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tests/server: support bundle binary
Extend existing `--enable-test-bundles` and `-DCURL_TEST_BUNDLES=ON`
options to also bundle test server programs into a single binary. With
autotools, also bundle auxiliary libcurl sources for a "unity"-style
build.

It saves almost 10 minutes per run, across all CI jobs.
On average it makes `build tests` steps 25% faster.

With CMake, it brings down `testdeps` build steps to 32 to 37, from
45 to 64 before this patch, with unity. Without unity it brings it down
from 400-420 to 280-300. For comparison, without unity and bundles,
the number of build steps is around 1850.

With autotools the gain is possibly larger because this patch does unity
and bundle for test servers.

The total reduction of build steps / log lines is 12000. It's 44% of
reduction on average across all CI jobs.

Follow-up to 77401af485 #16695
Follow-up to 71cf0d1fca #14772

Comparison of 'build tests' targets in S(econds) and L(ines/steps),
between before and after this patch:

CI job                                    |BefS|AftS|Gain|BefL|AftL|Gain| Comments
:---------------------------------------- | -: | -: | -: | --:| --:| --:| :-------
GHA/windows                               |    |    |    |    |    |    |
Cygwin AM                                 |110 | 95 | 15 | 237|  88| 149| l(ines)
Cygwin CM                                 | 34 | 27 |  7 |  63|  36|  27| s(teps, with Ninja)
msys2, AM x86_64 !proxy                   | 35 | 21 | 14 | 255| 108| 147| l
msys2, AM x86_64 default                  | 35 | 22 | 13 | 255| 108| 147| l
msys2, CM x86_64 default                  | 14 | 11 |  3 |  63|  36|  27| s
msys2, AM x86_64 default R                | 41 | 29 | 12 | 245|  96| 149| l
mingw, AM x86_64 default                  | 69 | 33 | 36 | 331| 156| 175| l
mingw, AM x86_64 c-ares U                 | 69 | 33 | 36 | 331| 156| 175| l
mingw, CM x86_64 schannel c-ares U        | 32 | 24 |  8 |  63|  36|  27| s
mingw, CM clang-x86_64 gnutls             |  9 |  6 |  3 |  63|  36|  27| s
mingw, CM ucrt-x86_64 schannel R TrackMem | 43 | 35 |  8 |  64|  37|  27| s
mingw, CM clang-x86_64 openssl            | 20 | 18 |  2 |  63|  36|  27| s
mingw, CM ucrt-x86_64 schannel uwp        | 36 | 34 |  2 |  47|  34|  13| s
mingw, CM x86_64 schannel dev debug       | 32 | 24 |  8 |  64|  37|  27| s
mingw, CM i686 schannel R                 | 38 | 37 |  1 |  47|  34|  13| s
dl-mingw, CM 9.5.0-x86_64 schan           |102 | 94 |  8 |  63|  36|  27| s
dl-mingw, CM 7.3.0-x86_64 schan mbedtls U | 32 | 24 |  8 |  94|  60|  34| l
dl-mingw, CM 6.4.0-i686 schannel !unity   | 42 | 31 | 11 | 427| 297| 130| l (no unity, yes bundle)
linux-mingw, AM gcc                       |  - |  - |    |   -|   -|    |
linux-mingw, CM gcc                       | 12 | 10 |  2 |  46|  33|  13| s
mingw32ce, AM 4.4.0-arm schannel          |  - |  - |    |   -|   -|    |
mingw32ce, CM 4.4.0-arm schannel          | 30 | 31 | -1 |  81|  61|  20| l
msvc, CM x64-uwp openssl +examples        | 13 | 10 |  3 | 102|  68|  34| l
msvc, CM x64-windows openssl              | 13 | 10 |  3 | 102|  68|  34| l
msvc, CM x64-windows schannel MultiSSL U  | 13 | 10 |  3 | 102|  68|  34| l
msvc, CM x64-windows libressl             | 14 | 13 |  1 | 102|  68|  34| l
msvc, CM x64-windows boringssl            | 11 | 11 |  0 |  84|  64|  20| l
