docs: Rewrite conan docs for custom recipes (#6647)

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Ayaz Salikhov
2026-03-25 14:25:33 +00:00
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@@ -125,9 +125,9 @@ default profile.
### Patched recipes
The recipes in Conan Center occasionally need to be patched for compatibility
with the latest version of `xrpld`. We maintain a fork of the Conan Center
[here](https://github.com/XRPLF/conan-center-index/) containing the patches.
Occasionally, we need patched recipes or recipes not present in Conan Center.
We maintain a fork of the Conan Center Index
[here](https://github.com/XRPLF/conan-center-index/) containing the modified and newly added recipes.
To ensure our patched recipes are used, you must add our Conan remote at a
higher index than the default Conan Center remote, so it is consulted first. You
@@ -137,19 +137,11 @@ can do this by running:
conan remote add --index 0 xrplf https://conan.ripplex.io
```
Alternatively, you can pull the patched recipes into the repository and use them
locally:
Alternatively, you can pull our recipes from the repository and export them locally:
```bash
# Extract the version number from the lockfile.
function extract_version {
version=$(cat conan.lock | sed -nE "s@.+${1}/(.+)#.+@\1@p" | head -n1)
echo ${version}
}
# Define which recipes to export.
recipes=('ed25519' 'grpc' 'nudb' 'openssl' 'secp256k1' 'snappy' 'soci')
folders=('all' 'all' 'all' '3.x.x' 'all' 'all' 'all')
recipes=('abseil' 'ed25519' 'grpc' 'm4' 'mpt-crypto' 'nudb' 'openssl' 'secp256k1' 'snappy' 'soci' 'wasm-xrplf' 'wasmi')
# Selectively check out the recipes from our CCI fork.
cd external
@@ -158,29 +150,19 @@ cd conan-center-index
git init
git remote add origin git@github.com:XRPLF/conan-center-index.git
git sparse-checkout init
for ((index = 1; index <= ${#recipes[@]}; index++)); do
recipe=${recipes[index]}
folder=${folders[index]}
echo "Checking out recipe '${recipe}' from folder '${folder}'..."
git sparse-checkout add recipes/${recipe}/${folder}
for recipe in "${recipes[@]}"; do
echo "Checking out recipe '${recipe}'..."
git sparse-checkout add recipes/${recipe}
done
git fetch origin master
git checkout master
cd ../..
# Export the recipes into the local cache.
for ((index = 1; index <= ${#recipes[@]}; index++)); do
recipe=${recipes[index]}
folder=${folders[index]}
version=$(extract_version ${recipe})
echo "Exporting '${recipe}/${version}' from '${recipe}/${folder}'..."
conan export --version $(extract_version ${recipe}) \
external/conan-center-index/recipes/${recipe}/${folder}
done
./export_all.sh
cd ../../
```
In the case we switch to a newer version of a dependency that still requires a
patch, it will be necessary for you to pull in the changes and re-export the
patch or add a new dependency, it will be necessary for you to pull in the changes and re-export the
updated dependencies with the newer version. However, if we switch to a newer
version that no longer requires a patch, no action is required on your part, as
the new recipe will be automatically pulled from the official Conan Center.
@@ -189,6 +171,8 @@ the new recipe will be automatically pulled from the official Conan Center.
> You might need to add `--lockfile=""` to your `conan install` command
> to avoid automatic use of the existing `conan.lock` file when you run
> `conan export` manually on your machine
>
> This is not recommended though, as you might end up using different revisions of recipes.
### Conan profile tweaks
@@ -204,39 +188,14 @@ Possible values are ['5.0', '5.1', '6.0', '6.1', '7.0', '7.3', '8.0', '8.1',
Read "http://docs.conan.io/2/knowledge/faq.html#error-invalid-setting"
```
you need to amend the list of compiler versions in
`$(conan config home)/settings.yml`, by appending the required version number(s)
you need to add your compiler to the list of compiler versions in
`$(conan config home)/settings_user.yml`, by adding the required version number(s)
to the `version` array specific for your compiler. For example:
```yaml
apple-clang:
version:
[
"5.0",
"5.1",
"6.0",
"6.1",
"7.0",
"7.3",
"8.0",
"8.1",
"9.0",
"9.1",
"10.0",
"11.0",
"12.0",
"13",
"13.0",
"13.1",
"14",
"14.0",
"15",
"15.0",
"16",
"16.0",
"17",
"17.0",
]
compiler:
apple-clang:
version: ["17.0"]
```
#### Multiple compilers

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@@ -297,6 +297,7 @@ words:
- venv
- vfalco
- vinnie
- wasmi
- wextra
- wptr
- writeme