`libcurl.pc` `Libs.private` (since 8.11.0, and in `Libs` before 7.20.0)
and `curl-config` `--static-libs` (since 7.17.1, and in `Libs` between
7.7.2-7.25.0). This included all flags inherited from the environment,
in addition to those coming from dependency detections.
To avoid spilling all linker flags inherited from the environment to
the libcurl config files, this patch omits them all, except `-L`, `-F`,
`--library-path=` and `-framework` options, which are still passed.
The rationale for the exceptions is that `LIBS` is passed as-is, and
`LDFLAGS`, `LIBS` are the canonical way to pass custom libs options
to a build. `LIBS` may not work without a matching custom libpath.
This brings autotools behaviour closer to cmake, and `curl-config`
closer to `libcurl.pc`.
Follow-up to 9f56bb608e#14681
Follow-up to 4c8adc8fee
Reported-by: Peter Marko
Fixes#15533Closes#15550
Add CI checker to compare `libcurl.pc` and `curl-config` files
generated by autotools and cmake builds.
Fix differences and apply tiny cleanups:
- curl-config: use single-quotes for literals.
- curl-config: quote all variables.
- curl-config: replace double with single quotes in a substituted value
that's always literal (`@prefix@`).
- libcurl.pc: spelling in `Description:`.
- libcurl.pc: avoid substitution in a comment.
- cmake: fill `libdir` with `${exec_prefix}` instead of a literal.
To sync with './configure'.
- configure: fix `CURL_CA_BUNDLE` value to not generate nested quotes
in `curl-config`.
- configure: add missing `LDFLAGS` to `Libs.private` in `libcurl.pc`.
To sync with CMake.
- cmake: skip adding `CMAKE_C_IMPLICIT_LINK_LIBRARIES` for MINGW and
UNIX. They added these values as seen in CI:
MINGW: `-lmingw32 -lgcc -lmoldname -lmingwex -ladvapi32 -lshell32 -luser32 -lkernel32 -lmingw32 -lgcc -lmoldname -lmingwex`
Linux: `-lgcc -lgcc_s -lc -lgcc -lgcc_s`
- cmake: delete FIXME about enabling libssh2 by default.
`./configure` has special defaults for these packages (called: "off"):
brotli, zstd, libpsl, libssh2, libssh, wolfssl, librtmp
It looks for them, but only at system locations, which makes them
never detected e.g. on macOS. CMake doesn't offer such default mode
for now.
- GHA/macos: drop now redundant `-DCURL_DISABLE_LDAPS=ON`.
- cmake: use `CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR` and `CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR`
instead of hardcoded `include`/`lib` when generating `libcurl.pc`.
Updates to the GHA workflow:
- move autotools out-of-tree and rename cmake out-of-tree directory
to `bld_cm` to tell it's cmake.
- disable static libcurl for `./configure` to match cmake.
- enable `pkg-config` debug output with `./configure`.
- dump list of Homebrew packages on macOS.
- dump `./configure` detailed logs.
- disable zstd and brotli for Linux, to match cmake.
There remain differences, mostly due to detection order and method. Also
some values are inherently different when using CMake and autotools,
such as `--cc`, `--configure`. autotools also generates duplicates for
`-lssl` and `-lcrypto`. macOS LDAP wants to link `-lber` while autotools
doesn't. Some build defaults are also different in autotools and cmake.
These differences are smoothened out for now by the checker script, or
via build options. Notice that lib order (a dupes) _can_ be significant
in some cases. E.g. the binutils linker is infamous for that on Windows.
Closes#14681
Rename internal macros to match their `libcurl.pc` metadata counterpart.
Also apply these to the `curl-config.in` template.
- `CPPFLAG_CURL_STATICLIB` -> `LIBCURL_PC_CFLAGS`
- `LIBCURL_LIBS` -> `LIBCURL_PC_LIBS_PRIVATE`
- `LIBCURL_NO_SHARED` -> `LIBCURL_PC_LIBS`
Closes#14476
- cmake: populate for dependencies.
- autotools: populate for dependencies.
(including mbedtls, though the script does not detect
mbedtls through pkgconfig. mbedtls 3.6.0 now supports it.)
Skip dealing with gssapi in this patch.
Fixes#864Closes#13911
- they are mostly pointless in all major jurisdictions
- many big corporations and projects already don't use them
- saves us from pointless churn
- git keeps history for us
- the year range is kept in COPYING
checksrc is updated to allow non-year using copyright statements
Closes#10205
Add licensing and copyright information for all files in this repository. This
either happens in the file itself as a comment header or in the file
`.reuse/dep5`.
This commit also adds a Github workflow to check pull requests and adapts
copyright.pl to the changes.
Closes#8869
It supposes when people specify the libdir/includedir they do it to
change where under prefix/exec_prefix it should be, not to make it
independent of prefix/exec_prefix.
Closes#6061
A project being built entirely statically will call pkg-config with
--static, which utilises the Libs.private field. Conversely it will
not use --static when not being built entirely statically, even if
there is only a static build of libcurl available. This will most
likely cause the build to fail due to underlinking unless we merge the
Libs fields.
Consider that this is what the Meson build system does when it
generates pkg-config files.
I have also reflected this in the --libs argument of curl-config even
though REQUIRE_LIB_DEPS always seems to be "yes" anyway.
Closes#5373
Reported by the new script 'scripts/copyright.pl'. The script has a
regex whitelist for the files that don't need copyright headers.
Removed three (mostly usesless) README files from docs/
Closes#5141
its pkg-config file. So -Wl stuff ended up in the .pc file, which is really
bad, and breaks if there are multiple -Wl in our LDFLAGS (which are in
PTXdist). bug #2893592 (http://curl.haxx.se/bug/view.cgi?id=2893592)
file for libcurl, and while doing that fix he unified with curl-config.in
how the supported protocols and features are extracted and used, so both those
tools should now always be synced.
