How to build every dependency of a project (given a dub.json / dub.selections.json)?

[Panke]

I am trying to improve dub2nix and make Nix work better with D. To this end I want to build all dependencies of a package without building that package itself. I tried to fetch the dependencies from a dub.selections.json file and build them, but this fails:

`[nix-shell:~/dlang/dlang-mix-meson-playground]$ HOME=. dub fetch [email protected]
Fetching stdx-allocator 2.77.5...

[nix-shell:~/dlang/dlang-mix-meson-playground]$ dub add-local .dub/packages/stdx-allocator-2.77.5/stdx-allocator 2.77.5
Registered package: stdx-allocator (version: 2.77.5)

[nix-shell:~/dlang/dlang-mix-meson-playground]$ HOME=. dub build --skip-registry=all [email protected]
No package stdx-allocator was found matching the dependency 2.77.5
`

[Panke]

If I move the package to another place and dub add-local it there and allow the registries it will 1.) fetch the package again to /.dub/packages, but 2.) build the package in the place specified with dub add-local.

[rikkimax]

Try skipping ``configured`` or ``standard`` instead of ``all``.

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[Panke]

That does not make a difference.

[Panke]

I am going now a different route without dub add-local.

1. I fetch all packages from a dub.selections.json file into a custom file-repository.

2. HOME=. dub build --skip-registry=all --registray=file://what/ever <pkg>@<version>
   foreach package in dub.selections.json and keep the ./dub/packages/ as a build dependency

3. For the actual build, restore the ./dub/packages folder and get the required flags via dub describe.

[WebFreak001]

this might help: #2224

https://code.dlang.org/packages/dub-build-deep

mesonbuild/meson#10045

[MrcSnm]

Is there some way to get a staticLibraryBundle target type?
This could be helpful for my engine. I have done a simple script to do something like that but the work is still very manual.

[WebFreak001]

@MrcSnm consider opening a new issue for that and describe what you want from it.