build: Introduce CMake-based build system #75

hebasto · 2022-10-20T00:02:25Z

This PR introduces a new CMake-based build system, which can be reused in downstream projects, including Bitcoin Core.

Additionally, a GitHub Actions CI task for MSVC and clang-cl has been added, following this feedback.

Autotools vs CMake configuration option parity

Autotools	CMake
`--disable-ccache`	N/A
`--enable-tests`	`-DMINISKETCH_BUILD_TESTS`
`--enable-benchmark`	`-DMINISKETCH_BUILD_BENCHMARK`
`--enable-fields=,-separated list`	`-DMINISKETCH_FIELDS=;-separated list`
	`-DMINISKETCH_INSTALL`

Notes on the implementation

The default CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE is left unset.
CMake's per-configuration compiler flags are not modified. As a result, they may include -DNDEBUG.
The target name test is reserved. Therefore, the testing binary has been renamed to test-noverify. Alternatively, following the naming used in the libsecp256k1 repo, the test binaries could be renamed as:
- test --> noverify_tests
- test-verify --> verify_tests

hebasto · 2022-10-20T00:03:02Z

Chasing for Concept (N)ACKs...

hebasto · 2022-10-23T09:42:45Z

The currently suggesting minimal CMake-based build system implementation is enough for:

building binaries on Windows natively, including CI
integrating with Bitcoin Core CMake-based build system as easy as

add_subdirectory(minisketch EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
target_compile_definitions(minisketch
  PRIVATE
    DISABLE_DEFAULT_FIELDS
    ENABLE_FIELD_32
)

To became a full fledged one, the current minimal CMake-based build system requires some additional features:

more robustness (e.g., checking compiler/linker flags before applying them)
ability to install the built artifacts
ability to export the built artifacts and, probably, packaging of them
documentation

Although, those features are not required for this PR goal, i.e., providing a native Windows CI task.

hebasto · 2022-10-31T13:19:35Z

Updated 5851544 -> d2408e0 (pr75.03 -> pr75.04, diff):

policy CMP0063 set explicitly to avoid CMake warnings
the default CMake build directory added to the .gitignore file

theuni · 2023-03-17T20:23:38Z

Imo this should be renamed "Add CMake buildsystem". I looked for this a while back and didn't find it because CMake isn't mentioned in the title.

Concept ACK. Will review next week.

theuni · 2023-03-31T14:31:58Z

@sipa Are you interested in CMake for this project?

sipa · 2023-03-31T20:17:37Z

@theuni Yeah, will look soon.

theuni · 2023-03-31T20:32:41Z

@sipa No rush. I was just looking for a concept ACK.

I worked up a CMake impl as well before seeing this PR. I think we'd benefit from parts of each, so I'll get with @hebasto on creating a combined version for review.

hebasto · 2023-04-16T12:11:21Z

Imo this should be renamed "Add CMake buildsystem".

Done.

sipa · 2024-04-11T10:11:50Z

I'm happy to add a CMake build system for minisketch. I will need review from people more experienced with build systems, though.

hebasto · 2024-04-11T11:09:34Z

I'm happy to add a CMake build system for minisketch. I will need review from people more experienced with build systems, though.

I'm going to update this PR shortly.

hebasto · 2024-04-16T17:00:07Z

Reworked.

The PR description has been updated.

The approach from hebasto/bitcoin#93 was used for printing summary.

theuni · 2024-04-26T14:05:29Z

CMakeLists.txt

+endif()
+
+if(MINGW)
+  add_link_options(-static)


I don't think we should port this functionality. Instead we should use the CMake shared/static selection machinery.

This affects only benchmark/test binaries and allows to run them on the build system via Wine when building either a static library or a shared one.

UPD. It also links libstdc++-6 to libminisketch.dll statically when cross-compiling for Windows and -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=YES is provided.

Consider

cmake -B build \ -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \ -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=Windows \ -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++-posix cmake --build build --target test wine ./build/src/test.exe

or

cmake -B build \ -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \ -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=Windows \ -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++-posix \ -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=YES cmake --build build --target test wine ./build/src/test.exe

src/CMakeLists.txt

CMakeLists.txt

theuni · 2024-04-26T14:30:14Z

CMakeLists.txt

+)
+
+if(DEFINED CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD)
+  if(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD EQUAL 98 OR CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD LESS 11)


Hah! Stupid CMake :)

Y2K problem :)

hebasto · 2024-04-26T16:02:17Z

Addressed @theuni's comments.

sipa · 2025-05-13T18:03:10Z

What is the status here?

hebasto · 2025-05-13T18:05:06Z

What is the status here?

I'll push an update shortly.

hebasto · 2025-06-18T12:35:44Z

The PR has been updated to improve integration with downstream projects and now makes use of PUBLIC_HEADER (see bitcoin-core/secp256k1#1679).

The corresponding Bitcoin Core branch that integrates the new build system is available here.

