scripts/build-older-versions/build-older-versions.sh

   1 #!/bin/sh
   2 #
   3 # Copyright (C) 2019-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   4 #
   5 # Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
   6 # are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright
   7 # notice and this notice are preserved.  This file is offered as-is,
   8 # without any warranty.
   9 #
  10 # Written by Assaf Gordon and Bernhard Voelker.
  11
  12
  13 # To build all versions since 5.0 (if possible):
  14 # git tag \
  15 #   | grep '^v[5678]' \
  16 #   | sed 's/^v//' \
  17 #   | sort -V \
  18 #   | while read f; do \
  19 #       ./build-older-versions.sh $f 2>&1 \
  20 #          | tee build/build.$f.log ; \
  21 #     done
  22
  23 PREFIX="${PREFIX:=$HOME/old-coreutils}"
  24
  25 base=$(basename "$0")
  26
  27 die()
  28 {
  29   echo "$base: error: $*" >&2
  30   exit 1
  31 }
  32
  33 warn()
  34 {
  35   echo "$base: warning: $*" >&2
  36 }
  37
  38 get_patch_file()
  39 {
  40   case "$1" in
  41     5.0)  echo coreutils-5.0-on-glibc-2.28.diff ;;
  42     5.97|6.[345679]) echo coreutils-5.97-on-glibc-2.28.diff ;;
  43     6.10) echo coreutils-6.10-on-glibc-2.28.diff ;;
  44     6.11) echo coreutils-6.11-on-glibc-2.28.diff ;;
  45     6.12) echo coreutils-6.12-on-glibc-2.28.diff ;;
  46     7.[23456]|8.[123]) echo coreutils-7.2-on-glibc-2.28.diff ;;
  47     8.[456789]|8.1[012]) echo coreutils-8.4-on-glibc-2.28.diff ;;
  48     8.1[3456]) echo coreutils-8.13-on-glibc-2.28.diff ;;
  49     8.17) echo coreutils-8.17-on-glibc-2.28.diff ;;
  50     8.1[89]|8.2[0123]) echo coreutils-8.18-on-glibc-2.28.diff ;;
  51     8.2[456789]) echo coreutils-8.24-on-glibc-2.28.diff ;;
  52     8.[3456789]*) warn "patch not needed for version '$1'" ;;
  53     5.[12]*|5.9*)  die "version '$1' does not have a patch (yet) " \
  54                        "use versions 5.0 or 5.97" ;;
  55     7.1)  die "version '$1' does not have a patch (yet)" \
  56                        "use versions 6.12 or 7.2" ;;
  57     5*|6*|7*|8*) die "non-existing version" ;;
  58     *) die "unknown version" ;;
  59   esac
  60 }
  61
  62 get_url()
  63 {
  64   _base_url="https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-$1.tar"
  65   case "$1" in
  66     5.*|6.*|7.*) echo "$_base_url.gz" ;;
  67     8.*)         echo "$_base_url.xz" ;;
  68     *) die "unknown version" ;;
  69   esac
  70 }
  71
  72 ##
  73 ## Setup
  74 ##
  75 test -n "$1" \
  76   || die "missing coreutils version to build (e.g. '6.12')"
  77
  78 cd $(dirname "$0")
  79
  80 patch_file=$(get_patch_file "$1") \
  81   || die "cannot build version '$1'"
  82
  83 # Test for the patch file if the above returned one.
  84 if test "$patch_file"; then
  85   test -e "$patch_file" \
  86     || die "internal error: patch file '$patch_file' does not exist"
  87 fi
  88
  89 url=$(get_url "$1")
  90 tarball=$(basename "$url")
  91
  92 mkdir -p "build" \
  93   && cd "build" \
  94   || die "creating version build dir 'build' failed"
  95
  96 ##
  97 ## Download tarball (if needed)
  98 ##
  99 if ! test -e "$tarball" ; then
 100    wget -O "$tarball.t" "$url" \
 101         && mv "$tarball.t" "$tarball" \
 102         || die "failed to download '$url'"
 103 fi
 104
 105 ##
 106 ## Extract tarball (if needed)
 107 ##
 108 srcdir=${tarball%.tar.*}
 109 if ! test -d "$srcdir" ; then
 110     tar -xvf "$tarball" || die "failed to extract '$tarball'"
 111 fi
 112
 113 ##
 114 ## Patch (if needed)
 115 ##
 116 cd "$srcdir" \
 117   || die "changing directory to '$srcdir' failed"
 118
 119 # Patch will fail if it was already applied (using "--forward" turns
 120 # that into a no-op). So don't check for failure.
 121 # Is there a way to differentiate between 'already applied' and
 122 # 'failed to apply' ?
 123 test "$patch_file" \
 124   && patch --ignore-whitespace --batch --forward -p1 < "../../$patch_file"
 125
 126 ##
 127 ## Configure
 128 ##
 129 version="${srcdir#coreutils}" # note:  this keeps the '-' in '$version'
 130 vprefix="$PREFIX/coreutils$version"
 131 if ! test -e "Makefile" ; then
 132   ./configure \
 133     --program-suffix="$version" \
 134     --prefix="$vprefix" \
 135     || die "failed to run configure in 'build/$srcdir/'"
 136 fi
 137
 138 ##
 139 ## Build
 140 ##
 141 make -j4 \
 142   || die "build failed in 'build/$srcdir'"
 143
 144 ##
 145 ## Install
 146 ##
 147 make install \
 148   || die "make-install failed in 'build/$srcdir' (to '$vprefix')"
 149
 150
 151 # Create convenience links for the executables and manpages in common directory.
 152 (
 153   mkdir -p "$PREFIX/bin" "$PREFIX/man/man1" \
 154     || die "creating common bin or man directory failed"
 155   cd $vprefix/bin \
 156     || die "changing directory to just-installed 'bin' directory failed"
 157   for f in *; do
 158     ln -snvf "../coreutils$version/bin/$f" "$PREFIX/bin/$f" \
 159       || die "creating symlink of executable '$f' failed"
 160   done
 161
 162   share=  # older versions do not have 'share'.
 163   cd "$vprefix/share/man/man1" 2>/dev/null \
 164     && share='/share' \
 165     || cd "$vprefix/man/man1" \
 166     || die "changing directory to just-installed 'man/man1' directory failed"
 167   for f in *; do
 168     ln -snfv "../../coreutils$version$share/man/man1/$f" "$PREFIX/man/man1/$f" \
 169       || die "creating symlink of man page '$f' failed"
 170   done
 171 ) || exit 1
 172
 173 # Build and install PDF (if possible).
 174 if make SUBDIRS=. pdf; then
 175   make SUBDIRS=. install-pdf \
 176     || die "make-install-pdf failed in 'build/$srcdir' (to '$vprefix')"
 177 else
 178   echo "$0: no PDF available"
 179 fi
 180
 181 # Print summary
 182 cat<<EOF
 183
 184
 185 =================================================================
 186
 187 GNU Coreutils$version successfully installed.
 188
 189 Source code in $PWD/build/$srcdir
 190 Installed in $vprefix
 191
 192 symlinks for all programs (all versions) in $PREFIX/bin
 193 manual pages for all programs in $PREFIX/share/man/man1
 194
 195 Run the following command to add all programs to your \$PATH:
 196
 197     export PATH=\$PATH:\$HOME/old-coreutils/bin
 198     export MANPATH=\$MANPATH:\$HOME/old-coreutils/man
 199
 200 EOF