From 09da768d39f451c1c9db2e859864f3e4585190ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eryk Szpotanski <eszpotanski@antmicro.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2024 14:59:40 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] etc: DependencyInstaller: Add option for constant build path
 to increase build reproducibility

Signed-off-by: Eryk Szpotanski <eszpotanski@antmicro.com>
---
 etc/DependencyInstaller.sh | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/etc/DependencyInstaller.sh b/etc/DependencyInstaller.sh
index 47756712023..a559aa4fa0a 100755
--- a/etc/DependencyInstaller.sh
+++ b/etc/DependencyInstaller.sh
@@ -721,6 +721,9 @@ Usage: $0
                                 # Installs dependencies required to run CI
        $0 -nocert
                                 # Disable certificate checks
+       $0 -constant-build-dir
+                                # Use constant build directory, instead of
+                                #    random one.
 
 EOF
     exit "${1:-1}"
@@ -776,6 +779,14 @@ while [ "$#" -gt 0 ]; do
             export PREFIX="${HOME}/.local"
             export isLocal="true"
             ;;
+        -constant-build-dir)
+            baseDir="/tmp/DependencyInstaller-OpenROAD"
+            if [[ -d "$baseDir" ]]; then
+                echo "INFO: removing old building directory $baseDir"
+                rm -r "$baseDir"
+            fi
+            mkdir -p "$baseDir"
+            ;;
         -prefix=*)
             if [[ ! -z ${PREFIX} ]]; then
                 echo "WARNING: previous argument -local will be overwritten with -prefix"