Fossil: Release Build How-To

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Notes on how Fossil deliverables are built and uploaded

  • All builds statically link against OpenSSL, which is a library that is often missing from systems on which Fossil might be installed. By statically linking with OpenSSL, the dependency on OpenSSL is omitted, making the precompiled binaries more portable.
  • As of 2022-01-05, OpenSSL 3.0.1 is used for all builds.

After-Release Checklist (This section is to jog the memory of the release manager)

  1. Verify that all items on the Before-Release Checklist have been run
  2. Update the version number and related links on the homepage.
  3. fossil uv edit download.js
  4. Edit the "releases" variable in the javascript to add the new release number and title and various hyperlinks. Perhaps also remove older releases.
  5. Remove obsolete build products: fossil uv rm --glob $PATTERN
  6. fossil uv edit latest-release.md
  7. Update the latest result tarball link
  8. fossil uv sync

Linux

  • Set up in-tree OpenSSL:
    • Download the OpenSSL tarball and unpack it into compat/openssl
    • cd into the compat/openssl directory
    • ./config no-ssl3 no-weak-ssl-ciphers no-shared no-threads --openssldir=/usr/lib/ssl
    • CFLAGS=-Os make -e
  • ./configure --with-openssl=tree --disable-fusefs
  • If the Makefile contains a reference to -lpthread, remove it.
  • CFLAGS="-Os" make -e clean fossil
  • strip fossil
  • Verify dependencies using "ldd ./fossil"
  • tar czf fossil-linux-x64-$VERSION.tar.gz fossil
  • fossil uv add fossil-linux-x64-$VERSION.tar.gz
  • fossil uv sync

Mac

  • For x64 builds, use the circa 2010 Macbook Air running MacOS 10.13.6. For arm64 builds use the 2020 miniMac running MacOS 12.0.1.
  • Set up in-tree OpenSSL:
    • Download the OpenSSL tarball and unpack it into compat/openssl
    • cd into the compat/openssl directory
    • ./config no-ssl3 no-weak-ssl-ciphers no-shared no-threads no-asm --openssldir=/etc/ssl
    • CFLAGS=-Os make -e
  • ./configure --with-openssl=tree
  • CFLAGS=-Os make -e clean fossil
  • Verify no shared library dependencies using: otool -L ./fossil
  • strip fossil
  • Optional: codesign -s drh@sqlite.org fossil then verify the signature using codesign -d -v fossil
  • tar czf fossil-mac-ARCH-VERSION.tar.gz fossil where ARCH is either x64 or arm64.
  • fossil uv add fossil-mac-ARCH-VERSION.tar.gz
  • fossil uv sync

Raspberry Pi

  • Set up in-tree OpenSSL:
    • Download the OpenSSL tarball and unpack it into compat/openssl
    • cd into the compat/openssl directory
    • ./config no-ssl3 no-weak-ssl-ciphers no-shared no-threads --openssldir=/usr/lib/ssl
    • CFLAGS=-Os make
  • ./configure --with-openssl=tree
  • CFLAGS="-Os" make -e clean fossil && strip fossil
  • tar czf fossil-pi-$VERSION.tar.gz fossil
  • fossil uv add fossil-pi-$VERSION.tar.gz
  • fossil uv sync

Windows 32-bit using MSVC

  • Run all of the following from a "x32 Native Tools Command Prompt"
  • Set up in-tree OpenSSL:
    • Install Strawberry-Perl if it is not already installed
    • Download the OpenSSL tarball and unpack under compat/
    • cd into the OpenSSL source directory
    • C:/Strawberry/perl/bin/perl Configure VC-WIN32 no-asm no-ssl3 no-weak-ssl-ciphers no-shared /D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0501
      • The _WIN32_WINT definition on the perl Configure command, and the FOSSIL_ENABLE_WINXP=1 term on the second nmake command below, are necessary in order for this build to work on older WindowsXP machines. See forum thread 66f106195aaf289e.
    • nmake /f makefile
  • cd into the win/ subfolder of the Fossil source tree.
  • nmake /f Makefile.msc FOSSIL_ENABLE_SSL=1 FOSSIL_ENABLE_WINXP=1 OPTIMIZATIONS=4 clean fossil.exe
  • Verify dependencies: dumpbin /dependents fossil.exe
  • zip fossil-w32-$VERSION.zip fossil.exe
  • fossil uv add fossil-w32-$VERSION.zip
  • fossil uv sync

Windows 64-bit using MSVC

  • Run all of the following from a "x64 Native Tools Command Prompt"
  • Set up in-tree OpenSSL:
    • Install Strawberry-Perl if it is not already installed
    • Download the OpenSSL tarball and unpack under compat/
    • cd into the OpenSSL source directory
    • C:/Strawberry/perl/bin/perl Configure VC-WIN64A no-asm no-ssl3 no-weak-ssl-ciphers no-shared
    • nmake /f makefile
  • cd into the win/ subfolder of the Fossil source tree.
  • nmake /f Makefile.msc FOSSIL_ENABLE_SSL=1 OPTIMIZATIONS=4 clean fossil.exe
  • Verify dependencies: dumpbin /dependents fossil.exe
  • zip fossil-w64-$VERSION.zip fossil.exe
  • fossil uv add fossil-w64-$VERSION.zip
  • fossil uv sync