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buildsystem: drop custom buildconf script, rely on autoreconf (#224)
Notes:
The buildconf script is currently required, because we need to copy a
header around, because it is used both from the library and the examples
sources.

However, having a custom 'buildconf'-like script is not needed if we can
ensure that the header exists by the time it is needed. For that, we can
just append the src/ directory to the headers search path for the
examples.

And then it means we no longer need to generate the same header twice,
so we remove the second one from configure.ac.

Now, we can just call "autoreconf -fi" to generate the autotools files,
instead of relying on the canned sequence in "buildconf", since
autoreconf has now long known what to do at the correct moment (future
versions of autotools, automake, autopoint, autoheader etc... may
require an other ordering, or other intermediate steps, etc...).

Eventually, get rid of buildconf now it is no longer needed. In fact, we
really keep it for legacy, but have it just call autoreconf (and print a
nice user-friendly warning). Don't include it in the release tarballs,
though.

Update doc, gitignore, and travis-CI jobs accordingly.

Credit:
Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
Cc: Sam Voss <sam.voss@rockwellcollins.com>
2020-07-01 11:44:08 -07:00

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Installation Instructions
*************************
Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005 Free
Software Foundation, Inc.
This file is free documentation; the Free Software Foundation gives
unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify it.
When Building directly from Master
==================================
If you want to build directly from the git repository, you must first
generate the configure script and Makefile using autotools. There is
a convenience script that calls all tools in the correct order. Make
sure that autoconf, automake and libtool are installed on your system,
then execute:
autoreconf -fi
After executing this script, you can build the project as usual:
./configure
make
Basic Installation
==================
These are generic installation instructions.
The `configure' shell script attempts to guess correct values for
various system-dependent variables used during compilation. It uses
those values to create a `Makefile' in each directory of the package.
It may also create one or more `.h' files containing system-dependent
definitions. Finally, it creates a shell script `config.status' that
you can run in the future to recreate the current configuration, and a
file `config.log' containing compiler output (useful mainly for
debugging `configure').
It can also use an optional file (typically called `config.cache'
and enabled with `--cache-file=config.cache' or simply `-C') that saves
the results of its tests to speed up reconfiguring. (Caching is
disabled by default to prevent problems with accidental use of stale
cache files.)
If you need to do unusual things to compile the package, please try
to figure out how `configure' could check whether to do them, and mail
diffs or instructions to the address given in the `README' so they can
be considered for the next release. If you are using the cache, and at
some point `config.cache' contains results you don't want to keep, you
may remove or edit it.
The file `configure.ac' (or `configure.in') is used to create
`configure' by a program called `autoconf'. You only need
`configure.ac' if you want to change it or regenerate `configure' using
a newer version of `autoconf'.
The simplest way to compile this package is:
1. `cd' to the directory containing the package's source code and type
`./configure' to configure the package for your system. If you're
using `csh' on an old version of System V, you might need to type
`sh ./configure' instead to prevent `csh' from trying to execute
`configure' itself.
Running `configure' takes awhile. While running, it prints some
messages telling which features it is checking for.
2. Type `make' to compile the package.
3. Optionally, type `make check' to run any self-tests that come with
the package.
4. Type `make install' to install the programs and any data files and
documentation.
5. You can remove the program binaries and object files from the
source code directory by typing `make clean'. To also remove the
files that `configure' created (so you can compile the package for
a different kind of computer), type `make distclean'. There is
also a `make maintainer-clean' target, but that is intended mainly
for the package's developers. If you use it, you may have to get
all sorts of other programs in order to regenerate files that came
with the distribution.
Compilers and Options
=====================
Some systems require unusual options for compilation or linking that the
`configure' script does not know about. Run `./configure --help' for
details on some of the pertinent environment variables.
You can give `configure' initial values for configuration parameters
by setting variables in the command line or in the environment. Here
is an example:
./configure CC=c89 CFLAGS=-O2 LIBS=-lposix
*Note Defining Variables::, for more details.
Compiling For Multiple Architectures
====================================
You can compile the package for more than one kind of computer at the
same time, by placing the object files for each architecture in their
own directory. To do this, you must use a version of `make' that
supports the `VPATH' variable, such as GNU `make'. `cd' to the
directory where you want the object files and executables to go and run
the `configure' script. `configure' automatically checks for the
source code in the directory that `configure' is in and in `..'.
If you have to use a `make' that does not support the `VPATH'
variable, you have to compile the package for one architecture at a
time in the source code directory. After you have installed the
package for one architecture, use `make distclean' before reconfiguring
for another architecture.
Installation Names
==================
By default, `make install' installs the package's commands under
`/usr/local/bin', include files under `/usr/local/include', etc. You
can specify an installation prefix other than `/usr/local' by giving
`configure' the option `--prefix=PREFIX'.
You can specify separate installation prefixes for
architecture-specific files and architecture-independent files. If you
pass the option `--exec-prefix=PREFIX' to `configure', the package uses
PREFIX as the prefix for installing programs and libraries.
Documentation and other data files still use the regular prefix.
In addition, if you use an unusual directory layout you can give
options like `--bindir=DIR' to specify different values for particular
kinds of files. Run `configure --help' for a list of the directories
you can set and what kinds of files go in them.
If the package supports it, you can cause programs to be installed
with an extra prefix or suffix on their names by giving `configure' the
