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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2007
Anders Bertelrud, Los Gatos, CA (US);
John Graziano, Redwood City, CA (US);
Mike Ferris, Oakland, CA (US);
Christian Molick, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Anders Bertelrud, Los Gatos, CA (US);
John Graziano, Redwood City, CA (US);
Mike Ferris, Oakland, CA (US);
Christian Molick, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of building several software products using build styles. The method receives target settings including definitions for several build settings for directing build applications to build the several software products. The method receives build styles to build each particular software product. Each build style includes definitions for build settings for directing the build applications to build the particular software product. At least a first received build style inherits from a second build style. The method searches the build styles to identify a definition for a particular build setting by automatically retrieving the second build style to search for a definition for the particular build setting based on an inheritance relationship between the first and second build styles. The method generates final build settings for the particular software product by applying the definition of the particular build setting to the target settings without changing the target settings.