We never produced static release executables on Linux before, but the dynamic libraries they depended on were universal enough that nobody noticed. Now that we have released v2.5 and switched to GitHub Actions for CI builds, the Linux executables depend on libatomic, which is causing issues for some users.
Although we can't create fully-static executables on macOS or Windows, we can at least do so on Linux.
This adds a GYP variable static_link_binaries which can be set to request full-static binaries on Linux. This also exposes the Chromium build variable disable_fatal_linker_warnings, which is necessary when static linking on Linux due to static-link-related warnings generated by libcurl for its use of getaddrinfo. Finally, this enforces the definition of __UCLIBC__ with static linking on Linux, which is the only way to disable malloc hooks in Chromium base. Those hooks cause linker failures when linking statically on Linux.
A new check has been added to the release workflow to ensure that the builds we create are statically linked on Linux.
Closes#965
This brings our default build config more in line with what is
necessary for some platforms anyway: using the system-installed
toolchain and sysroot to build everything.
We will no longer fetch source or binaries for any specific build
tools, such as libc++, clang, gold, binutils, or valgrind.
The main part of this change is the changing of default gyp settings
in gyp_packager.py. For this, a bug in gyp_packager.py had to be
fixed, in which similar GYP_DEFINE key names (such as clang and
host_clang) would conflict, causing some defaults not to be installed
properly.
In order to enable clang=0 by default, some changes had to be made in
common.gypi:
- compiler macros added to fix a compatibility issue between
Chromium's base/mac/ folder and the actual OSX SDK
- replaced clang_warning_flags variables with standard cflags
settings, plus xcode_settings for OSX
- turned off warnings-as-errors for non-shaka code, rather than
allow-listing specific warning types, since we can't actually fix
those warnings on any platform
- disabled two specific warnings in shaka code, both of which are
caused by headers from our non-shaka dependencies
Also, one warning (missing "override" keyword) has been fixed in
vod_media_info_dump_muxer_listener.h.
Although these changes were done to make building simpler on a wider
array of platforms (arm64, for example), it seems to make the build a
bit faster, too. For me, at least, on my main Linux workstation:
- "gclient sync" now runs 20-30% faster
- "ninja -C out/Release" now runs 5-13% faster
The following environment variables are no longer required:
- DEPOT_TOOLS_WIN_TOOLCHAIN
- MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET
Documentation, Dockerfiles, and GitHub Actions workflows have been
updated to reflect this.
The following GYP_DEFINES are no longer required for anyone:
- clang=0
- host_clang=0
- clang_xcode=1
- use_allocator=none
- use_experimental_allocator_shim=0
Documentation, Dockerfiles, and GitHub Actions workflows have been
updated to reflect this.
The following repos are no longer dependencies in gclient:
- binutils
- clang
- gold
- libc++
- libc++abi
- valgrind
The following gclient hooks have been removed:
- clang
- mac_toolchain
- sysroot
Change-Id: Ie94ccbeec722ab73c291cb7df897d20761a09a70
It turns out that workflows were the wrong way to abstract reusable
pieces of work. This turns common steps into custom actions (build
docs, build packager, test packager) which can be used as encapsulated
steps in multiple workflows.
This is a much more natural way to avoid duplication compared to the
previous approach of triggering one workflow from another. This also
has the benefit of all of the steps of a release being represented on
GitHub as a single workflow, making it easier to understand what is
happening and what event triggered those steps.
Change-Id: Ife156d60069a39594c7b3bb3bc32080e6453b544
Joey Parrish
Joey Parrish