yarnpkg/yarn

Support --arch and --target_arch to build modules for other architectures

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#2,221 opened on Dec 11, 2016

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Description

Do you want to request a feature or report a bug? Feature

What is the current behavior? Not able to pass parameters so that yarn can be told to build packages for a specific architecture. Right now, in order to build for a specific target other than the architecture of the machine yarn is executed on, one has to run (example given to compile for arm):

yarn --production --ignore-scripts
npm rebuild --arch=arm --target_arch=arm

What is the expected behavior? Ability to pass --arch and --target_arch that yarn would then pass on to node-gyp, so that the above example would turn into:

yarn --production --arch=arm --target_arch=arm

Please mention your node.js, yarn and operating system version. node v6.9.1 yarn 0.17.10 Ubuntu 14.04

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Tech stack
javascriptnodejs
Domain
clibuild systemtooling
Issue type
feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
over 1 week
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
stale
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
clear
Prerequisites
yarn CLI argument parsingnode gyp cross compilation basicsyarn codebase structure
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
30
Research direction
Review the 16 comments for any maintainer feedback or implementation attempts. Note that the 1.x line is frozen; consider if this feature is still desired in the 'berry' (Yarn 2+) repository. Check the yarnpkg/berry repo for existing issues or PRs regarding arch flags. The implementation would involve modifying the CLI argument parsing in yarn to forward arch and target arch to node gyp.