ocaml/ocamlbuild

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The legacy OCamlbuild build manager

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Indexed issues: 98

Dominant language: OCaml
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Last GitHub push: Jun 24, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 19, 2026
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Improve testing: the ci should install more packages that depend on ocamlbuild Open

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ocaml/ocamlbuild#346 · 4 comments · Opened Jun 24, 2024
`ocamlbuild -where` is not relocatable Open

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ocaml/ocamlbuild#326 · 3 comments · Opened Mar 27, 2024
0.14.2: problem with linking with `OCAML_NATIVE=true` and `OCAML_NATIVE_TOOLS=true` Open

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ocaml/ocamlbuild#320 · 3 comments · Opened Jun 22, 2023
Ocamlbuild looks for executables in `/usr/bin` Open

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ocaml/ocamlbuild#280 · 5 comments · Opened Jun 27, 2018
How to generate a shared libray from C and ML code? Open

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ocaml/ocamlbuild#267 · 4 comments · Opened Feb 11, 2018
Add description of .mllib ordering requirements Open

documentation

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ocaml/ocamlbuild#266 · Opened Jan 9, 2018
feature request/suggestion: announce directory changes Open

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ocaml/ocamlbuild#260 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 12, 2017
Documentation on line wrapping? Open

documentation pr-welcome

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ocaml/ocamlbuild#255 · 4 comments · Opened Jul 30, 2017
warn when two input produce same output (and overwrite) Open

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ocaml/ocamlbuild#250 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 17, 2017
Support for out-of-source builds by make scripts of this software Open

enhancement

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ocaml/ocamlbuild#245 · 19 comments · Opened Jul 1, 2017
Avoid manual repetition of suffixes in a make script Open

enhancement

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ocaml/ocamlbuild#244 · 4 comments · Opened Jul 1, 2017
Restrict packed modules not to be accessible outside of pack Open

enhancement

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ocaml/ocamlbuild#229 · Opened Mar 6, 2017
MPR#4622: Ocamlbuild needs support for generating documentation from implementation files Open

enhancement

ocaml/ocamlbuild#226 · 2 comments · 2 assignees · Opened Mar 3, 2017
MPR#4943: ocaml_lib is not specific enough with tags, leading to highly confusing error message Open

enhancement

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ocaml/ocamlbuild#225 · Opened Mar 3, 2017
MPR#4958: negative flags Open

enhancement

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ocaml/ocamlbuild#224 · 4 comments · Opened Mar 3, 2017
MPR#4990: ocamlbuild should use .bat/.cmd files instead of .lnk on windows Open

bug

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ocaml/ocamlbuild#223 · Opened Mar 3, 2017
MPR#5099: Dependencies at byte-code link with mlpack Open

bug

ocaml/ocamlbuild#222 · 1 assignee · Opened Mar 3, 2017
MPR#5101: Feature wish: ocamlbuild should track digests of external dependencies Open

enhancement

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ocaml/ocamlbuild#221 · 7 comments · Opened Mar 3, 2017
MPR#5107: ocamlbuild misses local C #includes Open

enhancement

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ocaml/ocamlbuild#220 · 1 comment · Opened Mar 3, 2017
MPR#5227: possibility to call ocamlbuild from a sub-directory Open

enhancement pr-welcome

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

ocaml/ocamlbuild#218 · 2 comments · Opened Mar 3, 2017
MPR#5243: Improve the API documentation Open

enhancement

ocaml/ocamlbuild#217 · 8 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Mar 3, 2017
MPR#5285: ocamlbuild: provide a way to run some rules in source directory Open

enhancement triage

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ocaml/ocamlbuild#216 · 1 comment · Opened Mar 3, 2017
MPR#5293: improve error message on circular build error Open

enhancement

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ocaml/ocamlbuild#215 · 3 comments · Opened Mar 3, 2017
MPR#5547: Enable the "-use-ocamlfind" option by default Open

enhancement

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ocaml/ocamlbuild#214 · 9 comments · Opened Mar 3, 2017
MPR#5548: ocamlbuild's ocamlfind integration doesn't support syntax extensions Open