msvc, CM x64-windows wolfssl +examples    | 13 | 10 |  3 | 102|  68|  34| l
msvc, CM x64-windows mbedtls libssh       | 14 | 10 |  4 | 102|  68|  34| l
GHA/old-linux:                            |    |    |    |    |    |    |
linux (cmake & autoconf) AM               | 14 | 11 |  3 | 217|  75| 142| l
linux (cmake & autoconf) CM               | 15 | 13 |  2 | 545| 380| 165| l
GHA/non-native:                           |    |    |    |    |    |    |
AmigaOS, AM gcc AmiSSL m68k               |  - |  - |    |   -|   -|    |
AmigaOS, CM gcc AmiSSL m68k               |  8 |  7 |  1 |  78|  58|  20| l
Android 21, AM openssl arm64              |  7 |  5 |  2 | 222|  80| 142| l
Android 21, CM openssl arm64              |  4 |  5 | -1 |  81|  61|  20| l
Android 35, AM openssl arm64              |  7 |  5 |  2 | 222|  80| 142| l
Android 35, CM boringssl !zstd arm64      |  4 |  3 |  1 |  81|  61|  20| l
Android 35, CM openssl arm64              |  5 |  4 |  1 |  81|  61|  20| l
FreeBSD, AM clang openssl arm64           |  - |  - |    |   -|   -|    |
FreeBSD, AM clang openssl x86_64          |  7 |  3 |  4 | 513| 133| 380| l
FreeBSD, CM clang openssl !unity !bundle..| 49 | 47 |  2 |1841|1841|    | s (no unity, no bundle)
FreeBSD, CM clang openssl arm64           |  - |  - |    |   -|   -|    |
MS-DOS, AM djgpp openssl i586             |  - |  - |    |   -|   -|    |
MS-DOS, CM djgpp openssl i586             |  6 |  7 | -1 |  45|  32|  13| s
NetBSD, CM clang openssl x86_64           | 15 | 13 |  2 |  62|  35|  27| s
OmniOS, AM gcc openssl amd64              | 20 | 11 |  9 | 216|  74| 142| l
OpenBSD, CM clang libressl x86_64         |  9 |  7 |  2 |  62|  35|  27| s
iOS, AM libressl arm64                    |  6 |  3 |  3 | 217|  68| 149| l
iOS, CM libressl arm64                    | 10 | 10 |  0 | 236| 175|  61| l
iOS, CM-Xcode libressl arm64              | 13 |  8 |  5 | 899| 627| 272| l
GHA/linux:                                |    |    |    |    |    |    |
AM bearssl                                |  9 |  8 |  1 | 258| 111| 147| l
AM bearssl clang                          |  6 |  4 |  2 | 258| 111| 147| l
AM libressl heimdal                       | 11 |  8 |  3 | 267| 120| 147| l
CM libressl heimdal valgrind              |  8 |  5 |  3 |  62|  35|  27| s
AM libressl clang                         |  7 |  4 |  3 | 258| 111| 147| l
AM wolfssl-all                            | 11 |  8 |  3 | 258| 111| 147| l
AM wolfssl-opensslextra valgrind          | 11 |  7 |  4 | 258| 111| 147| l
AM mbedtls valgrind                       | 10 |  7 |  3 | 258| 111| 147| l
AM mbedtls clang                          |  6 |  3 |  3 | 258| 111| 147| l
CM mbedtls                                |  7 |  6 |  1 |  62|  35|  27| s
CM mbedtls-pkg                            |  7 |  7 |  0 |  62|  35|  27| s
CM mbedtls-pkg !pc                        |  - |  - |    |   -|   -|    |
AM msh3                                   | 10 |  7 |  3 | 258| 111| 147| l
CM msh3                                   |  7 |  7 |  0 |  62|  35|  27| s
AM awslc                                  | 18 | 15 |  3 | 247|  98| 149| l
CM awslc                                  | 13 | 11 |  2 | 400| 277| 123| s (no unity, yes bundle)
AM openssl default                        | 10 |  7 |  3 | 258| 111| 147| l
AM openssl libssh2 sync-resolver valgrind | 10 |  7 |  3 | 258| 111| 147| l
