Isolate each build.jl in a seperate Julia process

Author: omus

base/pkg/entry.jl

@@ -580,26 +580,9 @@ function warnbanner(msg...; label="[ WARNING ]", prefix="")
     warn(prefix="", "="^cols)
 end
 
-function build!(pkgs::Vector, buildstream::IO, seen::Set)
-    for pkg in pkgs
-        pkg == "julia" && continue
-        pkg in seen ? continue : push!(seen,pkg)
-        Read.isinstalled(pkg) || throw(PkgError("$pkg is not an installed package"))
-        build!(Read.requires_list(pkg),buildstream,seen)
-        path = abspath(pkg,"deps","build.jl")
-        isfile(path) || continue
-        println(buildstream, path) # send to build process for evalfile
-        flush(buildstream)
-    end
-end
-
-function build!(pkgs::Vector, errs::Dict, seen::Set=Set())
-    # To isolate the build from the running Julia process, we
-    # execute the build.jl files in a separate process that
-    # is sitting there waiting for paths to evaluate.   Errors
-    # are serialized to errfile for later retrieval into errs[pkg]
-    errfile = tempname()
-    close(open(errfile, "w")) # create empty file
+function build(pkg::AbstractString, build_file::AbstractString, errfile::AbstractString)
+    # To isolate the build from the running Julia process, we execute each build.jl file in
+    # a separate process. Errors are serialized to errfile for later reporting.
     code = """
         empty!(Base.LOAD_PATH)
         append!(Base.LOAD_PATH, $(repr(Base.LOAD_PATH)))
@@ -608,49 +591,52 @@ function build!(pkgs::Vector, errs::Dict, seen::Set=Set())
         empty!(Base.DL_LOAD_PATH)
         append!(Base.DL_LOAD_PATH, $(repr(Base.DL_LOAD_PATH)))
         open("$(escape_string(errfile))", "a") do f
-            pkg = ""
-            atexit(() -> !isempty(pkg) && run_build())
-            function run_build()
-                for path_ in eachline(STDIN)
-                    path = chomp(path_)
-                    pkg = basename(dirname(dirname(path)))
-                    try
-                        info("Building \$pkg")
-                        cd(dirname(path)) do
-                            evalfile(path)
-                        end
-                    catch err
-                        Base.Pkg.Entry.warnbanner(err, label="[ ERROR: \$pkg ]")
-                        serialize(f, pkg)
-                        serialize(f, err)
-                    end
+            pkg, build_file = "$pkg", "$(escape_string(build_file))"
+            try
+                info("Building \$pkg")
+                cd(dirname(build_file)) do
+                    evalfile(build_file)
                 end
+            catch err
+                Base.Pkg.Entry.warnbanner(err, label="[ ERROR: \$pkg ]")
+                serialize(f, pkg)
+                serialize(f, err)
             end
-            run_build()
-            pkg = ""
         end
     """
-    io, pobj = open(pipeline(detach(`$(Base.julia_cmd()) -O0
-                                    --compilecache=$(Bool(Base.JLOptions().use_compilecache) ? "yes" : "no")
-                                    --history-file=no
-                                    --color=$(Base.have_color ? "yes" : "no")
-                                    --eval $code`), stderr=STDERR), "w", STDOUT)
+    cmd = `$(Base.julia_cmd()) -O0
+            --compilecache=$(Bool(Base.JLOptions().use_compilecache) ? "yes" : "no")
+            --history-file=no
+            --color=$(Base.have_color ? "yes" : "no")
+            --eval $code`
+
+    success(pipeline(cmd, stderr=STDERR))
+end
+
+function build!(pkgs::Vector, seen::Set, errfile::AbstractString)
+    for pkg in pkgs
+        pkg == "julia" && continue
+        pkg in seen ? continue : push!(seen,pkg)
+        Read.isinstalled(pkg) || throw(PkgError("$pkg is not an installed package"))
+        build!(Read.requires_list(pkg), seen, errfile)
+        path = abspath(pkg,"deps","build.jl")
+        isfile(path) || continue
+        build(pkg, path, errfile) || error("Build process failed.")
+    end
+end
+
+function build!(pkgs::Vector, errs::Dict, seen::Set=Set())
+    errfile = tempname()
+    touch(errfile)  # create empty file
     try
-        build!(pkgs, io, seen)
-        close(io)
-        wait(pobj)
-        success(pobj) || error("Build process failed.")
+        build!(pkgs, seen, errfile)
         open(errfile, "r") do f
             while !eof(f)
                 pkg = deserialize(f)
                 err = deserialize(f)
                 errs[pkg] = err
             end
         end
-    catch err
-        close(io)
-        isa(err, PkgError) ? wait(pobj) : kill(pobj)
-        rethrow(err)
     finally
         isfile(errfile) && Base.rm(errfile)
     end