Require CMake 3.18 (2020-07-15) or newer, up from 3.7 (2016-11-11)
prior to this patch.
This requirement also applies to the distributed `curl-config.cmake`.
To allow dropping compatibility code maintained for old versions, and to
use features which were unpractical in separate code paths. Also to make
testing, documentation and development easier, CI builds faster due to
CMake performance improvements over time. (e.g. integration tests on
macOS run 8x faster (10 minutes is now under 1.5m) in CI, 2.5x faster on
Windows.)
CMake offers pre-built binaries for major platforms. They work without
an install step, just by unpacking and pointing the cmake command to
them. Making upgrades easy in many cases:
https://cmake.org/download/https://cmake.org/files/https://github.com/Kitware/CMake/releases
CMake 3.18 brings these feature as generally available when building or
consuming curl/libcurl:
LTO support, improved performance, `pkg-config` and interface target
support, `OBJECT` target (for faster libcurl builds), modern invocation
with `-S`/`-B` options, better support for custom linker options,
FetchContent, `GnuTLS::GnuTLS` target, `--verbose` and `--install`
options, `CMAKE_GENERATOR` env, last but not least unity mode and Ninja
generator.
For maximum build speed, use:
`-DCMAKE_UNITY_BUILD=ON -DCURL_DROP_UNUSED=ON`
As for deprecations, C++11 is required to build CMake itself, which may
be a limit on some platforms. autotools continues to cover them.
Follow-up to 9bcdfb3809#20408
Follow-up to a7c974e038#19902
Follow-up to dfbe035c8b#10161
Discussion: https://github.com/curl/curl/discussions/18704Closes#20407
Rework the way curl's custom Find modules advertise their properties.
Before this patch, Find modules returned detected dependency properties
(header dirs, libs, libdirs, C flags, etc.) via global variables. curl's
main `CMakeLists.txt` copied their values into global lists, which it
later applied to targets. This solution worked internally, but it was
unsuited for the public, distributed `CURLConfig.cmake` and publishing
curl's Find modules with it, due to polluting the namespace of consumer
projects. It's also impractical to apply the many individual variables
to every targets depending on libcurl.
To allow using Find modules in consumer projects, this patch makes them
define as imported interface targets, named `CURL::<dependency>`. Then
store dependency information as target properties. It avoids namespace
pollution and makes the dependency information apply automatically
to all targets using `CURL::libcurl_static`.
Find modules continue to return `*_FOUND` and `*_VERSION` variables.
For dependencies detected via `pkg-config`, CMake 3.16+ is recommended.
Older CMake versions have a varying degree of support for
propagating/handling library directories. This may cause issues in envs
where dependencies reside in non-system locations and detected via
`pkg-config` (e.g. macOS + Homebrew). Use `CURL_USE_PKGCONFIG=OFF`
to fix these issues. Or upgrade to newer CMake, or link libcurl
dynamically.
Also:
- re-enable `pkg-config` for old cmake `find_library()` integration
tests.
- make `curlinfo` build after these changes.
- distribute local Find modules.
- export the raw list of lib dependencies via `CURL_LIBRARIES_PRIVATE`.
- `CURLconfig.cmake`: use curl's Find modules to detect dependencies in
the consumer env.
- add custom property to target property debug function.
- the curl build process no longer modifies `CMAKE_C_FLAGS`.
Follow-up to e86542038d#17047
Ref: #14930
Ref: https://github.com/libssh2/libssh2/pull/1535
Ref: https://github.com/libssh2/libssh2/pull/1571
Ref: https://github.com/libssh2/libssh2/pull/1581
Ref: https://github.com/libssh2/libssh2/pull/1623Closes#16973
To not have to guess. Also to sync with autotools, which already uses
this wording.
Also:
- replace the stray term 'folder' with 'directory' for consistency.
- store help text in a temp variable to avoid overly long strings
(mandatory in CMake <4.2.0 and can't be trivially split), also
to avoid repeating this string 4 times.
Ref: https://cmake.org/cmake/help/v4.2/command/set.htmlCloses#19169
GNU GSS offers `gss.h`; do not check for `gssapi.h`. `gssapi.h`
was originally published by Heimdal, and later MIT Kerberos also added it
for Heimdal compatibility.
Closes#18993
The kerberos5 library Heimdal is one of three GSS libraries curl support.
It has a memory leak triggered by the new test in #18917 and the project
seems mostly abandoned.