enhancement

ocaml/ocamlbuild#213 · 1 assignee · Opened Mar 3, 2017
MPR#5549: add tags for all build-related ocamlbuild command-line options Open

enhancement

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ocaml/ocamlbuild#212 · Opened Mar 3, 2017
MPR#5550: Cache results from `ocamlfind query` in _build/ Open

enhancement

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ocaml/ocamlbuild#211 · Opened Mar 3, 2017
MPR#5656: verbose tag Open

enhancement

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ocaml/ocamlbuild#209 · Opened Mar 3, 2017
MPR#5680: myocamlbuild.ml should be splittable into several files/plugins Open

enhancement

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ocaml/ocamlbuild#208 · Opened Mar 3, 2017
MPR#5754: Not optimal parallel build of dependencies Open

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ocaml/ocamlbuild#207 · Opened Mar 3, 2017
MPR#5852: Ocamlbuild does not pass .ml files to ocamldoc when there is an .mli file present Open

enhancement

ocaml/ocamlbuild#206 · 3 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Mar 3, 2017
MPR#5869: ocamlbuild should expose common interface as a library Open

enhancement

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ocaml/ocamlbuild#205 · Opened Mar 3, 2017
MPR#5897: Inheritance of rules Open

enhancement

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ocaml/ocamlbuild#204 · Opened Mar 2, 2017
feature: have a `menhir.ocamlbuild` ocamlfind package that `-use-menhir` relies on Open

enhancement

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ocaml/ocamlbuild#203 · 3 comments · Opened Mar 2, 2017
MPR#5963: Include support for rpath and static linking flags in ocamlbuild Open

enhancement

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ocaml/ocamlbuild#199 · 4 comments · Opened Mar 1, 2017
MPR#6053: less verbose flags for ocamlbuild Open

enhancement

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ocaml/ocamlbuild#198 · 3 comments · Opened Mar 1, 2017
MPR#6060: ocamlbuild rules for -principal, -strict-sequence and -short-paths Open

bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 15/100

ocaml/ocamlbuild#197 · Opened Mar 1, 2017
MPR#6097: Allow user to add new commandline options in the plugin. Open

enhancement pr-welcome

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

ocaml/ocamlbuild#193 · 2 comments · Opened Mar 1, 2017
MPR#6098: Global predicates Open

enhancement

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ocaml/ocamlbuild#192 · 2 comments · Opened Mar 1, 2017
MPR#6099: Add ocamlbuild tags mirroring command line options Open

enhancement

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ocaml/ocamlbuild#191 · 3 comments · Opened Mar 1, 2017
MPR#6103: Add ocamlbuild support for ocamlfind's -ppopt option Open

enhancement

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ocaml/ocamlbuild#190 · Opened Mar 1, 2017
MPR#6161: add "context" flag in _tags for multi-directories projects Open

enhancement

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ocaml/ocamlbuild#188 · Opened Mar 1, 2017
MPR#6589: Parameterized tag for manually specifying dependencies between modules Open

bug

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ocaml/ocamlbuild#187 · Opened Mar 1, 2017
MPR#6873: Provide a parametrized tags to fix the default warnings "as in version X" Open

enhancement

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ocaml/ocamlbuild#186 · Opened Mar 1, 2017
MPR#6949: ocamlbuild should support -intf -impl and -intf-suffix Open

enhancement

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ocaml/ocamlbuild#183 · Opened Mar 1, 2017
MPR#6997: Options to tell ocamlbuild to look for myocamlbuild.ml and _tags in another directory Open

enhancement

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ocaml/ocamlbuild#182 · Opened Mar 1, 2017
MPR#4574: Profiling Open

bug

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ocaml/ocamlbuild#170 · Opened Feb 27, 2017
MPR#4870: Ocamlbuild is too slow when using the "include" tag on many directories Open

usability

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ocaml/ocamlbuild#169 · 3 comments · Opened Feb 27, 2017
MPR#5015: ocamlbuild doesn't compile files in subdirectory even if dependencies are correct Open

bug

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ocaml/ocamlbuild#168 · Opened Feb 27, 2017
MPR#5185: creates incomplete cma under some circumstances Open

bug

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ocaml/ocamlbuild#166 · Opened Feb 27, 2017

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