[tarantool-patches] Re: [PATCH] build: fix OpenSSL linking problems on FreeBSD

Igor Munkin imun at tarantool.org
Thu Oct 17 14:56:25 MSK 2019


Sasha,

Thanks, the wording is great and the whole patch LGTM.

As discussed offline I've created a new follow-up ticket #4575.

On 17.10.19, Alexander Turenko wrote:
> I fixed all known flaws now: see inline answers and the whole new patch
> at end of the email.
> 
> WBR, Alexander Turenko.
> 
> On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 04:15:56PM +0300, Igor Munkin wrote:
> > Sasha,
> > 
> > Thanks, see no flaws except for the issue with Apple CommandLineTools
> > compiler on OSX Mojave you're working on. Please consider a sole minor
> > comment below.
> 
> Fixed it by passing -isysroot=<SDK_PATH> via CPPFLAGS (PP is a
> preprocessor) and CFLAGS.
> 
> Added the following paragraph to the commit message:
> 
>  | When CC is passed to libcurl's configure script, the new problem opens
>  | on Mac OS. CMake chooses XCode toolchain by default (at least on a
>  | particular system where I tried it), which requires -isysroot=<SDK_PATH>
>  | option to be passed to a preprocessor and a compiler in order to find
>  | system headers. See [2] for more information.
>  |
>  | <...>
>  |
>  | [2]: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/xcode_release_notes/xcode_10_release_notes#3035623
> 
> > 
> > On 23.09.19, Alexander Turenko wrote:
> > > FreeBSD has OpenSSL as part of the base system: libraries are located in
> > > /usr/lib, headers are in /usr/include. However a user may install the
> > > library into /usr/local/{lib,include} from ports / pkg. In this case
> > > tarantool did choose /usr/local version, while libcurl will pick up a
> > > base system library. This is fixed by passing --with-ssl option with an
> > > argument (/usr/local or /usr if custom -DOPENSSL_ROOT_DIR=<...> is not
> > > passed).
> > > 
> > > Now the behaviour is the following. If -DOPENSSL_ROOT_DIR=<...> is
> > > passed, then try to use OpenSSL from it. Otherwise find the library in
> > > /usr/local and then in /usr. This is right as for tarantool's crypto
> > > module as well as for libcurl submodule.
> > > 
> > > There is a flaw here: a user is unable to choose a base system library
> > > if a ports / pkg version of OpenSSL is installed. The reason here is
> > > that tarantool's crypto module depends on other libraries and
> > > -I/usr/local/include may be added to build options. I have no good
> > > solution for that, so `cmake . -DOPENSSL_ROOT_DIR=/usr` will give a
> > > warning on FreeBSD and `gmake` likely will fail if libraries are of
> > > different versions (see cmake/os.cmake comments for more information).
> > > See also a [discussion][1] in FreeBSD community about all those /usr and
> > > /usr/local problems.
> > > 
> > > There were two other problems that may fail tarantool build on FreeBSD:
> > > they are fixed in this commit and described below.
> > > 
> > > First, libcurl's configure script chooses GCC by default if it exists
> > > (say, installed from ports / pkg). It is unexpected behaviour when
> > > tarantool sources itself are built with clang. Now it is fixed by
> > > passing a compiler explicitly to the libcurl's configure script: the
> > > library will use base system clang by default or one that a user pass to
> > > tarantool's cmake.
> > > 
> > > Side note: GCC has /usr/local/include in its default headers search
> > > paths; libcurl's configure script chooses GCC as a compiler and OpenSSL
> > > from a base system by default that leads to OpenSSL header / library
> > > mismatch. It is the primary reason of the build fail that was fixed in
> > > 1f2338bd809585b0b38fe07fd9f80c31747374c2 ('build: FreeBSD packages
> > > installation'). It is not much relevant anymore, because we don't try to
> > > link with a base system OpenSSL if /usr/local one exists (if it is asked
> > > explicitly with -DOPENSSL_ROOT_DIR=<...> we'll do, but will give a
> > > warning). Anyway, it is important to know such details if we'll change
> > > build scripts in a future.