Drop support and steer users to the MIT krb5 or GNU GSS libraries.
Co-authored-by: Daniel Stenberg
Ref: #18928Closes#18928Closes#18932
The documented `<prefix>_<moduleName>_VERSION` variables are empty in
all tested versions since 3.7.2 to 4.1.2. Stop using it as a fallback
for <3.16 versions, and replace with the undocumented, but working,
`FindPkgConfig` internal variable `_pkg_check_modules_pkg_name`. It
contains the module name which was found.
In practice it caused that with CMake <3.16 + `pkg-config`, curl always
detected the Heimdal flavor of GSS.
Also: Delete a fallback version detection method, which was already
marked with a question mark in comments, and used the same, always
empty, CMake variables.
Ref: https://cmake.org/cmake/help/v4.1/module/FindPkgConfig.html
Bug: https://github.com/curl/curl/pull/18932#issuecomment-3381807070Closes#18950
When processing `--cflags` received from `krb5-config` for `gssapi`:
- fix to not break on multiple `-I` options. Before this patch only
the first `-I` option was processed as a header directory, subsequent
ones ended up in C flags as a raw directory, without the `-I` arg.
Follow-up to 558814e16d
- fix to not duplicate C flags.
Regression from 146759716c#14430
- drop local variable `_val` by re-using `_flag`.
- tidy up comments.
Ref: https://github.com/curl/curl/issues/17802#issuecomment-3029455984Closes#17805
`Makefile.mk` supported MS-DOS and Amiga, but `./configure` also
supported them in a better tested and more flexible way.
This patch also adds CMake support for MS-DOS/DJGPP and Amiga OS 3.
`Makefile.mk` was not maintained. Delete it in favour of first-tier
build methods.
Also include some non-MS-DOS/AmigaOS-specific tidy-up, see details at
the end of this message.
Details:
- fix/silence all MS-DOS/DJGPP build warnings and issues.
- add MS-DOS support to cmake.
- default to `ENABLE_THREADED_RESOLVER=OFF` for MS-DOS.
- add support for `WATT_ROOT`.
- use static libcurl with MS-DOS.
- fixup default CMake suffixes/prefixes for DJGPP.
- disable hidden symbols for MS-DOS. Not supported on MS-DOS.
- opt-in MS-DOS into `USE_UNIX_SOCKETS`.
- improve MS-DOS support in autotools.
- default to `--disable-threaded-resolver` for MS-DOS.
- make sure to use `close_s()` (from Watt-32) with autotools and cmake.
`Makefile.mk` used it before this patch.
- GHA: add DJGPP cmake (~30s) and autotools (~60s) build jobs.
Also build tests and examples with cmake.
- improve AmigaOS support in autotools:
- configure: detect `CloseSocket()` when it's a macro.
- configure: fix `IoctlSocket` detection on AmigaOS.
- curl-amissl.m4: pass AmiSSL libs to tests/servers.
- add AmigaOS3 support to cmake:
- cmake: fix `HAVE_IOCTLSOCKET_CAMEL` and
`HAVE_IOCTLSOCKET_CAMEL_FIONBIO` detections.
- set necessary system libs.
- add AmiSSL support.
- inet_ntop, inet_pton: fix using it for AmigaOS. cmake detects them,
and they did not compile with AmigaOS.
- cmake: better sync `gethostname` detection with autotools.
Fixes detection for AmigaOS, where `gethostname` is a macro.
- cmake: fix `sys/utime.h` detection on AmigaOS.
- cmake: force-disable `getaddrinfo` for AmigaOS.
- cmake: tweak threading and static/shared default for AmigaOS.
- cmake: rely on manual variable `AMIGA` to enable the platform.
- GHA: add AmigaOS cmake and autotools (~45s) jobs.
Also build tests and examples with cmake.
- INSTALL: update MS-DOS and AmigaOS build instructions.
- amigaos: fix `-Wpointer-sign` and
`zero or negative size array '_args'` in `Printf()`.
- amigaos: fix `-Wpointer-sign`
- amigaos: fix `-Wredundant-decls` `errno` and `h_errno`.
- amigaos: brute-force silence `lseek()` size warnings.
- amigaos: server/resolve: silence `-Wdiscarded-qualifiers`.
- amigaos: server/resolve: fix `-Wpointer-sign`.
- amigaos: fix `CURL_SA_FAMILY_T` type.