Please note that the current approach does not involve using a project-specific variable to override CMake's BUILD_SHARED_LIBS (this is done via SECP256K1_DISABLE_SHARED in the libsecp256k1 project):

function(add_minisketch subdir)
  message("")
  message("Configuring minisketch subtree...")
  set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS OFF)
  set(CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS OFF)
  # Hard-code subtree's options.
  set(MINISKETCH_INSTALL OFF)
  set(MINISKETCH_BUILD_TESTS OFF)
  set(MINISKETCH_BUILD_BENCHMARK OFF)
  set(MINISKETCH_FIELDS 32)
  add_subdirectory(${subdir} EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
  target_link_libraries(minisketch
    PRIVATE
      core_interface
  )
endfunction()

In integration scenarios similar to bitcoin-core/secp256k1#1678, the $<TARGET_OBJECTS:minisketch> generator expression expands to all associated object files.

cc @theuni

hebasto · 2025-06-27T13:40:45Z

CMakeLists.txt

+# Prevent include directories from parent project from leaking into this one.
+set_property(DIRECTORY PROPERTY INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "")


See similar code in the libmultiprocess project:

# Prevent include directories from parent project from leaking into this one. set_property(DIRECTORY PROPERTY INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "")

hebasto · 2025-06-27T13:43:47Z

Pushed some improvements basing on @ryanofsky's bitcoin-core/libmultiprocess@6adbb1d and offline discussions with @purpleKarrot.

~~The corresponding Bitcoin Core branch that integrates the new build system is available here.~~

src/CMakeLists.txt

hebasto · 2025-06-27T19:34:04Z

The feedback from @purpleKarrot has been addressed.

~~The corresponding Bitcoin Core branch that integrates the new build system is available here.~~

purpleKarrot · 2025-06-27T19:45:16Z

@hebasto, I think you accidentally based your latest change on an older revision. A few changes got reverted.

purpleKarrot · 2025-06-27T19:49:22Z

CMakeLists.txt

+#=============================
+# Build Options
+#=============================
+set(CMAKE_CXX_VISIBILITY_PRESET hidden)


This feature actually requires a bit more work to get right. It is currently not working correctly in the autotools build either, so it can be done in a separate PR.

hebasto · 2025-06-27T20:15:12Z

Further feedback from @purpleKarrot has been addressed.

The corresponding Bitcoin Core branch that integrates the new build system is available here.

I think you accidentally based your latest change on an older revision. A few changes got reverted.

Should be OK now.

purpleKarrot · 2025-06-27T20:22:05Z

ACK 850cc86

theuni

ACK 850cc86.

Once integrated into Core, I propose that we nuke the old buildsystem. I doubt sipa has much interest in supporting both here.

sipa · 2025-07-01T21:05:23Z

Weakly-tested ACK 850cc86

f74b7e2bc2 Merge bitcoin-core/minisketch#75: build: Introduce CMake-based build system 850cc868d5 ci: Add GHA workflow with native Windows job 40d56708c8 doc: Add "Building with CMake" section to `README.md` a0c86c79a7 build: Add CMake-based build system git-subtree-dir: src/minisketch git-subtree-split: f74b7e2bc2e5e1a1360927934521216bee5f345c

…BUILD_SHARED_LIBS` 7b07b22 cmake: Avoid contaminating parent project's cache with BUILD_SHARED_LIBS (Hennadii Stepanov) Pull request description: The CMake cache is global in scope. Therefore, setting the standard cache variable `BUILD_SHARED_LIBS` can inadvertently affect the behavior of a parent project. Consider configuring Bitcoin Core without explicit setting `BUILD_SHARED_LIBS`: ``` $ cmake -B build -DBUILD_KERNEL_LIB=ON ``` According to CMake’s documentation, this should configure `libbitcoinkernel` as `STATIC`. However, that's not the case: ``` $ cmake --build build -t libbitcoinkernel [143/143] Linking CXX shared library lib/libbitcoinkernel.so ``` This PR: 1. Sets the `BUILD_SHARED_LIBS` cache variable only when `libsecp256k1` is the top-level project. 2. Removes the `SECP256K1_DISABLE_SHARED` cache variable. This enables parent projects that include libsecp256k1 as a subproject to rely solely on standard CMake variables for configuring the library type. During integration into a parent project, the static library can be forced as demonstrated [here](bitcoin-core/minisketch#75 (comment)). ACKs for top commit: purpleKarrot: ACK 7b07b22 theuni: utACK 7b07b22 Tree-SHA512: 399a02e86093656ce70d9a0292a1f30834bcc5b9cf0f77d6465adc5e8a4d8e779684adedc40942eb931fed857399e4176a23fdbdf45f277184b28159fbc932d2

d1bd01e189 Merge bitcoin-core/minisketch#98: misc: drop trailing whitespace fe2c88a4fd misc: drop trailing whitespace f74b7e2bc2 Merge bitcoin-core/minisketch#75: build: Introduce CMake-based build system 850cc868d5 ci: Add GHA workflow with native Windows job 40d56708c8 doc: Add "Building with CMake" section to `README.md` a0c86c79a7 build: Add CMake-based build system git-subtree-dir: src/minisketch git-subtree-split: d1bd01e189e745cd1828707e0a7004b6a6909650

4543a3b Squashed 'src/minisketch/' changes from ea8f66b1ea..d1bd01e189 (Hennadii Stepanov) Pull request description: This PR updates the `minisketch` subtree to latest upstream, which includes: - bitcoin-core/minisketch#75 - bitcoin-core/minisketch#98 ACKs for top commit: fanquake: ACK c235aa4 Tree-SHA512: 856fb8b7dc2e743c9c67164023bf53faf8766079aeccc82a30c8b90c85920b31977b6a8b26e51e5485b20e445a3ca6ff806e701a53e95f70181ea30055e3528c

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		# Prevent include directories from parent project from leaking into this one.
		set_property(DIRECTORY PROPERTY INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "")

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