> 
> Added a note in parentheses:
> 
>  | Side note: GCC has /usr/local/include in its default headers search
>  | paths; libcurl's configure script chooses GCC as a compiler and OpenSSL
>  | from a base system by default (when CC and --with-ssl=<...> are not set)
>  | <...>
> 
> > > 
> > > Second, backtraces are not supported on FreeBSD, but were enabled if
> > > libunwind headers is found. This leads to an error on cmake stage,
> > > because of unability to find a right library (this is the bug). Now we
> > > disable backtraces on FreeBSD by default even if libunwind is found. See
> > > #4278 for more information.
> > > 
> > > [1]: https://wiki.freebsd.org/WarnerLosh/UsrLocal
> > > 
> > > Follows up #4490.
> > > ---
> > > 
> > > https://github.com/tarantool/tarantool/issues/4490
> > > https://github.com/tarantool/tarantool/commits/Totktonada/gh-4490-fix-freebsd-openssl-linking-problems-full-ci
> > > 
> > > This is more request for review of wording rather then of the code: hope
> > > I verified it carefully enough.
> > > 
> > >  cmake/BuildLibCURL.cmake | 15 +++++++--------
> > >  cmake/compiler.cmake     |  4 +++-
> > >  cmake/os.cmake           | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > >  3 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/cmake/BuildLibCURL.cmake b/cmake/BuildLibCURL.cmake
> > > index 866b3c49e..45f5af23e 100644
> > > --- a/cmake/BuildLibCURL.cmake
> > > +++ b/cmake/BuildLibCURL.cmake
> > > @@ -14,14 +14,10 @@ macro(curl_build)
> > >          message(FATAL_ERROR "Unable to find zlib")
> > >      endif()
> > >  
> > > -    # Set curl option to find OpenSSL library.
> > > -    if ("${OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR}" STREQUAL "")
> > > -        # Linux / FreeBSD.
> > > -        set(LIBCURL_OPENSSL_OPT "--with-ssl")
> > > -    else()
> > > -        # Mac OS.
> > > -        set(LIBCURL_OPENSSL_OPT "--with-ssl=${OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR}")
> > > -    endif()
> > > +    # Use the same OpenSSL library for libcurl as is used for
> > > +    # tarantool itself.
> > > +    get_filename_component(FOUND_OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR ${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR} DIRECTORY)
> > > +    set(LIBCURL_OPENSSL_OPT "--with-ssl=${FOUND_OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR}")
> > >  
> > >      include(ExternalProject)
> > >      ExternalProject_Add(
> > > @@ -35,6 +31,8 @@ macro(curl_build)
> > >          CONFIGURE_COMMAND
> > >              cd <SOURCE_DIR> && ./buildconf &&
> > >              cd <BINARY_DIR> && <SOURCE_DIR>/configure
> > > +                CC=${CMAKE_C_COMPILER}
> > > +                CXX=${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}
> > 
> > This changeset breaks build for OSX Mojave. The note is left as a
> > reminder of known problem to be fixed in a while.
> 
> Yep, fixed (see CPPFLAGS and CFLAGS in the new patch).
> 
> > 
> > >                  --prefix <INSTALL_DIR>
> > >                  --enable-static
> > >                  --enable-shared
> > > @@ -112,6 +110,7 @@ macro(curl_build)
> > >          set(CURL_LIBRARIES ${CURL_LIBRARIES} rt)
> > >      endif()
> > >  
> > > +    unset(FOUND_OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR)
> > >      unset(LIBCURL_INSTALL_DIR)
> > >      unset(LIBCURL_BINARY_DIR)
> > >      unset(LIBCURL_SOURCE_DIR)
> > > diff --git a/cmake/compiler.cmake b/cmake/compiler.cmake
> > > index 887485c80..c9ad2b092 100644
> > > --- a/cmake/compiler.cmake
> > > +++ b/cmake/compiler.cmake
> > > @@ -128,8 +128,10 @@ else()
> > >  endif()
> > >  find_library(UNWIND_LIBRARY PATH_SUFFIXES system NAMES ${UNWIND_LIB_NAME})
> > >  
> > > +# Disabled backtraces support on FreeBSD by default, because of
> > > +# gh-4278.