- nonblock: prefer `HAVE_IOCTLSOCKET_CAMEL_FIONBIO` for AmigaOS.
`ioctl` is also detected, but fails when used. Make the above override
it for a successful build.
Authored-by: Darren Banfi
Fixes#15537Closes#15603
- tftpd: prefer `HAVE_IOCTLSOCKET_CAMEL_FIONBIO` for AmigaOS.
- tftpd: tidy-up conditional code.
- curl: set stack size to 16384 for AmigaOS3/4
Overriding the default 4096.
Suggested-by: Darren Banfi
Ref: https://github.com/curl/curl/pull/15543#issuecomment-2498783123
Ref: https://wiki.amigaos.net/wiki/Controlling_Application_Stack
- functypes.h: fix `SEND_QUAL_ARG2` for AmigaOS.
- tftp: add missing cast in sendto() call for AmigaOS.
- getinfo: fix warning with AmigaOS.
- tool_operate: silence warning with AmigaOS
- amigaos: fix building libtests due to missing `RLIMIT_NOFILE`.
- curl_gethostname: silence warning for AmigaOS.
- ftp: silence `-Wtype-limits` for AmigaOS.
- libtest: fix timeval initialization for AmigaOS.
- examples: fix `timeval` initialization for AmigaOS.
- examples: silence warning for AmigaOS.
- configure: fix IPv6 detection for cross-builds.
- netrc: fix to build with AmigaOS cleanly.
- buildinfo: detect and add `DOS` tag for MS-DOS builds.
- buildinfo: add `AMIGA` to buildinfo.txt in auttools.
- build: move `USE_WATT32` macro definition to cmake/configure.
Non-MS-DOS/AmigeOS-specific tidy-ups:
- configure: sync `sa_family_t` detection with cmake.
- configure: sync `ADDRESS_FAMILY` detection signals with cmake.
- doh: use `CURL_SA_FAMILY_T`.
- lib: drop mingw-specific `CURL_SA_FAMILY_T` workaround.
- cmake: extend instead of override check-specific
configurations/requirements.
This allows to honor global requirements added earlier.
Necessary for AmigaOS for example.
- cmake: omit warning on disabled IPv6 for MS-DOS and AmigaOS.
No IPv6 support on these platforms. Also sync with autotools.
- lib1960: use libcurl `inet_pton()` wrapper.
- cmake: detect LibreSSL (to match autotools).
- cmake: say the specific OpenSSL flavour detected.
- hostip: add missing `HAVE_SOCKADDR_IN6_SIN6_SCOPE_ID` guard.
- lib: simplify classic mac feature guards.
Follow-up to a8861b6ccd#9764Closes#15543
The idea of linking dependencies found to `libcurl.pc` turns out not
to work in practice in some cases.
Specifically: gss, ldap, mbedtls, libmsh3, rustls
A `.pc` may not work or be missing for a couple of reasons:
- not all build methods generate it: mbedTLS, Rustls
- generated file is broken: msh3
Ref: https://github.com/nibanks/msh3/pull/225
- installed package flavour isn't shipping with one:
FreeBSD GSS, OmniOS LDAP, macOS LDAP
The effect of such issues shall be subtle in theory, because
`libcurl.pc` normally lists these dependencies in the `Requires.private`
section meant for static linking. But, e.g. `pkg-config --exists`
requires these to be present, and builds sometimes use this check
regardless of build type. This bug is not present in `pkgconf`; it only
checks for them when `--static` is also passed.
Fix these by adding affected `.pc` references to `libcurl.pc` only when
we detected the dependency via `pkg-config`.
There are a few side-effects of this solution:
- references are never added for dependencies where curl doesn't
implement `pkg-config` detection. These are:
- autotools: ldap, mbedtls, msh3
- cmake: ldap (pending #15273)
- generated `libcurl.pc` depends on the build-time environment.
- generated `libcurl.pc` depends on curl build tool (cmake, autotools).
- generated `libcurl.pc` depends on curl build implementation details.
Make an exception for GNU GSS, where I blindly guess that `gss.pc` is
always available, as no issues were reported.
Other, not mentioned, dependencies continue to be added regardless
of the detection method.
Reported-by: Harmen Stoppels, Thomas, Daniel Engberg, Andy Fiddaman
Fixes#15469Fixes#15507Fixes#15535
Fixes https://github.com/curl/curl/pull/15163#issuecomment-2473358444Closes#15573
- stop passing explicit libpaths via `CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS` and
`CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS`. `link_directories()` is doing that already.
