Build boringssl in fully Zig Build System!

cyans_nya · March 27, 2026, 1:26pm

Build of boringssl using the Zig build system only!

It should work for current (and future) versions of boringssl, as it reads sources.json rather than hardcoding it.

gist.github.com

https://gist.github.com/CyanChanges/53612b3d966aa11ddd5597091311a030

build.boringssl.zig

const std = @import("std");

fn unpack_json_sources(arr: std.json.Value, alloc: std.mem.Allocator) std.ArrayList([]const u8) {
    var result: std.ArrayList([]const u8) = .empty;
    for (arr.array.items) |it| {
        result.append(alloc, it.string) catch @panic("OOM");
    }
    return result;
}

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