> > >  set(ENABLE_BACKTRACE_DEFAULT OFF)
> > > -if (UNWIND_LIBRARY AND HAVE_LIBUNWIND_H)
> > > +if (NOT TARGET_OS_FREEBSD AND UNWIND_LIBRARY AND HAVE_LIBUNWIND_H)
> > >      set(ENABLE_BACKTRACE_DEFAULT ON)
> > >  endif()
> > >  
> > > diff --git a/cmake/os.cmake b/cmake/os.cmake
> > > index ea581108b..fe96ce773 100644
> > > --- a/cmake/os.cmake
> > > +++ b/cmake/os.cmake
> > > @@ -22,6 +22,33 @@ elseif (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} STREQUAL "kFreeBSD")
> > >  elseif (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} STREQUAL "FreeBSD")
> > >      set(TARGET_OS_FREEBSD 1)
> > >      find_package_message(PLATFORM "Building for FreeBSD" "${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}")
> > > +
> > > +    # FreeBSD has OpenSSL library installed in /usr as part of a
> > > +    # base system. A user may install OpenSSL from ports / pkg to
> > > +    # /usr/local. It is tricky to use the library from /usr in the
> > > +    # case, because a compilation unit can also depend on
> > > +    # libraries from /usr/local. When -I/usr/local/include is
> > > +    # passed to a compiler it will find openssl/ssl.h from
> > > +    # /usr/local/include first.
> > > +    #
> > > +    # In theory we can create a directory on the build stage and
> > > +    # fill it with symlinks to choosen headers. However this way
> > > +    # does not look as usual way to pick libraries to build
> > > +    # against. I suspect that this is common problem on FreeBSD
> > > +    # and we should wait for some general resolution from FreeBSD
> > > +    # developers rather then work it around.
> > > +    #
> > > +    # Verify that /usr is not set as a directory to pick OpenSSL
> > > +    # library and header files, because it is likely that a user
> > > +    # set it to use the library from a base system, while the
> > > +    # library is also installed into /usr/local.
> > > +    get_filename_component(REAL_OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR "${OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR}"
> > > +                           REALPATH BASE_DIR "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}")
> > > +    if ("${REAL_OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR}" STREQUAL "/usr")
> > 
> > It would be much clearer if you dropped a few words for the warning
> > level usage instead of fatal one here (I guess I saw the rationale
> > within a commit message).
> 
> Added the following paragraph:
> 
>  | It is possible however that a user is aware of the problem,
>  | but want to use -DOPENSSL_ROOT_DIR=<...> CMake option to
>  | choose OpenSSL from /usr anyway. We should not fail the
>  | build and block this ability. Say, a user may know that
>  | there are no OpenSSL libraries in /usr/local, but finds it
>  | convenient to set the CMake option explicitly due to some
>  | external reason.
> 
> > 
> > > +        message(WARNING "Using OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR on FreeBSD to choose base "
> > > +                        "system libraries is not supported")
> > > +    endif()
> > > +    unset(REAL_OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR)
> > >  elseif (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} STREQUAL "NetBSD")
> > >      set(TARGET_OS_NETBSD 1)
> > >      find_package_message(PLATFORM "Building for NetBSD" "${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}")
> > > -- 
> > > 2.22.0
> > > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > Best regards,
> > IM
> 
> ----
> 
> build: fix OpenSSL linking problems on FreeBSD
> 
> FreeBSD has OpenSSL as part of the base system: libraries are located in
> /usr/lib, headers are in /usr/include. However a user may install the
> library into /usr/local/{lib,include} from ports / pkg. In this case
> tarantool did choose /usr/local version, while libcurl will pick up a
> base system library. This is fixed by passing --with-ssl option with an
> argument (/usr/local or /usr if custom -DOPENSSL_ROOT_DIR=<...> is not
> passed).
> 
> Now the behaviour is the following. If -DOPENSSL_ROOT_DIR=<...> is
> passed, then try to use OpenSSL from it. Otherwise find the library in
> /usr/local and then in /usr. This is right as for tarantool's crypto
> module as well as for libcurl submodule.
> 
> There is a flaw here: a user is unable to choose a base system library
> if a ports / pkg version of OpenSSL is installed. The reason here is
> that tarantool's crypto module depends on other libraries and
> -I/usr/local/include may be added to build options. I have no good
> solution for that, so `cmake . -DOPENSSL_ROOT_DIR=/usr` will give a
> warning on FreeBSD and `gmake` likely will fail if libraries are of
> different versions (see cmake/os.cmake comments for more information).
