Release 1.3.0

[sjaeckel]

@dod38fr
@mrc0mmand
@gahr
@DimStar77 (or maybe @ana ?)
@dfandrich
@antonio-rojas
@Millak

Can you please check whether this release would be fine? I've created a tag v1.3.0-rc1

Please use #575 for general questions and this PR for problems with the build.

[mrc0mmand]

Just pushed this to Fedora Rawhide (https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-37b74bed11), let's see what's going to break :)

[dod38fr]

I've built rakudo 2022.12 on top of libtommath 1.30.0-rc1 without problem, so it looks good.

[gahr]

Hi, I am trying this out using CMake (previously we were using makefile.shared on FreeBSD). I have two issues:

1. the manpage is not there anymore
2. it doesn't seem to be possible to build both static and shared libs in one go

[sjaeckel]

Hi, I am trying this out using CMake (previously we were using makefile.shared on FreeBSD). I have two issues:

Oh, that comment was right in time, I was just finishing the release ;)

• the manpage is not there anymore

Indeed! Are you fine with me simply removing that step of trying to install the manpage? The manpage is also written for the current develop branch, so it doesn't really make sense to install it.

2. it doesn't seem to be possible to build both static and shared libs in one go

That's true, you have to build it twice, once with -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=Off for the static library and once with -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=On for the shared one ... I've been told "that's the way how CMake do"^TM ... also I've seen proposals that enable the old behavior, but I didn't like them since they seem too convoluted and I can live with the two separate build steps. Is that a problem for you?

[gahr]

Hi, I am trying this out using CMake (previously we were using makefile.shared on FreeBSD). I have two issues:

Oh, that comment was right in time, I was just finishing the release ;)

Yup - so sorry, it took me a while to get to this!

• the manpage is not there anymore

Indeed! Are you fine with me simply removing the manpage?

Sure, that's fine.

2. it doesn't seem to be possible to build both static and shared libs in one go

That's true, you have to build it twice, once with -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=Off for the static library and once with -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=On for the shared one ... I've been told "that's the way how CMake do"^TM ... also I've seen proposals that enable that behavior, but I didn't like them since they seem too convoluted and I can live with the two separate build steps. Is that a problem for you?

CMake supports "object" libraries, where the objects are compiled and can later be used to generate both static and shared libraries. Here's a patch that does that. I would suggest to remove the option to build shared libraries and always produce both flavours :)

--- CMakeLists.txt.orig 2024-03-27 08:40:34.650661000 +0000
+++ CMakeLists.txt      2024-03-27 08:41:25.371702000 +0000
@@ -103,9 +103,14 @@
 # library target
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 add_library(${PROJECT_NAME}
+    OBJECT
     ${SOURCES}
     ${HEADERS}
 )
+add_library(${PROJECT_NAME}_shared SHARED $<TARGET_OBJECTS:${PROJECT_NAME}>)
+add_library(${PROJECT_NAME}_static STATIC $<TARGET_OBJECTS:${PROJECT_NAME}>)
+set_target_properties(${PROJECT_NAME}_shared PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME ${PROJECT_NAME})
+set_target_properties(${PROJECT_NAME}_static PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME ${PROJECT_NAME})
 
 target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC
     $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}>
@@ -130,6 +135,7 @@
     VERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION}
     SOVERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR}
     PUBLIC_HEADER "${PUBLIC_HEADERS}"
+    POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE True
 )
 
 option(COMPILE_LTO "Build with LTO enabled")
@@ -159,7 +165,7 @@
 set(PROJECT_CONFIG_FILE "${PROJECT_NAME}-config.cmake")
 set(TARGETS_EXPORT_NAME "${PROJECT_NAME}Targets")
 
-install(TARGETS ${PROJECT_NAME}
+install(TARGETS ${PROJECT_NAME}_shared ${PROJECT_NAME}_static
     EXPORT ${TARGETS_EXPORT_NAME}
     LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
     ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR} COMPONENT Libraries

[gahr]

Alright, let me do it better: the SOVERSION needs to be a property of the shared lib, and the PUBLIC_HEADER needs to be on libraries proper:

--- CMakeLists.txt.orig 2024-03-27 09:23:29 UTC                                                                                                                                                 [23/1822]
+++ CMakeLists.txt
@@ -103,9 +103,14 @@ add_library(${PROJECT_NAME}
 # library target                                                                                   
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 add_library(${PROJECT_NAME}                                                                        
+    OBJECT
     ${SOURCES}                 
     ${HEADERS}                                                                                     
 )                                
+add_library(${PROJECT_NAME}_shared SHARED $<TARGET_OBJECTS:${PROJECT_NAME}>)
+add_library(${PROJECT_NAME}_static STATIC $<TARGET_OBJECTS:${PROJECT_NAME}>)
+set_target_properties(${PROJECT_NAME}_shared PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME tommath) 
+set_target_properties(${PROJECT_NAME}_static PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME tommath)
  
 target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC                  
     $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}>
@@ -126,9 +131,16 @@ set_target_properties(${PROJECT_NAME} PROPERTIES                                                                                                                                    
 endif()                                                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                                                         
 set_target_properties(${PROJECT_NAME} PROPERTIES                                                                                                                                                        
-    OUTPUT_NAME tommath
     VERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION}
+    POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE True                                                                 
+)                                                                                                  
+             
+set_target_properties(${PROJECT_NAME}_shared PROPERTIES
+    PUBLIC_HEADER "${PUBLIC_HEADERS}"
     SOVERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR}                                                             
+)                                                                                                  
+         
+set_target_properties(${PROJECT_NAME}_static PROPERTIES
     PUBLIC_HEADER "${PUBLIC_HEADERS}"
 )                                                                                                  
                                                                                                    
@@ -159,7 +171,7 @@ set(TARGETS_EXPORT_NAME "${PROJECT_NAME}Targets")
 set(PROJECT_CONFIG_FILE "${PROJECT_NAME}-config.cmake")
 set(TARGETS_EXPORT_NAME "${PROJECT_NAME}Targets")           
                                              
-install(TARGETS ${PROJECT_NAME}
+install(TARGETS ${PROJECT_NAME}_shared ${PROJECT_NAME}_static
     EXPORT ${TARGETS_EXPORT_NAME}
     LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
     ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR} COMPONENT Libraries

[sjaeckel]

What were the reasons again why some people don't want PIE code in static libraries?

It can't be size, since the PIE version of the static library is slightly smaller ... runtime cost?

[gahr]

As discussed offline, let's postpone the changes to CMake after 1.3.0 is out.

All looks good on FreeBSD :)