update: make sure mp-build checks build-essential as a depend

README.md

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ Following dependencies are required for these scripts and tools:
 
 - bash
 - coreutils
-- gcc
 - make
 - GRUB (please see matter-iso warning)
 - gnupg

matter-iso/main.sh

@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ check_iso_vars() {
 if ! type "grub-mkrescue" > /dev/null; then
   error "You need to install GRUB to create ISO files with grub-mkrescue"
   set_indent
-  info "If you want to create UEFI ISO files make sure you install x64 GRUB or grub-efi"
-  info "If you want to create BIOS ISO files make sure you install x86 GRUB or grub-bios"
+  warn "If you want to create UEFI ISO files make sure you install x64 GRUB or grub-efi"
+  warn "If you want to create BIOS ISO files make sure you install x86 GRUB or grub-bios"
   exit 1
 fi
 

mp-build/scripts/mp-build.sh

@@ -105,26 +105,32 @@ clean_dist() {
   rm -f "${distpath}/files.tar.gz"
 }
 
-# checks/installs a list of depends
-check_depends() {
-  local list=("$@")
-
-  if [ "${#list[@]}" == "0" ]; then
-    info "Got zero depends, skipping depend check"
-    return 0
-  fi
-
+# install a list of packages with matt 
+matt_install(){
   if [ "$EUID" -ne 0 ]; then
     if type doas > /dev/null; then
       DOAS="doas"
     elif type sudo > /dev/null; then
       DOAS="sudo"
     else
-      error "Failed to find doas or sudo, skipping depend check"
-      return 0
+      error "Failed to find doas or sudo, cannot run the install command"
+      return 1
     fi
   fi
   
+  $DOAS matt install --yes --skip --ignore-none $@
+  return $?
+}
+
+# checks and installs a list of depends
+check_depends() {
+  local list=("$@")
+
+  if [ "${#list[@]}" == "0" ]; then
+    info "Got zero depends, skipping depend check"
+    return 0
+  fi
+
   for dep in "${list[@]}"; do
     if [ -z "${depends_str}" ]; then
       depends_str="${dep}"
@@ -133,12 +139,12 @@ check_depends() {
     fi
 	done
 
-  depends_uniq=$(echo "${depends_str}" | tr ' ' '\n' | sort | uniq)
-  depends_count=$(echo "${depends_uniq}" | wc -l)
-  depends_uniq=$(echo "${depends_uniq}" | tr '\n' ' ')
+  depends_uniq="$(echo "${depends_str}" | tr ' ' '\n' | sort | uniq)"
+  depends_count="$(echo "${depends_uniq}" | wc -l)"
+  depends_uniq="$(echo "${depends_uniq}" | tr '\n' ' ')"
 
   info "Installing ${depends_count} depends"
-  $DOAS matt install --yes --skip --ignore-none $depends_uniq
+  matt_install $depends_uniq
   return $?
 }
 
@@ -202,10 +208,12 @@ if [ ! -d "${TARGET}" ]; then
 fi
 
 if [ $OPT_NO_DEPEND -eq 0 ] && ! command -v matt &> /dev/null; then
-  error "!!! BUILD ON MATTERLINUX !!!"
-  error "matt is not installed, please build on a MatterLinux system"
-  error "Do NOT create bug reports if build fails on non-MatterLinux systems"
+  error "BUILD ON MATTERLINUX!"
+  set_indent
+  warn  "matt is not installed, please build on a MatterLinux system"
+  warn  "Do NOT create bug reports if build fails on non-MatterLinux systems"
   info  "Auto enabling NO_DEPEND as depend check will fail without matt"
+  unset_indent
   OPT_NO_DEPEND=1
 fi
 
@@ -277,8 +285,21 @@ all_depends+=("${DEPENDS[@]}")
 all_depends+=("${BUILD[@]}")
 
 if [ $OPT_NO_DEPEND -eq 0 ]; then
+  info "Checking all the dependencies"
+  set_indent
+
+  is_essential_installed="$(matt info build-essential --grep | grep INSTALLED)"
+  is_essential_installed="$(echo "${is_essential_installed}" | cut -d: -f2)"
+
+  if [ "${is_essential_installed}" == "0" ]; then
+    info "Installing build-essential (required for every build)"
+    matt_install build-essential
+    check_ret "Failed to install build-essential package"
+  fi
+
   check_depends "${all_depends[@]}"
   check_ret "Failed to check all the dependencies"
+  unset_indent
 fi
 
 # make sure file count and the hash count is the same