> See also a [discussion][1] in FreeBSD community about all those /usr and
> /usr/local problems.
> 
> There were two other problems that may fail tarantool build on FreeBSD:
> they are fixed in this commit and described below.
> 
> First, libcurl's configure script chooses GCC by default if it exists
> (say, installed from ports / pkg). It is unexpected behaviour when
> tarantool sources itself are built with clang. Now it is fixed by
> passing a compiler explicitly to the libcurl's configure script: the
> library will use base system clang by default or one that a user pass to
> tarantool's cmake.
> 
> Side note: GCC has /usr/local/include in its default headers search
> paths; libcurl's configure script chooses GCC as a compiler and OpenSSL
> from a base system by default (when CC and --with-ssl=<...> are not set)
> that leads to OpenSSL header / library mismatch. It is the primary
> reason of the build fail that was fixed in
> 1f2338bd809585b0b38fe07fd9f80c31747374c2 ('build: FreeBSD packages
> installation'). It is not much relevant anymore, because we don't try to
> link with a base system OpenSSL if /usr/local one exists (however if it
> is asked explicitly with -DOPENSSL_ROOT_DIR=<...> we'll do, but will
> give a warning). Anyway, it is important to know such details if we'll
> change build scripts in a future.
> 
> Second, backtraces are not supported on FreeBSD, but were enabled if
> libunwind headers is found. This leads to an error on cmake stage,
> because of inability to find a right library (this is a bug). Now we
> disable backtraces on FreeBSD by default even if libunwind is found. See
> #4278 for more information.
> 
> When CC is passed to libcurl's configure script, the new problem opens
> on Mac OS. CMake chooses XCode toolchain by default (at least on a
> particular system where I tried it), which requires -isysroot=<SDK_PATH>
> option to be passed to a preprocessor and a compiler in order to find
> system headers. See [2] for more information.
> 
> [1]: https://wiki.freebsd.org/WarnerLosh/UsrLocal
> [2]: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/xcode_release_notes/xcode_10_release_notes#3035623
> 
> Follows up #4490.
> ---
>  cmake/BuildLibCURL.cmake | 25 ++++++++++++++++++-------
>  cmake/compiler.cmake     |  4 +++-
>  cmake/os.cmake           | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  3 files changed, 56 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/cmake/BuildLibCURL.cmake b/cmake/BuildLibCURL.cmake
> index 866b3c49e..0dc7676d6 100644
> --- a/cmake/BuildLibCURL.cmake
> +++ b/cmake/BuildLibCURL.cmake
> @@ -14,13 +14,18 @@ macro(curl_build)
>          message(FATAL_ERROR "Unable to find zlib")
>      endif()
>  
> -    # Set curl option to find OpenSSL library.
> -    if ("${OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR}" STREQUAL "")
> -        # Linux / FreeBSD.
> -        set(LIBCURL_OPENSSL_OPT "--with-ssl")
> -    else()
> -        # Mac OS.
> -        set(LIBCURL_OPENSSL_OPT "--with-ssl=${OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR}")
> +    # Use the same OpenSSL library for libcurl as is used for
> +    # tarantool itself.
> +    get_filename_component(FOUND_OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR ${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR} DIRECTORY)
> +    set(LIBCURL_OPENSSL_OPT "--with-ssl=${FOUND_OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR}")
> +
> +    # Pass -isysroot=<SDK_PATH> option on Mac OS to a preprocessor
> +    # and a C compiler to find header files installed with an SDK.
