Coverity offers a free scanning service for free and open source projects (http://scan.coverity.com). I'm trying to configure a project for a scan according to Download Coverity Scan Self-Build. From their web page:
For each build:
cd to your build directory
optional: Run any build steps that you don't want to analyze – i.e. ./configure
cov-build --dir cov-int [BUILD CMD and ARGS]
I have three questions:
Is
makeconsidered a build script for these purposes? Or is it part of [BUILD CMD and ARGS]Does their build slave include libraries such as Boost? We have an [undesired] dependency on the library
What configuration does the scanning service want? Debug, Test, or Release?
Answer
- Is make considered a build script for these purposes? Or is it part of [BUILD CMD and ARGS]
Yes! simply use make as BUILD CMD. Alternatively ant, cmake, whatever your build system is based on.
- Does their build slave include libraries such as Boost? We have an [undesired] dependency on the library
You may configure this rule
- What configuration does the scanning service want? Debug, Test, or Release?
Doesn't matter, you can scan any configuration you want.