- use `curl_required_libpaths()` to pass libpaths to the feature test.
Reported-by: Daniel Engberg
Fixes#15536
Also fixes GSS feature detection with non-gcc/clang compilers,
such as MSVC.
- add libpaths to `CURL_LIBPATHS`.
- move `GSS_CFLAGS`, `GSS_LDFLAGS` stringifications to FindGSS.
To match the `CFLAGS` format returned by the rest of Find modules.
- reorder calls to match other dependencies.
- don't extend system `LDFLAGS` when FindGSS did not return any.
- ignore `LDFLAGS` when detecting GSS via `pkg-config`. `LDFLAGS` holds
a copy of libpaths and libs in this case. Ignore those to avoid these
duplicates making into `libcurl.pc` and `curl-config`. Also syncing
behavior with other Find modules which also ignore raw `LDFLAGS`.
- ignore raw `LDFLAGS` coming from `krb5-config --libs`. FindGSS
no longer returns dependency-specific `LDFLAGS` after this. Syncing
behavior with other Find modules.
- reduce scope of checker state push/pop/set.
Closes#15545
Extend `INSTALL-CMAKE` document with the list of available options,
a short description and default values.
The list may not be 100% complete.
There are no component boundaries in CMake, so the line is blurry
between curl options, CMake options, CMake Find modules options.
I included certain CMake options that seemed useful, and/or have
dedicated use withing curl's CMake source. But, all CMake built-in
options are usable, as documented upstream in CMake.
The naming of the options has a heritage and the inconsistencies with
it, including a lack of clear namespace. This may be subject to future
updates, also after figuring out which name has special meaning within
CMake and/or CMake projects out of unwritten convention or something
more tangible.
CMake allows to initialize any internal variable via `-D`. This may be
useful to pre-initialize/override feature check results. The list
doesn't contain these, and they remain officially undocumented.
Also:
- make adjustments to keep the spellchecker happy.
- retrofit description changes to the cmake sources.
- stop documenting deprecated `Find*` variables.
Reported-by: Daniel Stenberg
Fixes https://github.com/curl/curl/discussions/14885Closes#15388
Enclose
`CMAKE_EXTRA_INCLUDE_FILES`,
`CMAKE_REQUIRED_DEFINITIONS`,
`CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS`,
`CMAKE_REQUIRED_INCLUDES`,
`CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES`,
`CMAKE_REQUIRED_LINK_OPTIONS`,
settings within `cmake_push_check_state()`/`cmake_pop_check_state()`
calls. It prevents spilling them into other feature checks. It also
replaces manual resets found in some places (which can have
the undesired side-effect of destroying values meant for global use.)
Cherry-picked from #15157Closes#15251
Fix to set `HAVE_GSSGNU` when GNU GSS is detected.
Also set the appropriate `pkg-config` dependency and do version
detection for the GNU GSS flavour.
Tested with `pkg-config` and partly tested without. The latter case
picks up everything else but, in my env. This is likely not the last
word to implement this detection correctly for all build-cases.
GNU GSS doesn't seem to have a Homebrew formula and building
it locally needs manual tweaks to make finish successfully.
Also move a MIT-specific header detection into to MIT-specific `if`
branch.
Closes#15176
- show `OpenSSL v3+` when detected (as in `./configure`).
(this string also makes its way to `curl-config`.)
- prefer `unset(VAR)` over `set(VAR)`.
Same effect, but `unset()` tells the intent unambiguously.
https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/command/set.html
- drop "implementation" from an `option()` description.
- FindGSS: replace legacy keyword alias with modern alternative.
https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/command/get_filename_component.html
- move `CURL_STATIC_CRT` logic next to its `option()`.
- improve order of `libcurl.pc`/`curl-config` variable init lines.
- tests: drop/shorten custom target names.
They inflated generated make files by 550KB.
Keep target name logic for sync between code snippets.
Follow-up to a2ef5d36b3#14660
- clear a variable after use.
- restore `STATUS` for `Features:`/`Protocols:` `message()`s:
Without it the output goes to stderr, and appears in red in CMake GUI.
It doesn't seem possible to show a line on stdout without leading
underscores to match `curl -V` and `./configure` output.
Partial revert of acbc6b703f#14197
- WindowsCache: move `HAVE_LINUX_TCP_H` into the header group.
- move strings to the same line as their `STRING` keyword.