> +    set(LIBCURL_CPPFLAGS "")
> +    set(LIBCURL_CFLAGS "")
> +    if (TARGET_OS_DARWIN AND NOT "${CMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT}" STREQUAL "")
> +        set(LIBCURL_CPPFLAGS "${LIBCURL_CPPFLAGS} ${CMAKE_C_SYSROOT_FLAG} ${CMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT}")
> +        set(LIBCURL_CFLAGS "${LIBCURL_CFLAGS} ${CMAKE_C_SYSROOT_FLAG} ${CMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT}")
>      endif()
>  
>      include(ExternalProject)
> @@ -35,6 +40,9 @@ macro(curl_build)
>          CONFIGURE_COMMAND
>              cd <SOURCE_DIR> && ./buildconf &&
>              cd <BINARY_DIR> && <SOURCE_DIR>/configure
> +                CC=${CMAKE_C_COMPILER}
> +                CPPFLAGS=${LIBCURL_CPPFLAGS}
> +                CFLAGS=${LIBCURL_CFLAGS}
>                  --prefix <INSTALL_DIR>
>                  --enable-static
>                  --enable-shared
> @@ -112,6 +120,9 @@ macro(curl_build)
>          set(CURL_LIBRARIES ${CURL_LIBRARIES} rt)
>      endif()
>  
> +    unset(LIBCURL_CPPFLAGS)
> +    unset(LIBCURL_CFLAGS)
> +    unset(FOUND_OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR)
>      unset(LIBCURL_INSTALL_DIR)
>      unset(LIBCURL_BINARY_DIR)
>      unset(LIBCURL_SOURCE_DIR)
> diff --git a/cmake/compiler.cmake b/cmake/compiler.cmake
> index 887485c80..c9ad2b092 100644
> --- a/cmake/compiler.cmake
> +++ b/cmake/compiler.cmake
> @@ -128,8 +128,10 @@ else()
>  endif()
>  find_library(UNWIND_LIBRARY PATH_SUFFIXES system NAMES ${UNWIND_LIB_NAME})
>  
> +# Disabled backtraces support on FreeBSD by default, because of
> +# gh-4278.
>  set(ENABLE_BACKTRACE_DEFAULT OFF)
> -if (UNWIND_LIBRARY AND HAVE_LIBUNWIND_H)
> +if (NOT TARGET_OS_FREEBSD AND UNWIND_LIBRARY AND HAVE_LIBUNWIND_H)
>      set(ENABLE_BACKTRACE_DEFAULT ON)
>  endif()
>  
> diff --git a/cmake/os.cmake b/cmake/os.cmake
> index ea581108b..0ed554b9b 100644
> --- a/cmake/os.cmake
> +++ b/cmake/os.cmake
> @@ -22,6 +22,41 @@ elseif (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} STREQUAL "kFreeBSD")
>  elseif (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} STREQUAL "FreeBSD")
>      set(TARGET_OS_FREEBSD 1)
>      find_package_message(PLATFORM "Building for FreeBSD" "${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}")
> +
> +    # FreeBSD has OpenSSL library installed in /usr as part of a
> +    # base system. A user may install OpenSSL from ports / pkg to
> +    # /usr/local. It is tricky to use the library from /usr in the
> +    # case, because a compilation unit can also depend on
> +    # libraries from /usr/local. When -I/usr/local/include is
> +    # passed to a compiler it will find openssl/ssl.h from
> +    # /usr/local/include first.
> +    #
> +    # In theory we can create a directory on the build stage and
> +    # fill it with symlinks to choosen headers. However this way
> +    # does not look as usual way to pick libraries to build
> +    # against. I suspect that this is common problem on FreeBSD
> +    # and we should wait for some general resolution from FreeBSD
> +    # developers rather then work it around.
> +    #
> +    # Verify that /usr is not set as a directory to pick OpenSSL
> +    # library and header files, because it is likely that a user
> +    # set it to use the library from a base system, while the
> +    # library is also installed into /usr/local.
> +    #
> +    # It is possible however that a user is aware of the problem,
> +    # but want to use -DOPENSSL_ROOT_DIR=<...> CMake option to
> +    # choose OpenSSL from /usr anyway. We should not fail the
> +    # build and block this ability. Say, a user may know that
> +    # there are no OpenSSL libraries in /usr/local, but finds it
> +    # convenient to set the CMake option explicitly due to some
> +    # external reason.
> +    get_filename_component(REAL_OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR "${OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR}"
> +                           REALPATH BASE_DIR "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}")
> +    if ("${REAL_OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR}" STREQUAL "/usr")
> +        message(WARNING "Using OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR on FreeBSD to choose base "
> +                        "system libraries is not supported")
> +    endif()
> +    unset(REAL_OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR)
>  elseif (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} STREQUAL "NetBSD")
>      set(TARGET_OS_NETBSD 1)
>      find_package_message(PLATFORM "Building for NetBSD" "${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}")

-- 
Best regards,
IM




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