AM openssl                                | 11 |  7 |  4 | 258| 111| 147| l
AM openssl -O3 valgrind                   | 26 | 21 |  5 | 258| 111| 147| l
AM openssl clang krb5                     |  7 |  3 |  4 | 265| 118| 147| l
CM openssl clang krb5 LTO                 |  - |  - |    |   -|   -|    |
AM openssl !ipv6 !--libcurl               | 10 |  7 |  3 | 258| 111| 147| l
AM openssl https-only                     | 11 |  8 |  3 | 258| 111| 147| l
CM openssl torture !FTP                   |  7 |  6 |  1 |  62|  35|  27| s
CM openssl torture FTP                    |  8 |  6 |  2 |  62|  35|  27| s
AM openssl i686                           | 12 |  9 |  3 | 258| 111| 147| l
AM !ssl !http !smtp !imap                 | 10 |  7 |  3 | 258| 111| 147| l
AM clang-tidy                             |  - |  - |    |   -|   -|    |
AM scanbuild                              |  - |  - |    |   -|   -|    |
AM address-sanitizer                      | 10 |  6 |  4 | 258| 111| 147| l
AM thread-sanitizer                       |  7 |  4 |  3 | 258| 111| 147| l
AM memory-sanitizer                       | 10 |  6 |  4 | 258| 111| 147| l
AM event-based                            | 10 |  7 |  3 | 253| 106| 147| l
AM duphandle                              | 10 |  8 |  2 | 253| 106| 147| l
AM rustls valgrind                        | 10 |  8 |  2 | 258| 111| 147| l
CM rustls                                 |  7 |  5 |  2 |  62|  35|  27| s
AM IntelC openssl                         | 18 | 14 |  4 | 572| 282| 290| l
AM Slackware openssl gssapi gcc           | 17 | 14 |  3 | 252| 103| 149| l
AM Alpine MUSL https-rr                   | 15 | 11 |  4 | 266| 119| 147| l
AM Alpine MUSL c-ares https-rr            | 15 | 11 |  4 | 266| 119| 147| l
GHA/linux-http3:                          |    |    |    |    |    |    |
AM quictls                                | 12 |  8 |  4 | 258| 111| 147| l
AM gnutls                                 | 11 |  8 |  3 | 257| 110| 147| l
AM wolfssl                                | 11 |  9 |  2 | 257| 110| 147| l
CM wolfssl                                |  8 |  7 |  1 |  62|  35|  27| s
AM openssl-quic                           | 11 |  8 |  3 | 257| 110| 147| l
AM quiche                                 | 11 |  9 |  2 | 257| 110| 147| l
CM quiche                                 |  8 |  6 |  2 |  62|  35|  27| s
GHA/macos:                                |    |    |    |    |    |    |
AM clang !ssl !debug brotli zstd          |  5 |  3 |  2 | 218|  69| 149| l
AM clang !ssl                             |  4 |  5 | -1 | 227|  80| 147| l
AM clang !ssl libssh2 AppleIDN            |  5 |  1 |  4 | 227|  80| 147| l
AM clang OpenSSL libssh c-ares            |  4 |  2 |  2 | 227|  80| 147| l
AM clang !ssl c-ares                      |  4 |  5 | -1 | 227|  80| 147| l
AM clang !ssl HTTP-only                   |  4 |  2 |  2 | 222|  75| 147| l
AM clang SecureTransport libssh2          |  3 |  3 |  0 | 227|  80| 147| l
AM clang SecureTransport libssh2 10.12    |  4 |  2 |  2 | 227|  80| 147| l
AM clang LibreSSL +examples               |  5 |  2 |  3 | 227|  80| 147| l
AM clang OpenSSL                          |  6 |  1 |  5 | 227|  80| 147| l
AM clang OpenSSL event-based              |  5 |  3 |  2 | 227|  80| 147| l
AM clang quictls libssh2 !ldap 10.15      |  4 |  2 |  2 | 227|  80| 147| l
CM clang OpenSSL gsasl rtmp AppleIDN      |  2 |  2 |  0 |  45|  32|  13| s