- formatting in generated code.
- delete bogus comment.
- unfold lines for readability.
- fix a too long line. (for cmakelint)
- missing quotes, whitespace, comments.
Closes#14610
- add pkg-config-specific 'Found' message to the Find module.
- update non-pkg-config 'Found' message to show the flavour instead of
the library name. (= the first value listed after `REQUIRED_VARS`)
- delete extra 'Found' message from `CMakeLists.txt`.
- rename internal result variables to match with default pkg-config
names, in preparation of introducing them in other Find modules:
- `GSS_LINK_DIRECTORIES` -> `GSS_LIBRARY_DIRS`
- `GSS_LINKER_FLAGS` -> `GSS_LDFLAGS`
- `GSS_COMPILER_FLAGS` -> `GSS_CFLAGS`
Ref: #14652Closes#14651
- add `NAMES` where missing.
- document input variables (including deprecated ones.)
- comment cleanups.
- FindWolfSSL: drop stray `QUIET` from `pkg_check_modules()`.
(`QUIET` may be re-added for all modules in the future.)
Closes#14579
- move variable dump to a GHA foldable group.
- minimize scope for an include().
- rename `HIDES_CURL_PRIVATE_SYMBOLS` to `CURL_HIDES_PRIVATE_SYMBOLS`,
to keep it in the curl namespace.
- drop quotes from a version number.
- add missing `Makefile.inc` var refs to comment.
- FindNGTCP2: rename internal var to underscore/lowercase.
- FindBearSSL, FindGSS: whitespace.
Closes#14571
- bearssl, c-ares, gss, libpsl, libssh2, mbedtls:
Before this patch these Find modules returned results via
`<NAME>_INCLUDE_DIR` and `<NAME>_LIBRARY`.
This patch makes them return `<NAME>_INCLUDE_DIRS` (note the `S`)
and `<NAME>_LIBRARIES` like other modules already did.
- bearssl, mbedtls:
Before this patch these Find modules allowed custom configuration
via `<NAME>_INCLUDE_DIRS` (note the `S`).
This patch makes them accept `<NAME>_INCLUDE_DIR`, like the rest of
the modules did.
Deprecate the old variables, but keep accepting them for
compatibility.
- bearssl: add missing `mark_as_advanced()` call.
Closes#14542
Smoothen out minor differences between Find modules.
- brotli, nghttp2: drop redundant `FOUND_VAR` specifiers from
`find_package_handle_standard_args()` calls.
This function sets both `<NAME_UPPER>_FOUND` and `<NAME>_FOUND`
by default.
- brotli: set result vars only when found.
- brotli: add missing `mark_as_advanced()` call.
- brotli: delete custom fail message.
- mbedtls, bearssl: use `REQUIRED_VARS` instead of `DEFAULT_MSG`.
- msh3, quiche: set `<NAME>_VERSION` (via pkg-config).
- wolfssl: also use `PC_WOLFSSL_INCLUDEDIR`, `PC_WOLFSSL_LIBDIR`
as hints.
- libpsl, libssh2, zstd: clear temporary variables used for version
detection.
- gss, msh3, nghttp2, nghttp3, ngtcp2, quiche, zstd: fix to apply
`mark_as_advanced()` to internal variables only.
Closes#14538
Add option to control whether to use `pkg-config` to detect
dependencies. Curl's CMake uses `pkg-config` by default for all targets
except for MSVC without vcpkg.
With the CMake option `-DCURL_USE_PKGCONFIG=ON` you can override it to
use `pkg-config` always.
If `pkg-config` is causing issues, e.g. in cross-builds or other cases,
`-DCURL_USE_PKGCONFIG=OFF` disables all use of `pkg-config`.
Also add it to `curl-config.cmake`. Not yet used, but will be once curl
starts referencing any curl-specific `Find*` module from this public
script.
Follow-up to 9dfdc6ff42#14483Closes#14504
Before this patch, `pkg-config` was used for `UNIX` builds only (with
a few exceptions like wolfSSL, libssh, gsasl, libuv). This patch extends
`pkg-config` use to all envs except: `MSVC` without vcpkg. Meaning MSVC
with vcpkg will now use it. Also mingw on Windows.
