script to build dmd from github source archive

build_dmd.sh

#!/bin/sh

set -e
VER=${1} # first argument is some git tag or branch

mkdir dmd-${VER#v} && cd $_

for proj in dmd druntime phobos; do
    curl -sSL https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/${proj}/archive/${VER}.tar.gz | \
        tar --transform="s|^${proj}-${VER#v}|${proj}|" -zxf -
done

for fold in dmd/src druntime phobos; do
    (cd $fold; make -f posix.mak -j4; make -f posix.mak install)
done

echo 'Build done:' dmd-${VER#v}