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Bootstrap libltdl to fix libtool v2.4 + automake v1.17 (#1900)
Bootstrap libltdl to fix libtool v2.4 + automake v1.17 build gmake[3]: Entering directory .../libltdl .../cfgaux/missing: line 85: aclocal-1.16: command not found gmake[3]: *** [Makefile:561: .././../libltdl/aclocal.m4] Error 127 During bootstrap.sh run, libtoolize copies prepackaged configure and Makefile.in files into our libltdl directory: * libltdl/configure from libtool v2.4 has aclocal version set to 1.16; * libltdl/Makefile.in from libtool v2.4 uses configure-set aclocal version to build aclocal.m4 Thus, libltdl/Makefile (generated from libltdl/Makefile.in above) runs aclocal-1.16 if "make" needs to build libltdl/aclocal.m4. Normally, "make" does not need to build libltdl/aclocal.m4 because that file was created by libtoolize. However, libtool v2.4 is packaged with (generated by packaging folks) libltdl/Makefile.in that makes libltdl/aclocal.m4 target dependent on files in libltld/../m4 directory. Squid does not have that ./m4 directory, so "make" attempts to re-generate libltdl/aclocal.m4. When it does, it uses aclocal-1.16. Our bootstrap.sh generated new ./configure but preserved copied libltdl/configure with its aclocal version set to 1.16. In other words, our bootstrap.sh did not bootstrap libltdl sub-project. In build environments without aclocal-1.16, Squid build failed. Several solutions or workarounds have been tried or considered: * Adjust bootstrap.sh to bootstrap libltdl (this change). 2008 attempt to do that was reverted in commit bfd6b6a with "better to fix libtool installation" rationale. Another potential argument against this option is that packages should be bootstrapped by their distributors, not "users". We are not distributing libtool, but this is a gray area because we do distribute files that libtoolize creates. Finally, libtool itself does not provide a bootstrapping script and does not explicitly recommend bootstrapping in documentation. * "Fix libtool installation". We failed to find a good way to do that on MacOS (without building and installing newer libtool from sources). * Place m4 files where libtool v2.4 expects to find them. That change fixes MacOS builds that use automake v1.17, but breaks Gentoo builds because Gentoo libtool installs a buggy libltdl/Makefile.in that must be regenerated by automake before it can work. Fixing m4 files location prevents that regeneration. We picked the first option despite its drawbacks because the third option did not work on Gentoo, and asking Squid developers to install libtool from sources (i.e. the second option) felt like a greater evil. This old problem was exposed by recently introduced CI MacOS tests that started to fail when MacOS brew updated automake package from v1.16 without the corresponding libtoolize package changes. Also work around what seems to be a libtool packaging bug affecting MacOS/brew environments, including GitHub Actions runners we use for CI: libtool (2.4.7) : glibtool libtool path : /opt/homebrew/bin Bootstrapping glibtoolize: error: creating 'libltdl/configure.ac' ... failed glibtoolize: error: creating 'libltdl/configure' ... failed glibtoolize failed That workaround will be removed after libtool package is fixed. Also removed a single-iteration "for dir" loop with several stale hacks from bootstrap.sh: With only two directories to bootstrap and with a directory-specific mkdir command, source comments, and progress messages, it is best to unroll that loop.
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