There was an error in AX_PROG_CC_FOR_BUILD macro that cached literal
name of the cache variable `saved_ac_cv_c_compiler_gnu` instead of the
value of said variable breaking the consecutive runs of ./configure
script with caching enabled.
The AX_PROG_CC_FOR_BUILD implementation to find a native CC compiler is
slightly better because it uses AC_PROG_CC and AC_PROG_CPP to find the
native compiler instead of just defaulting to `gcc` as AX_CC_FOR_BUILD
does.
AX_PROG_CC_FOR_BUILD also sets BUILD_EXEEXT that we already use in the
Makefile.am for `lib/dns/gen` while AX_CC_FOR_BUILD uses
EXEEXT_FOR_BUILD.
This commit converts the license handling to adhere to the REUSE
specification. It specifically:
1. Adds used licnses to LICENSES/ directory
2. Add "isc" template for adding the copyright boilerplate
3. Changes all source files to include copyright and SPDX license
header, this includes all the C sources, documentation, zone files,
configuration files. There are notes in the doc/dev/copyrights file
on how to add correct headers to the new files.
4. Handle the rest that can't be modified via .reuse/dep5 file. The
binary (or otherwise unmodifiable) files could have license places
next to them in <foo>.license file, but this would lead to cluttered
repository and most of the files handled in the .reuse/dep5 file are
system test files.
This commit adds support for systems where the jemalloc library is not
available as a package, here's the quick summary:
* On Linux - the jemalloc is usually available as a package, if
configured --without-jemalloc, the shim would be used around
malloc(), free(), realloc() and malloc_usable_size()
* On macOS - the jemalloc is available from homebrew or macports, if
configured --without-jemalloc, the shim would be used around
malloc(), free(), realloc() and malloc_size()
* On FreeBSD - the jemalloc is *the* system allocator, we just need
to check for <malloc_np.h> header to get access to non-standard API
* On NetBSD - the jemalloc is *the* system allocator, we just need to
check for <jemalloc/jemalloc.h> header to get access to non-standard
API
* On a system hostile to users and developers (read OpenBSD) - the
jemalloc API is emulated by using ((size_t *)ptr)[-1] field to hold
the size information. The OpenBSD developers care only for
themselves, so why should we care about speed on OpenBSD?
This mostly removes stuff that's either deprecated, obsolete or not used
at all:
* Update the minimal autoconf version to 2.69
* AC_PROG_CC_C99 is deprecated, just use AC_PROG_CC as we require C11
anyway
* AC_HEADER_TIME is deprecated, both <sys/time.h> and <time.h> can be
included at the same time, and we don't use the macros that
AC_HEADER_TIME defines anywhere
* AC_HEADER_STDC checks for ISO C90 and we require at least C11
* Replace AC_TRY_*([]) with AC_*_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM()])
* Update m4/ax_check_openssl.m4 from serial 10 to serial 11
* Update m4/ax_gcc_func_attribute.m4 from serial 10 to serial 13
* Update m4/ax_pthread.m4 from serial 24 to serial 30
* Add early AC_CANONICAL_TARGET call to prevent warning from AX_PTHREAD
As libssl depends on libcrypto, -lssl needs to precede -lcrypto in
linker invocations or else the build will fail with static OpenSSL
libraries. Adjust m4/ax_check_openssl.m4 to prevent this issue from
getting triggered when pkg-config files for OpenSSL are not available.
The BIND 9 libraries are considered to be internal only and hence the
API and ABI changes a lot. Keeping track of the API/ABI changes takes
time and it's a complicated matter as the safest way to make everything
stable would be to bump any library in the dependency chain as in theory
if libns links with libdns, and a binary links with both, and we bump
the libdns SOVERSION, but not the libns SOVERSION, the old libns might
be loaded by binary pulling old libdns together with new libdns loaded
by the binary. The situation gets even more complicated with loading
the plugins that have been compiled with few versions old BIND 9
libraries and then dynamically loaded into the named.
We are picking the safest option possible and usable for internal
libraries - instead of using -version-info that has only a weak link to
BIND 9 version number, we are using -release libtool option that will
embed the corresponding BIND 9 version number into the library name.
That means that instead of libisc.so.1701 (as an example) the library
will now be named libisc-9.17.10.so.
LMDB build variables are already substituted by AC_SUBST() calls in
configure.ac and therefore the latter should not be duplicated in the
AX_LIB_LMDB() helper macro.
The AX_LIB_LMDB() macro attempts to test the potential LMDB installation
path provided to it by temporarily updating CFLAGS and LIBS, calling
AC_SEARCH_LIBS(), and then restoring CFLAGS and LIBS to their original
values. However, including certain statements (e.g. "break") in the
arguments provided to the AX_LIB_LMDB() macro may cause an early exit
from it, in which case CFLAGS and LIBS will be left polluted. Fix by
resetting CFLAGS and LIBS to their original values before executing the
commands provided as AX_LIB_LMDB() arguments.
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
The ax_check_openssl m4 macro used OPENSSL_INCLUDES. Rename the
subst variable to OPENSSL_CFLAGS and wrap AX_CHECK_OPENSSL() in
action-if-not-found part of PKG_CHECK_MODULE check for libcrypto.
Pull and use several autoconf archive convenience macros to simplify
configure.ac.
* AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG(FLAG, ...) - check whether given CFLAG works
* AX_CHECK_LINK_FLAG(FLAG, ...) - check whether given LDFLAG works
* AX_CHECK_PREPROC_FLAG(FLAG, ...) - check whether give CPPFLAG works
* AX_SAVE_FLAGS/AX_RESTORE_FLAGS - save and restore *FLAGS
