Passing options through with --
If one wants to pass additional options to the configure command (e.g. cmake for the viewer) or to the build command (e.g. make on Linux) without editing the configuration, one can do so, by passing them after a double dash (which is used to separate them from options to autobuild or its subcommands) e.g. like this:
autobuild configure -c OpenSourceStandAloneRelWithDebInfo -- -DGLH_INCLUDE_DIR=$(pwd)/build-linux-i686/packages/include
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autobuild build -c OpenSourceStandAloneRelWithDebInfo -- -j1
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See what gets run with --verbose
When the standard option --verbose is passed, configure and build will show the configure command or build command they will run:
autobuild --verbose configure -c OpenSourceStandAloneRelWithDebInfo
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gives
executing configure command cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=RelWithDebInfo -DUNATTENDED:BOOL=OFF -DWORD_SIZE:STRING=32 -DROOT_PROJECT_NAME:STRING=SecondLife -G 'Unix Makefiles' -DSTANDALONE:BOOL=TRUE -DINSTALL_PROPRIETARY=FALSE -DFMOD=FALSE ../indra
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[...]
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Or for build:
autobuild --verbose build -c OpenSourceStandAloneRelWithDebInfo
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gives
executing configure command cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=RelWithDebInfo -DUNATTENDED:BOOL=OFF -DWORD_SIZE:STRING=32 -DROOT_PROJECT_NAME:STRING=SecondLife -G 'Unix Makefiles' -DSTANDALONE:BOOL=TRUE -DINSTALL_PROPRIETARY=FALSE -DFMOD=FALSE ../indra
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[...]
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executing build command make -j 12
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(For testing, you might want to also specify --dry-run, so that the interesting output doesn't get lost between the output of the configure command or build command. Additionally, --no-configure for build suppresses re-configuration, so that only the build command will be shown.)
Combining the two above: 
See what gets run with --verbose when also passing options through with --
Though, any of the passed-through options are omitted from that output, although they will be part of the actually executed command. (Which can be checked by passing something through that has an easily verifiable effect.)
e.g.
autobuild --verbose --dry-run configure -c OpenSourceStandAloneRelWithDebInfo -- -DGLH_INCLUDE_DIR=$(pwd)/build-linux-i686/packages/include
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gives
executing configure command cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=RelWithDebInfo -DUNATTENDED:BOOL=OFF -DWORD_SIZE:STRING=32 -DROOT_PROJECT_NAME:STRING=SecondLife -G 'Unix Makefiles' -DSTANDALONE:BOOL=TRUE -DINSTALL_PROPRIETARY=FALSE -DFMOD=FALSE ../indra
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(note the missing
-DGLH_INCLUDE_DIR=$(pwd)/build-linux-i686/packages/include)
and
autobuild --verbose --dry-run build --no-configure -c OpenSourceStandAloneRelWithDebInfo -- -j1
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gives just
executing build command make -j 12
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(The
-j 12 is from the configuration. The
-j1 from the command line is missing.)
Removing the --dry-run reveals that although not displayed by --verbose, the passed through options do have their intended effect. (E.g. with -j1, only one core will get used.)
Bug
Minor