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Try to use as many system packages as possible — at Version 60

Reported by:	embray	Owned by:
Priority:	major	Milestone:	sage-9.7
Component:	build: configure	Keywords:	spkg-configure, sd111
Cc:	tmonteil, mjo, gh-timokau, fbissey, isuruf, mmezzarobba, thansen, gh-tobiasdiez	Merged in:
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Description (last modified by dimpase)

#24919 implemented a mechanism for checking for checking for sagelib's direct and indirect dependencies at the time of running the main ./configure script. This was already done in an ad-hoc manner for a handful of packages (e.g. gcc, git, yasm, curl), but we wanted to be able to do the same for other packages, especially those that are common on Linux-like systems.

This has now been implemented for many other packages, or is in the process of being implemented. Those packages are listed below. However, there are many others yet to be done, and this ticket will attempt to list them in some rough order of priority. Unfortunately there is still not good documentation for how to implement these configure-time dependency checks. The documentation question is tracked at #26668.

Already Done

The following packages already have spkg-configure.m4 checks that are working on most or all supported platforms:

arb (#27270)
bzip2 (#27182)
cmake (#27487)
curl (#24919)
eclib (#28333)
ecm (#27271)
flint (#27264) - merged by #27270
freetype (#27168)
gcc (#24919)
gf2x (#27238)
gfortran (#24919)
git (#24919)
givaro (#28342)
gmp (#27212)
gp2c (#28242)
isl (#27864)
iconv (#27823)
libffi (#25900, #27114)
libgd (#27825)
libpng (#27186)
lrcalc (#28231)
m4ri(e) (#28342)
mpc (#27259) - merged by #27822
mpfi (#28295)
mpfr (#27258) - merged by #27822
mpir (#27212)
ncurses (#27277)
ninja-build (#27801)
ntl (#27265) - merged by #27822
pari (#28242)
pari's packages, apart from pari_jupyter (#28242)
patch (#24919)
pcre (#27284)
perl_term_readline_gnu (#27795)
pkgconf (#27827)
readline (#27277)
rw (#27814)
symmetrica (#28208)
xz (#26286)
yasm (#24919)
zeromq (#26286)
zlib (#26286)

In Progress

The following packages have in-progress tickets to provide configure-time detection on the system:

lcalc (#28224)

Have Tickets

The following packages have tickets for their conversions, but don't have working prototypes (i.e. branches) yet:

gc + libatomic (#28045) the 2nd is only used in the 1st
iml (#27272)
lrslib (#27804)
python2/3 (#27824) this one is of course a very special case; see the ticket for details.
BLAS (openblas / atlas / etc): resolving how to handle finding a usable BLAS should be one of the highest priorities; it faces many of the same issues we faced with MPIR/GMP in #27212, but perhaps with even more complexity) (#27870)

No Tickets yet

bliss
cypari (depends on pari)
singular
gsl
glpk (needs a specific patch which is not upstreamed)
gap (using the system GAP is obviously desirable, but non-trivial, esp. now that we need a working libgap)
zn_poly
ecl
ppl
planarity
linbox
libhomfly
libbraiding
brial

Other high priority packages:

r (getting R from the system has been desirable for a long time and will require more than just an spkg-configure.m4; see #25503)
boost_cropped / boost (many systems should already have boost headers available)
maxima
numpy
scipy

Bug-fixing

A number of bugs/deficiencies has been uncovered in spkg-configure.m4 files and related configuration, and a number of tickets opened/closed

Change History (60)

comment:1 Changed 3 years ago by embray

Note: The list of packages in the description is not yet exhaustive; please add others that are missing as you see fit and/or reprioritize. This is just a rough sketch.