Patent ID: 7802228

Claim:
A method for building at least one computer executable file, comprising: receiving a request to build the at least one computer executable file according to build properties specified in a first file in combination with build properties specified in a second file, wherein the build properties govern how to build each of the at least one computer executable file; reading the first file, wherein the first file specifies a plurality of first build properties for the at least one computer executable file; reading the second file, wherein the second file specifies at least one second build property of the at least one computer executable file that is not specified in the first file, and wherein the at least one second build property temporarily overrides at least one of the plurality of first build properties; maintaining said first build properties overridden by said second build properties during the building of the at least one computer executable file; building the at least one computer executable file according to a combination of the plurality of first build properties and the at least one temporarily overriding second build property; and storing the at least one computer executable file in a computer readable storage medium.