CM clang OpenSSL AppleIDN clang-tidy +e   |150 | 76 | 74 | 400| 277| 123| s (clang-tidy)
CM clang quictls +static libssh +examples |  2 |  2 |  0 |  45|  32|  13| s
CM clang SecureTransport debug            |  2 |  2 |  0 |  62|  35|  27| s
CM clang LibreSSL !ldap heimdal c-ares +e |  4 |  2 |  2 |  45|  32|  13| s
CM clang wolfSSL !ldap brotli zstd        |  1 |  2 | -1 |  45|  32|  13| s
CM clang mbedTLS openldap brotli zstd     |  1 |  2 | -1 |  45|  32|  13| s
CM clang GnuTLS !ldap krb5                |  0 |  1 |  0 |  45|  32|  13| s
CM clang OpenSSL torture !FTP             |  2 |  1 |  1 |  61|  34|  27| s
CM clang OpenSSL torture FTP              |  2 |  1 |  1 |  61|  34|  27| s
AM llvm@15 OpenSSL libssh                 |  5 |  4 |  1 | 227|  80| 147| l
CM llvm@15 OpenSSL gsasl rtmp AppleIDN    |  3 |  2 |  1 |  45|  32|  13| s
CM llvm@15 quictls +static libssh +e      |  2 |  2 |  0 |  45|  32|  13| s
CM llvm@15 SecureTransport debug          |  3 |  2 |  1 |  62|  35|  27| s
CM llvm@15 LibreSSL !ldap heimdal c-ares..|  3 |  1 |  2 |  45|  32|  13| s
CM llvm@15 wolfSSL !ldap brotli zstd      |  3 |  2 |  1 |  45|  32|  13| s
CM llvm@15 mbedTLS openldap brotli zstd   |  2 |  2 |  0 |  45|  32|  13| s
CM llvm@15 GnuTLS !ldap krb5              |  2 |  1 |  1 |  45|  32|  13| s
AM gcc-12 !ssl !debug                     | 18 | 12 |  6 | 218|  69| 149| l
AM gcc-12 SecureTransport libssh2         | 13 |  6 |  7 | 227|  80| 147| l
CM gcc-12 OpenSSL gsasl rtmp AppleIDN     |  7 |  5 |  2 |  45|  32|  13| s
CM gcc-12 quictls +static libssh +e       |  8 |  6 |  2 |  45|  32|  13| s
CM gcc-12 SecureTransport debug           |  8 |  6 |  2 |  62|  35|  27| s
CM gcc-12 LibreSSL !ldap heimdal c-ares...|  7 |  6 |  1 |  45|  32|  13| s
CM gcc-12 wolfSSL !ldap brotli zstd       | 16 |  6 | 10 |  45|  32|  13| s
CM gcc-12 mbedTLS openldap brotli zstd    | 11 |  6 |  5 |  45|  32|  13| s
CM gcc-12 GnuTLS !ldap krb5               |  7 |  5 |  2 |  45|  32|  13| s
AppVeyor:                                 |    |    |    |    |    |    |
VS2008 D x86 OpenSSL + Schannel SH +e     | 56 | 39 | 17 |  21|  14|   7| s (VCBuild)
VS2010 D x64 Schannel SH +e               | 14 | 12 |  2 | 105|  78|  27| l
VS2012 R x86 OpenSSL + Schannel SH        | 23 | 21 |  2 |  84|  64|  20| l
VS2013 D x64 OpenSSL SH Build-only        |  - |  - |    |   -|   -|    | (no build tests)
VS2015 D x64 OpenSSL ST Build-only        |  - |  - |    |   -|   -|    | (no build tests)
VS2017 D x64 OpenSSL SH Build-only        |  - |  - |    |   -|   -|    | (no build tests)
VS2019 D x64 OpenSSL + Schannel SH        | 33 | 26 |  7 |  81|  61|  20| l
VS2022 D x64 !SSL ST                      | 32 | 25 |  7 |  79|  59|  20| l
VS2022 D x64 !SSL ST HTTP-only            | 33 | 22 | 11 |  79|  59|  20| l
VS2022 R arm64 Schannel ST                | 74 | 69 |  5 |  79|  59|  20| l
VS2022 R x64 Schannel SH U DBGBLD !CURLDBG| 66 | 61 |  5 |  78|  58|  20| l
VS2022 D x64 Schannel ST U                | 34 | 25 |  9 |  79|  59|  20| l
VS2022 D x64 Schannel ST U clang-cl +e    | 42 | 34 |  8 |  53|  40|  13| l
VS2022 R x64 OpenSSL SH                   | 60 | 58 |  2 |  83|  63|  20| l
Total                                     |2394|1807|-587| 26k| 14k|-12k|
in %                                      |    |    |-24%|    |    |-45%|
in minutes                                |    |    |9m47|    |    |    |