option `--program-prefix=PREFIX' or `--program-suffix=SUFFIX'.
Optional Features
=================
Some packages pay attention to `--enable-FEATURE' options to
`configure', where FEATURE indicates an optional part of the package.
They may also pay attention to `--with-PACKAGE' options, where PACKAGE
is something like `gnu-as' or `x' (for the X Window System). The
`README' should mention any `--enable-' and `--with-' options that the
package recognizes.
For packages that use the X Window System, `configure' can usually
find the X include and library files automatically, but if it doesn't,
you can use the `configure' options `--x-includes=DIR' and
`--x-libraries=DIR' to specify their locations.
Specifying the System Type
==========================
There may be some features `configure' cannot figure out automatically,
but needs to determine by the type of machine the package will run on.
Usually, assuming the package is built to be run on the _same_
architectures, `configure' can figure that out, but if it prints a
message saying it cannot guess the machine type, give it the
`--build=TYPE' option. TYPE can either be a short name for the system
type, such as `sun4', or a canonical name which has the form:
CPU-COMPANY-SYSTEM
where SYSTEM can have one of these forms:
OS KERNEL-OS
See the file `config.sub' for the possible values of each field. If
`config.sub' isn't included in this package, then this package doesn't
need to know the machine type.
If you are _building_ compiler tools for cross-compiling, you should
use the option `--target=TYPE' to select the type of system they will
produce code for.
If you want to _use_ a cross compiler, that generates code for a
platform different from the build platform, you should specify the
"host" platform (i.e., that on which the generated programs will
eventually be run) with `--host=TYPE'.
Sharing Defaults
================
If you want to set default values for `configure' scripts to share, you
can create a site shell script called `config.site' that gives default
values for variables like `CC', `cache_file', and `prefix'.
`configure' looks for `PREFIX/share/config.site' if it exists, then
`PREFIX/etc/config.site' if it exists. Or, you can set the
`CONFIG_SITE' environment variable to the location of the site script.
A warning: not all `configure' scripts look for a site script.
Defining Variables
==================
Variables not defined in a site shell script can be set in the
environment passed to `configure'. However, some packages may run
configure again during the build, and the customized values of these
variables may be lost. In order to avoid this problem, you should set
them in the `configure' command line, using `VAR=value'. For example:
./configure CC=/usr/local2/bin/gcc
causes the specified `gcc' to be used as the C compiler (unless it is
overridden in the site shell script). Here is a another example:
/bin/bash ./configure CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/bash
Here the `CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/bash' operand causes subsequent
configuration-related scripts to be executed by `/bin/bash'.
`configure' Invocation
======================
`configure' recognizes the following options to control how it operates.
`--help'
`-h'
Print a summary of the options to `configure', and exit.
`--version'
`-V'
Print the version of Autoconf used to generate the `configure'
script, and exit.
`--cache-file=FILE'
Enable the cache: use and save the results of the tests in FILE,
traditionally `config.cache'. FILE defaults to `/dev/null' to
disable caching.
`--config-cache'
`-C'
Alias for `--cache-file=config.cache'.
`--quiet'
`--silent'
`-q'
Do not print messages saying which checks are being made. To
suppress all normal output, redirect it to `/dev/null' (any error
messages will still be shown).
`--srcdir=DIR'
Look for the package's source code in directory DIR. Usually
`configure' can determine that directory automatically.
`configure' also accepts some other, not widely useful, options. Run
`configure --help' for more details.
More configure options
======================
Some ./configure options deserve additional comments:
* --enable-crypt-none
The SSH2 Transport allows for unencrypted data
transmission using the "none" cipher. Because this is
such a huge security hole, it is typically disabled on
SSH2 implementations and is disabled in libssh2 by
default as well.
Enabling this option will allow for "none" as a
negotiable method, however it still requires that the
method be advertized by the remote end and that no
more-preferable methods are available.
* --enable-mac-none
The SSH2 Transport also allows implementations to
forego a message authentication code. While this is
less of a security risk than using a "none" cipher, it
is still not recommended as disabling MAC hashes
removes a layer of security.
Enabling this option will allow for "none" as a
negotiable method, however it still requires that the
method be advertized by the remote end and that no
more-preferable methods are available.
* --disable-gex-new
The diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha1 (dh-gex) key
exchange method originally defined an exchange
negotiation using packet type 30 to request a
generation pair based on a single target value. Later
refinement of dh-gex provided for range and target
values. By default libssh2 will use the newer range
method.
If you experience trouble connecting to an old SSH
server using dh-gex, try this option to fallback on
the older more reliable method.
* --with-libgcrypt
* --without-libgcrypt
* --with-libgcrypt-prefix=DIR
libssh2 can use the Libgcrypt library
(https://www.gnupg.org/) for cryptographic operations.
One of the cryptographic libraries is required.
Configure will attempt to locate Libgcrypt
automatically.
If your installation of Libgcrypt is in another
location, specify it using --with-libgcrypt-prefix.
* --with-openssl
* --without-openssl
* --with-libssl-prefix=[DIR]
libssh2 can use the OpenSSL library
(https://www.openssl.org) for cryptographic operations.
One of the cryptographic libraries is required.
Configure will attempt to locate OpenSSL in the
default location.
If your installation of OpenSSL is in another
location, specify it using --with-libssl-prefix.
* --with-mbedtls
* --without-mbedtls
* --with-libmbedtls-prefix=[DIR]
libssh2 can use the mbedTLS library
(https://tls.mbed.org) for cryptographic operations.
One of the cryptographic libraries is required.
Configure will attempt to locate mbedTLS in the
default location.
If your installation of mbedTLS is in another
location, specify it using --with-libmbedtls-prefix.
* --with-libz
* --without-libz
* --with-libz-prefix=[DIR]
If present, libssh2 will attempt to use the zlib
(http://www.zlib.org) for payload compression, however
zlib is not required.
If your installation of Libz is in another location,
specify it using --with-libz-prefix.
* --enable-debug
Will make the build use more pedantic and strict compiler
options as well as enable the libssh2_trace() function (for
showing debug traces).