fix: fix the kcov build + use ninja for faster build

cspell.config.yaml

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ words:
   - CPPFLAGS
   - cpprc
   - Cpython
+  - DCMAKE
   - deps
   - devel
   - dyld

src/kcov/kcov.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import execa from "execa"
 import { join } from "path"
-import untildify from "untildify"
 import which from "which"
 import { setupCmake } from "../cmake/cmake"
 import { getVersion } from "../default_versions"
@@ -15,6 +14,8 @@ import { setupDnfPack } from "../utils/setup/setupDnfPack"
 import { isUbuntu } from "../utils/env/isUbuntu"
 import { addVPrefix, removeVPrefix } from "../utils/setup/version"
 import { info } from "../utils/io/io"
+import { untildify_user } from "../utils/path/untildify"
+import { setupNinja } from "../ninja/ninja"
 
 function getDownloadKcovPackageInfo(version: string): PackageInfo {
   return {
@@ -27,11 +28,10 @@ function getDownloadKcovPackageInfo(version: string): PackageInfo {
 }
 
 function getBuildKcovPackageInfo(version: string): PackageInfo {
-  const version_number = removeVPrefix(version)
   return {
     url: `https://github.com/SimonKagstrom/kcov/archive/refs/tags/${version}.tar.gz`,
-    extractedFolderName: `kcov-${version_number}`,
-    binRelativeDir: "build/",
+    extractedFolderName: "",
+    binRelativeDir: "build/src",
     binFileName: addBinExtension("kcov"),
     extractFunction: buildKcov,
   }
@@ -39,10 +39,10 @@ function getBuildKcovPackageInfo(version: string): PackageInfo {
 
 async function buildKcov(file: string, dest: string) {
   const out = await extractTarByExe(file, dest, ["--strip-components=1"])
+
   // build after extraction using CMake
-  if (which.sync("cmake", { nothrow: true }) === null) {
-    await setupCmake(getVersion("cmake", undefined), join(untildify(""), "cmake"), "")
-  }
+  let cmake = await getCmake()
+
   if (process.platform === "linux") {
     if (isArch()) {
       setupPacmanPack("libdwarf")
@@ -55,11 +55,28 @@ async function buildKcov(file: string, dest: string) {
       setupAptPack("libcurl4-openssl-dev")
     }
   }
-  await execa("cmake", ["-S", "./", "-B", "./build"], { cwd: out, stdio: "inherit" })
-  await execa("cmake", ["--build", "./build", "--config", "Release"], { cwd: out, stdio: "inherit" })
-  //   execSudo("cmake", ["--install", "./build"], out)
+  const buildDir = join(out, "build")
+  await execa(cmake, ["-S", out, "-B", buildDir, "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release", "-G", "Ninja"], {
+    cwd: out,
+    stdio: "inherit",
+  })
+  await execa(cmake, ["--build", buildDir, "--config", "Release"], { cwd: out, stdio: "inherit" })
+  //   execSudo(cmake, ["--install", buildDir], out)
   //   return "user/local/bin" // the cmake install prefix
-  return join(out, "build")
+  return out
+}
+
+async function getCmake() {
+  let cmake = which.sync("cmake", { nothrow: true })
+  if (cmake === null) {
+    const { binDir } = await setupCmake(getVersion("cmake", undefined), join(untildify_user(""), "cmake"), "")
+    cmake = join(binDir, "cmake")
+  }
+  let ninja = which.sync("ninja", { nothrow: true })
+  if (ninja === null) {
+    await setupNinja(getVersion("ninja", undefined), join(untildify_user(""), "ninja"), "")
+  }
+  return cmake
 }
 
 export async function setupKcov(versionGiven: string, setupDir: string, arch: string) {

src/utils/tests/test-helpers.ts

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ export async function testBin(
 ) {
   let bin = name
   if (typeof binDir === "string") {
+    console.log(`Testing the existence of ${binDir}`)
     expect(binDir).toBeDefined()
     expect(binDir).not.toHaveLength(0)
     expect(existsSync(binDir)).toBeTruthy()