOMBUILDOUTPUTS)', node.objname, node.relpath)
+			else
+				_x('$(OBJDIR)/%s.o: %s', node.objname, node.relpath)
+			end
 			_p('\t@echo $(notdir $<)')
 			cpp.buildcommand(prj, "o", node)
 
@@ -407,6 +472,7 @@
 
 	function make.ldFlags(cfg, toolset)
 		local flags = table.join(toolset.getLibraryDirectories(cfg), toolset.getldflags(cfg), cfg.linkoptions)
+		table.sort(flags)
 		_p('  ALL_LDFLAGS += $(LDFLAGS)%s', make.list(flags))
 	end
 

src/actions/make/make_solution.lua

@@ -148,9 +148,11 @@
 					end
 				end
 				if #groupTargets > 0 then
+					table.sort(groupTargets)
 					rule = rule .. " " .. table.concat(groupTargets, " ")
 				end
 				if #projectTargets > 0 then
+					table.sort(projectTargets)
 					rule = rule .. " " .. table.concat(projectTargets, " ")
 				end
 				_p(rule)

src/actions/vstudio/_vstudio.lua

@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@
 		if not cfg._needsExplicitLink then
 			local ex = cfg.flags.NoImplicitLink
 			if not ex then
-				local prjdeps = project.getdependencies(cfg.project)
+				local prjdeps = project.getdependencies(cfg.project, "linkOnly")
 				local cfgdeps = config.getlinks(cfg, "dependencies", "object")
 				ex = #prjdeps ~= #cfgdeps
 			end

src/actions/vstudio/vs2005_csproj.lua

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 	}
 
 	function cs2005.generate(prj)
-		io.utf8()
+		p.utf8()
 
 		premake.callarray(cs2005, cs2005.elements.project, prj)
 
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@
 	function cs2005.projectReferences(prj)
 		_p(1,'<ItemGroup>')
 
-		local deps = project.getdependencies(prj, true)
+		local deps = project.getdependencies(prj, 'linkOnly')
 		if #deps > 0 then
 			for _, dep in ipairs(deps) do
 				local relpath = vstudio.path(prj, vstudio.projectfile(dep))

src/actions/vstudio/vs2005_solution.lua

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
 	function sln2005.generate(sln)
 		-- Mark the file as Unicode
-		_p('\239\187\191')
+		premake.utf8()
 
 		sln2005.reorderProjects(sln)
 
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
 --
 
 	function sln2005.projectdependencies(prj)
-		local deps = project.getdependencies(prj)
+		local deps = project.getdependencies(prj, 'dependOnly')
 		if #deps > 0 then
 			_p(1,'ProjectSection(ProjectDependencies) = postProject')
 			for _, dep in ipairs(deps) do