Also apply the new condition to options where `pkg-config` was used
unconditionally (= for all targets). These are:
`-DCURL_USE_WOLFSSL=ON`, `-DCURL_USE_LIBSSH=ON`,
`-DCURL_USE_GSASL=ON` and `-DCURL_USE_LIBUV=ON`
This patch may still cause regressions for cross-builds (e.g. mingw
cross-build from Unix) and potentially other cases. If that happens, we
recommend using some of these methods to explicitly disable `pkg-config`
when using CMake:
- CMake option: `-DPKG_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE=`
(or `-DPKG_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE=nonexistent` or similar)
This is similar to the (curl-specific) `PKG_CONFIG` env for autotools.
- export env: `PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR=`
(or `PKG_CONFIG_PATH`, `PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR`,
or the CMake-specific `PKG_CONFIG`)
We may improve control over this in a future patch, also allowing opting
in MSVC (without vcpkg).
Ref: #14405
Ref: #14408
Ref: #14140Closes#14483
Assign the value of the variable instead of the name of the variable
when detecting GSS version via `pkg-config` on old (?) CMake.
(On recent CMake, there is an empty value in these variables.)
Closes#14445
- quote string literals.
In the hope it improves syntax-highlighting and readability.
- use lowercase, underscore-prefixed local var names.
As a hint for scope, to help readability.
- prefer `pkg_search_module` (over `pkg_check_modules`).
They are the same, but `pkg_search_module` stops searching
at the first hit.
- more `IN LISTS` in `foreach()`.
- OtherTests.cmake: clear `CMAKE_EXTRA_INCLUDE_FILES` after use.
- add `PROJECT_LABEL` for http/client and unit test targets.
- sync `Find*` module comments and formatting.
- drop a few local variables.
- drop bogus `CARES_LIBRARIES` from comment.
- unquote numeric literal.
Follow-up to acbc6b703f#14197Closes#14388
Before this patch `pkg-config`-based detection was ignored, and used
solely as a path hint for native detection.
- fix `pkg_search_module()` result prefix to match what code expects:
`_GSS` (was: `_GSS_PKG`). Update variable that were in sync with old
prefix.
- update the pkg-config codepath to use `_GSS_MODULE_NAME` to detect
GSS flavour. This requires CMake 3.16.
Otherwise fall back to the old method. (The old method doesn't seem to
work anymore (?) as of CMake 3.30.1. Documented
`<prefix>_<modulename>_VERSION` variable is defined, but empty.)
- update the pkg-config codepath to use `_GSS_VERSION` set by CMake.
Resort to the old code when this variable is empty. (The old code
doesn't seem to work anymore (?) as of CMake 3.30.1)
- fix pkg-config codepath to set the documented result variables.
- align native detection variable names with those generated by
`pkg_search_module()` in the pkg-config codepath.
- GHA/macos: enable GSS Heimdal in a cmake job.
Uses the native detection.
- GHA/linux: enable GSS Heimdal in cmake and autotools jobs.
CMake uses `pkg-config`-based detection.
- suppress test 2077 and 2078 results on Linux + Heimdal.
```
FAIL-IGNORED 2077: 'curl --fail --negotiate to unauthenticated service fails' HTTP, HTTP GET, GSS-API
FAIL-IGNORED 2078: 'curl --negotiate should not send empty POST request only' HTTP, HTTP GET, GSS-API
```
Failing with valgrind errors in both autotools and cmake builds:
https://github.com/curl/curl/actions/runs/10282222581/job/28453472068?pr=14430#step:38:3638https://github.com/curl/curl/actions/runs/10282222581/job/28453473398?pr=14430#step:38:7831Closes#14430
- tidy-up comments.
- use lowercase, underscore prefixed names for internal variables.
- use `IN LISTS` and `IN ITEMS` in `foreach()` loops.
- rename variable name `OUTPUT` to a more distinctive one.
- tidy-up `STREQUAL` syntax.
- delete commented code.
- indent/whitespace.
Closes#14197
- they are mostly pointless in all major jurisdictions
- many big corporations and projects already don't use them
- saves us from pointless churn
- git keeps history for us
- the year range is kept in COPYING
checksrc is updated to allow non-year using copyright statements
Closes#10205
Add licensing and copyright information for all files in this repository. This
either happens in the file itself as a comment header or in the file
`.reuse/dep5`.
This commit also adds a Github workflow to check pull requests and adapts
copyright.pl to the changes.
Closes#8869
Reported by the new script 'scripts/copyright.pl'. The script has a
regex whitelist for the files that don't need copyright headers.
Removed three (mostly usesless) README files from docs/
Closes#5141
