On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 6:38 AM, Damjan Jovanovic <dam...@apache.org> wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 24, 2016 at 7:43 PM, Patricia Shanahan <p...@acm.org> wrote: > > > On 7/24/2016 10:24 AM, Damjan Jovanovic wrote: > > ... > > > >> So how do we download files now? > >> > >> Java. Java supports https:// out of the box, is very portable between > >> operating systems and CPUs, uses its own root CA certificates, is > already > >> used on all the buildbots, and is documented as being a mandatory build > >> dependency (even though it doesn't seem that way in ./configure). A > simple > >> class main/solenv/javadownloader/AOOJavaDownloader.java gets compiled > into > >> main/solenv/<platform>/class/AOOJavaDownloader.class by the ./bootstrap > >> script, and then called from Perl's main/solenv/bin/ > >> download_external_dependencies.pl and > >> main/solenv/bin/modules/ExtensionsLst.pm using system(), in place of > >> LWP::UserAgent. Internally, it uses java.net.URLConnection for > http/https > >> support, deals with HTTP redirection, also verifying MD5 and SHA1 hashes > >> like the Perl DownloadFile() function it replaces. > >> > >> The way it's been set up is a bit of a hack, but it's working > phenomenally > >> well on both FreeBSD and Windows, and with it the Windows aoo-win7 > >> buildbot > >> has successfully bootstrapped for the first time in memorable history, > and > >> with VCVARS32.BAT eliminated it looks like it may even finish building > >> successfully! > >> > > > > This sounds very promising. I hope it works. > > > > Every nightly buildbot bootstraps now and every *nix buildbot among them > builds successfully. I consider the patch a complete success. > > The snapshot buildbots still can't bootstrap unless they have > LWP::Protocol::https installed - not until we make another snapshot for > them with r1753943 merged. > > It's just Windows we have to fix now. See the other thread. > Hi. OK, and maybe a dumb question. The Perl procedure also checks the MD5 checksums. Would a new java download procedure also be setup to do this? -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kay Schenk@Apache OpenOffice “Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out.” -- John Wooden
