From 0a5c34c01374fea004c074c062e1317520056307 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 1/3] build: added NINJA env to customize ninja binary

Fixes: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/44286
---
 Makefile                                     | 5 +++--
 doc/contributing/building-node-with-ninja.md | 9 +++++++++
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e0d756fea3ac35..9c01f8f244ee19 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 ?= 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) -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) -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..1f3ea092653bba 100644
--- a/doc/contributing/building-node-with-ninja.md
+++ b/doc/contributing/building-node-with-ninja.md
@@ -40,4 +40,13 @@ 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` env var:
+
+```bash
+./configure --ninja && NINJA="ninja-build" make
+```
+
 [Ninja]: https://ninja-build.org/

From 901059f71e7bbc8c77fa061e30faa13f4c63844a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeff Dickey <216188+jdxcode@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2022 12:30:06 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Update doc/contributing/building-node-with-ninja.md

Co-authored-by: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com>
---
 doc/contributing/building-node-with-ninja.md | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/contributing/building-node-with-ninja.md b/doc/contributing/building-node-with-ninja.md
index 1f3ea092653bba..795543da501560 100644
--- a/doc/contributing/building-node-with-ninja.md
+++ b/doc/contributing/building-node-with-ninja.md
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ To create a debug build rather than a release build:
 
 ## Customizing `ninja` path
 
-On some systems (RHEL7 and below), `ninja` is not offered in the yum package.
+On some systems (such as RHEL7 and below), the Ninja binary might be installed
+with a different name.
 For these systems use the `NINJA` env var:
 
 ```bash

From 20aa75638fd44a35beca73a4b200ced2b62673ac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeff Dickey <216188+jdxcode@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2022 13:00:01 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Update doc/contributing/building-node-with-ninja.md

Co-authored-by: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com>
---
 doc/contributing/building-node-with-ninja.md | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/contributing/building-node-with-ninja.md b/doc/contributing/building-node-with-ninja.md
index 795543da501560..01a04c3c2cfbe2 100644
--- a/doc/contributing/building-node-with-ninja.md
+++ b/doc/contributing/building-node-with-ninja.md
@@ -43,8 +43,7 @@ To create a debug build rather than a release build:
 ## Customizing `ninja` path
 
 On some systems (such as RHEL7 and below), the Ninja binary might be installed
-with a different name.
-For these systems use the `NINJA` env var:
+with a different name. For these systems use the `NINJA` env var:
 
 ```bash
 ./configure --ninja && NINJA="ninja-build" make