Notes on how Fossil deliverables are built and uploaded
- All builds are 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.
- The latest version of OpenSSL is used for new builds.
As of 2024-02-24, OpenSSL 3.2.1 is being used. Use the
fossil version -v to find out which version of
OpenSSL your version of Fossil is linked against.
Pre-Release Checklist
- If
pikchr.c
has been updated since the last release, be sure that its WASM
build is up-to-date, as documented in build.wiki.
The easiest approach is simply to see if both /finfo/extsrc/pikchr.c and
/finfo/extsrc/pikchr.wasm have the same checkin time. If the WASM build is out
of date, the /pikchrshow app will be using a different pikchr version than the rest of
fossil.
After-Release Checklist (This section is to jog the memory of the release manager)
- Verify that all items on the Before-Release Checklist
have been run
- Update the version number and related links on the homepage.
fossil uv edit download.js
- Edit the "releases" variable in the javascript
to add the new release number and title and various
hyperlinks. Perhaps also remove older releases.
- Remove obsolete build products:
fossil uv rm --glob $PATTERN
fossil uv edit latest-release.md
- Update the latest result tarball link
fossil uv edit releases.md
- Update the list of releases and move the "(latest)" suffix to
new top-most entry.
fossil uv sync
Linux
- Build the in-tree OpenSSL library:
- Download the OpenSSL tarball and unpack it into
compat/openssl
-
cd
into the compat/openssl
directory
-
./config no-ssl3 no-weak-ssl-ciphers no-shared no-threads --openssldir=/usr/lib/ssl
-
CFLAGS=-Os make -e
./configure --with-openssl=tree --disable-fusefs
- If the Makefile contains a reference to
-lpthread
, remove it.
CFLAGS="-Os" make -e clean fossil
strip fossil
- Verify dependencies using "
ldd ./fossil
"
tar czf fossil-linux-x64-$VERSION.tar.gz fossil
fossil uv add fossil-linux-x64-$VERSION.tar.gz
fossil uv sync
Mac
- Published Fossil builds use the lead developer's 2010 Macbook Air running MacOS 10.13.6 for x64
and the lead devloper's minimac running MacOS 12.0.1 for arm. Binaries are signed on the lead
developer's 2017 iMac. All that said, the following procedure should work on any Mac.
- Build the in-tree OpenSSL library:
- Download the OpenSSL tarball and unpack it into
compat/openssl
-
cd
into the compat/openssl
directory
-
./config no-ssl3 no-weak-ssl-ciphers no-shared no-threads no-asm --openssldir=/etc/ssl
-
CFLAGS=-Os make -e
./configure --with-openssl=tree
CFLAGS=-Os make -e clean fossil
- Verify no shared library dependencies using:
otool -L ./fossil
strip fossil
- Optional:
codesign -s drh@sqlite.org fossil
then verify the signature using
codesign -d -v fossil
tar czf fossil-mac-ARCH-VERSION.tar.gz fossil
where ARCH is either x64 or arm64.
fossil uv add fossil-mac-ARCH-VERSION.tar.gz
fossil uv sync
Raspberry Pi
- Build the in-tree OpenSSL library:
- Download the OpenSSL tarball and unpack it into
compat/openssl
-
cd
into the compat/openssl
directory
-
./Configure linux-generic32 no-ssl3 no-weak-ssl-ciphers no-shared no-threads no-asm --openssldir=/usr/lib/ssl
-
CFLAGS=-Os make -e
./configure --with-openssl=tree --static
CFLAGS="-Os" make -e clean fossil && strip fossil
tar czf fossil-pi-$VERSION.tar.gz fossil
fossil uv add fossil-pi-$VERSION.tar.gz
fossil uv sync
Windows 32-bit using MSVC
- Run all of the following from a "x32 Native Tools Command Prompt"
- Build the in-tree OpenSSL library:
- Install Strawberry-Perl (or similar) if it is not already installed. Perl is needed to run the
OpenSSL configuration script prior to building OpenSSL from sources. Fossil itself does not use Perl.
- Download the OpenSSL tarball and unpack under
compat/openssl
. Note that the OpenSSL tarball will
unpack into openssl-3.X.Y
. You will need to rename that folder to just openssl
.
-
cd
into the OpenSSL source directory, openssl
.
-
C:/Strawberry/perl/bin/perl Configure VC-WIN32 no-asm no-ssl3 no-weak-ssl-ciphers no-shared /D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0501
-
The _WIN32_WINT definition on the
perl Configure
command, and the FOSSIL_ENABLE_WINXP=1 term on
the second nmake
command below, are necessary in order for this build to work on older
WindowsXP machines. See forum thread 66f106195aaf289e.
-
nmake /f makefile
cd
into the win/
subfolder of the Fossil source tree.
nmake /f Makefile.msc FOSSIL_ENABLE_SSL=1 FOSSIL_ENABLE_WINXP=1 OPTIMIZATIONS=4 clean fossil.exe
-
The previous step builds the stand-alone Fossil binary. If that is all you want to accomplish, you can
stop here. The remaining steps describe how the stand-alone Fossil binary is published.
- Verify dependencies:
dumpbin /dependents fossil.exe
zip fossil-w32-$VERSION.zip fossil.exe
fossil uv add fossil-w32-$VERSION.zip
fossil uv sync
Windows 64-bit using MSVC
- Run all of the following from a "x64 Native Tools Command Prompt"
- Build the in-tree OpenSSL library:
- Install Strawberry-Perl (or similar) if it is not already installed. Perl is needed to run the
OpenSSL configuration script prior to building OpenSSL from sources. Fossil itself does not use Perl.
- Download the OpenSSL tarball and unpack under
compat/openssl
. Note that the OpenSSL tarball will
unpack into openssl-3.X.Y
. You will need to rename that folder to just openssl
.
-
cd
into the OpenSSL source directory, openssl
.
-
C:/Strawberry/perl/bin/perl Configure VC-WIN64A no-asm no-ssl3 no-weak-ssl-ciphers no-shared
-
nmake /f makefile
cd
into the win/
subfolder of the Fossil source tree.
nmake /f Makefile.msc FOSSIL_ENABLE_SSL=1 OPTIMIZATIONS=4 clean fossil.exe
-
The previous step builds the stand-alone Fossil binary. If that is all you want to accomplish, you can
stop here. The remaining steps describe how the stand-alone Fossil binary is published.
- Verify dependencies:
dumpbin /dependents fossil.exe
zip fossil-w64-$VERSION.zip fossil.exe
fossil uv add fossil-w64-$VERSION.zip
fossil uv sync