slm - Seshat library manager

slm (seshat library manager) is a tool for managing C/C++ library, inspired by npm.

Usage

To initialize with slm, just type

$ slm init

This command will create library.yml file in current working directory.

library.yml

This file is a library spec file just like package.json file in JavaScript package.

The file format is a valid YAML syntax.

An example of library.yml file.

name: myawfullibrary
description: Description of the library.
version: 1.2.10
license: MIT
scripts:
  configure: ./configure.py
  make: make

Built-in variables

There are some variables send to your build tool when run build scripts.

LIBRARY_NAME

A string exactly name field in library.yml file.

LIBRARY_VERSION

A string exactly version field in library.yml file.

SONAME

lib{LIBRARY_NAME}.so.{MAJOR VERSION}

MAJOR VERSION is the first part of LIBRARY_VERSION which is separated with . character.

e.g. libmyawfullibrary.so.1

SemVer

All slm libraries should follow Semantic Versioning 2.0.