While libltdl is a feature-rich library, BIND 9 code only uses its basic
capabilities, which are also provided by libuv and which BIND 9 already
uses for other purposes. As libuv's cross-platform shared library
handling interface is modeled after the POSIX dlopen() interface,
converting code using the latter to the former is simple. Replace
libltdl function calls with their libuv counterparts, refactoring the
code as necessary. Remove all use of libltdl from the BIND 9 source
tree.
The rewrite of BIND 9 build system is a large work and cannot be reasonable
split into separate merge requests. Addition of the automake has a positive
effect on the readability and maintainability of the build system as it is more
declarative, it allows conditional and we are able to drop all of the custom
make code that BIND 9 developed over the years to overcome the deficiencies of
autoconf + custom Makefile.in files.
This squashed commit contains following changes:
- conversion (or rather fresh rewrite) of all Makefile.in files to Makefile.am
by using automake
- the libtool is now properly integrated with automake (the way we used it
was rather hackish as the only official way how to use libtool is via
automake
- the dynamic module loading was rewritten from a custom patchwork to libtool's
libltdl (which includes the patchwork to support module loading on different
systems internally)
- conversion of the unit test executor from kyua to automake parallel driver
- conversion of the system test executor from custom make/shell to automake
parallel driver
- The GSSAPI has been refactored, the custom SPNEGO on the basis that
all major KRB5/GSSAPI (mit-krb5, heimdal and Windows) implementations
support SPNEGO mechanism.
- The various defunct tests from bin/tests have been removed:
bin/tests/optional and bin/tests/pkcs11
- The text files generated from the MD files have been removed, the
MarkDown has been designed to be readable by both humans and computers
- The xsl header is now generated by a simple sed command instead of
perl helper
- The <irs/platform.h> header has been removed
- cleanups of configure.ac script to make it more simpler, addition of multiple
macros (there's still work to be done though)
- the tarball can now be prepared with `make dist`
- the system tests are partially able to run in oot build
Here's a list of unfinished work that needs to be completed in subsequent merge
requests:
- `make distcheck` doesn't yet work (because of system tests oot run is not yet
finished)
- documentation is not yet built, there's a different merge request with docbook
to sphinx-build rst conversion that needs to be rebased and adapted on top of
the automake
- msvc build is non functional yet and we need to decide whether we will just
cross-compile bind9 using mingw-w64 or fix the msvc build
- contributed dlz modules are not included neither in the autoconf nor automake
With the introduction of dnssec-policy, the aforementioned tools were
either rendered obsolete, or they will be replaced with dnssec-policy
based tools. Remove the tools and the requirement to have Python
installed. Python 3 is still being used for tests, so keep the autoconf
test, but make it much simpler.
The files configure.ac and version are already up to date.
Updated CHANGES with 9.17.0 release line.
Fixed CHANGES by adding GitLab reference to entry 5357 and fix
grammar mistakes.
Add missing /util/check-make-install.in to .gitattributes.
The lib/*/api are already updated to match the new ranges.
I listed two new features under BIND 9.17 features that to me
seemed noteworthy.
The release notes look good to me.
Bring the files describing Windows-specific aspects of building and
installing BIND up to date. Remove the parts which are either outdated
(e.g. 32-bit build instructions), already included elsewhere (e.g. the
list of Windows systems BIND is known to run on), or inconvenient to
keep up to date in the long run (e.g. ARM chapter numbers).
Fixing typos, typographical glitches. Added backticks around binaries,
modules, and libraries so it's more consistent. Added a paragraph with
ISC Security Policy.
For newer versions of Xcode, "xcode-select --install" no longer installs
system headers into /usr/include (instead, they are installed in the
Xcode directory tree), so do not mention that path in the macOS section
of README to prevent confusion.
Previously the autoconf script set sysconfdir to /etc and localstatedir to /var
if they were not explicitly set in the ./configure invocation. This MR reverts
the override and make it more in line with default and generally expected
autoconf behavior.
also:
- rearranged things a little, adding a "dependencies" section
- removed the documentation of 'enable-threads'. (this part of
the change should not be backported.)
