rules/imp/native-tool/index.js

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nativeTool()

nativeTool(name)

Describe an executable resolved from the host PATH. This is immutable serializable configuration, not a selectable target. Resolving it with nativeToolSpec() creates the memo dependency used by the selected workload that consumes the tool.

Parameter	Type	Description
name	string	Executable name to look up on PATH, e.g. "cmake".

Returns: object Serializable native-tool specification.

nativeToolSpec()

nativeToolSpec(spec)

Resolve a nativeTool() specification into a run({ tools }) descriptor.

TOOL

const TOOL

Undocumented.

toolSpec()

toolSpec(provider)

Resolve either a serializable nativeTool() specification or a legacy target provider implementing the generic TOOL product.