On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 4:22 PM, Junio C Hamano <gits...@pobox.com> wrote:
> Dave Borowitz <dborow...@google.com> writes:
>
>> curl-config should always be installed alongside a curl distribution,
>> and its purpose is to provide flags for building against libcurl, so
>> use it instead of guessing flags and dependent libraries.
>>
>> Allow overriding CURL_CONFIG to a custom path to curl-config, to
>> compile against a curl installation other than the first in PATH.
>>
>> Use this only when CURLDIR is not explicitly specified, to continue
>> supporting older builds.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Dave Borowitz <dborow...@google.com>
>
> Sounds logically the right thing to do.  Was there a particular
> platform that needed this (i.e. cannot be made to work with the
> existing CURLDIR and "guessing flags and dependeent libraries")
> that may be worth mentioning in the log message?

My end goal is to statically link git on Mac OS X (10.9) against a
newer version of libcurl than ships with the OS. The normal CURLDIR
approach should work with system libcurl:

$ /usr/bin/curl-config --libs
-lcurl

But it gets a bit more complicated with a recent curl version. This
likely has to do with the set of enabled options; I passed flags to
./configure based on the build script "MacOSX-Framework" included in
the curl distribution:
$ ~/d/curl-out-7.36.0/bin/curl-config --libs
-L/Users/dborowitz/d/curl-out-7.36.0/lib -lcurl -lgssapi_krb5 -lresolv
-lldap -lz

And with --static-libs there's just that much more:
$ ~/d/curl-out-7.36.0/bin/curl-config --static-libs
/Users/dborowitz/d/curl-out-7.36.0/lib/libcurl.a
-Wl,-syslibroot,/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.8.sdk
-arch x86_64 -Wl,-headerpad_max_install_names -framework
CoreFoundation -framework Security -lgssapi_krb5 -lresolv -lldap -lz

So I don't think specifying NEEDS_*_WITH_CURL scales to this use case.

While writing this up I also noticed an issue with the second patch,
namely that `curl-config --static-libs` is empty when curl is not
built for static linking.

I will reroll with a more detailed commit message and a fix to the second patch.

>> ---
>>  Makefile | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++------------
>>  1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
>> index 2128ce3..d6330bc 100644
>> --- a/Makefile
>> +++ b/Makefile
>> @@ -34,8 +34,12 @@ all::
>>  # git-http-push are not built, and you cannot use http:// and https://
>>  # transports (neither smart nor dumb).
>>  #
>> +# Define CURL_CONFIG to the path to a curl-config binary other than the
>> +# default 'curl-config'.
>> +#
>>  # Define CURLDIR=/foo/bar if your curl header and library files are in
>> -# /foo/bar/include and /foo/bar/lib directories.
>> +# /foo/bar/include and /foo/bar/lib directories.  This overrides 
>> CURL_CONFIG,
>> +# but is less robust.
>>  #
>>  # Define NO_EXPAT if you do not have expat installed.  git-http-push is
>>  # not built, and you cannot push using http:// and https:// transports 
>> (dumb).
>> @@ -143,9 +147,11 @@ all::
>>  #
>>  # Define NEEDS_SSL_WITH_CRYPTO if you need -lssl when using -lcrypto 
>> (Darwin).
>>  #
>> -# Define NEEDS_SSL_WITH_CURL if you need -lssl with -lcurl (Minix).
>> +# Define NEEDS_SSL_WITH_CURL if you need -lssl with -lcurl (Minix).  Only 
>> used
>> +# if CURLDIR is set.
>>  #
>> -# Define NEEDS_IDN_WITH_CURL if you need -lidn when using -lcurl (Minix).
>> +# Define NEEDS_IDN_WITH_CURL if you need -lidn when using -lcurl (Minix).  
>> Only
>> +# used if CURLDIR is set.
>>  #
>>  # Define NEEDS_LIBICONV if linking with libc is not enough (Darwin).
>>  #
>> @@ -1121,18 +1127,23 @@ else
>>               # Try "-Wl,-rpath=$(CURLDIR)/$(lib)" in such a case.
>>               BASIC_CFLAGS += -I$(CURLDIR)/include
>>               CURL_LIBCURL = -L$(CURLDIR)/$(lib) 
>> $(CC_LD_DYNPATH)$(CURLDIR)/$(lib) -lcurl
>> +             ifdef NEEDS_SSL_WITH_CURL
>> +                     CURL_LIBCURL += -lssl
>> +                     ifdef NEEDS_CRYPTO_WITH_SSL
>> +                             CURL_LIBCURL += -lcrypto
>> +                     endif
>> +             endif
>> +             ifdef NEEDS_IDN_WITH_CURL
>> +                     CURL_LIBCURL += -lidn
>> +             endif
>>       else
>> -             CURL_LIBCURL = -lcurl
>> -     endif
>> -     ifdef NEEDS_SSL_WITH_CURL
>> -             CURL_LIBCURL += -lssl
>> -             ifdef NEEDS_CRYPTO_WITH_SSL
>> -                     CURL_LIBCURL += -lcrypto
>> +             CURL_CONFIG ?= curl-config
>> +             BASIC_CFLAGS += $(shell $(CURL_CONFIG) --cflags)
>> +             CURL_LIBCURL = $(shell $(CURL_CONFIG) --libs)
>> +             ifeq "$(CURL_LIBCURL)" ""
>> +                     $(error curl not detected; try setting CURLDIR)
>>               endif
>>       endif
>> -     ifdef NEEDS_IDN_WITH_CURL
>> -             CURL_LIBCURL += -lidn
>> -     endif
>>
>>       REMOTE_CURL_PRIMARY = git-remote-http$X
>>       REMOTE_CURL_ALIASES = git-remote-https$X git-remote-ftp$X 
>> git-remote-ftps$X
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