From 05449befeabebfe1b568275dd0a7555a5fb3693c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeff Dickey <216188+jdxcode@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2022 07:08:59 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] build: added NINJA_BIN to customize ninja binary

Fixes: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/44286
---
 Makefile                                     | 5 +++--
 doc/contributing/building-node-with-ninja.md | 8 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e0d756fea3ac35..615eac4eabe07f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ $(NODE_EXE) $(NODE_G_EXE): config.gypi out/Makefile
 	  ln -fs out/${build_type}/$(NODE_EXE) $@; fi
 else
 ifeq ($(BUILD_WITH), ninja)
+NINJA_BIN ?= ninja
 ifeq ($(V),1)
 	NINJA_ARGS := $(NINJA_ARGS) -v
 endif
@@ -124,11 +125,11 @@ else
 	NINJA_ARGS := $(NINJA_ARGS) $(filter -j%,$(MAKEFLAGS))
 endif
 $(NODE_EXE): config.gypi out/Release/build.ninja
-	ninja -C out/Release $(NINJA_ARGS)
+	$(NINJA_BIN) -C out/Release $(NINJA_ARGS)
 	if [ ! -r $@ ] || [ ! -L $@ ]; then ln -fs out/Release/$(NODE_EXE) $@; fi
 
 $(NODE_G_EXE): config.gypi out/Debug/build.ninja
-	ninja -C out/Debug $(NINJA_ARGS)
+	$(NINJA_BIN) -C out/Debug $(NINJA_ARGS)
 	if [ ! -r $@ ] || [ ! -L $@ ]; then ln -fs out/Debug/$(NODE_EXE) $@; fi
 else
 $(NODE_EXE) $(NODE_G_EXE):
diff --git a/doc/contributing/building-node-with-ninja.md b/doc/contributing/building-node-with-ninja.md
index 8aae340e227034..7e2182cafc9c2e 100644
--- a/doc/contributing/building-node-with-ninja.md
+++ b/doc/contributing/building-node-with-ninja.md
@@ -40,4 +40,12 @@ To create a debug build rather than a release build:
 ./configure --ninja --debug && make
 ```
 
+## Customizing `ninja` path
+
+On some systems (RHEL7 and below), `ninja` is not offered in the yum package.
+For these systems use the `NINJA_BIN` env var:
+```
+./configure --ninja && NINJA_BIN="ninja-build" make
+```
+
 [Ninja]: https://ninja-build.org/