Before:
GHA/windows: https://github.com/curl/curl/actions/runs/13854983424
GHA/old-linux: https://github.com/curl/curl/actions/runs/13854983399
GHA/non-native: https://github.com/curl/curl/actions/runs/13854983427
GHA/linux-http3: https://github.com/curl/curl/actions/runs/13854983409
GHA/linux: https://github.com/curl/curl/actions/runs/13854983406
GHA/macos: https://github.com/curl/curl/actions/runs/13854983401
Appveyor: https://ci.appveyor.com/project/curlorg/curl/builds/51703551

After:
GHA/windows: https://github.com/curl/curl/actions/runs/13860433850?pr=15000
GHA/old-linux: https://github.com/curl/curl/actions/runs/13860433809?pr=15000
GHA/non-native: https://github.com/curl/curl/actions/runs/13860433828?pr=15000
GHA/linux-http3: https://github.com/curl/curl/actions/runs/13860433806?pr=15000
GHA/linux: https://github.com/curl/curl/actions/runs/13860433848?pr=15000
GHA/macos: https://github.com/curl/curl/actions/runs/13860433835?pr=15000
Appveyor: https://ci.appveyor.com/project/curlorg/curl/builds/51704222

Closes #15000
2025-03-16 14:02:08 +01:00
.circleci GHA/linux: enable wolfSSH in a wolfSSL job 2025-01-17 00:20:54 +01:00
.github GHA/windows: unignore 2310, disable SCP/FTP for vcpkg libssh2[core] 2025-03-16 00:09:22 +01:00
CMake core: stop redefining E* macros on Windows, map EACCES, related fixes 2025-03-13 00:03:25 +01:00
docs curl_ws_recv.md: expand a little on the fragments the API delivers 2025-03-14 13:36:02 +01:00
include curl.h: switch CURL_HTTP_VERSION* enums to long constants 2025-03-06 01:01:24 +01:00
lib memdebug: set gcc 11+ deallocator attribute, extend alloc attributes to clang 2025-03-16 14:02:08 +01:00
LICENSES copyright: update all copyright lines and remove year ranges 2023-01-03 09:19:21 +01:00
m4 build: do not apply curl debug macros to tests/server by default 2025-03-14 12:59:32 +01:00
packages core: stop redefining E* macros on Windows, map EACCES, related fixes 2025-03-13 00:03:25 +01:00
plan9 copyright: update all copyright lines and remove year ranges 2023-01-03 09:19:21 +01:00
projects curltime: use libcurl time functions in src and tests/server 2025-03-12 11:33:26 +01:00
scripts core: stop redefining E* macros on Windows, map EACCES, related fixes 2025-03-13 00:03:25 +01:00
src autotools: use CURLDEBUG to exclude TrackMemory code from unity 2025-03-14 13:27:46 +01:00
tests tests/server: support bundle binary 2025-03-16 14:02:08 +01:00
winbuild curltime: use libcurl time functions in src and tests/server 2025-03-12 11:33:26 +01:00
.dir-locals.el copyright: update all copyright lines and remove year ranges 2023-01-03 09:19:21 +01:00
.git-blame-ignore-revs copyright: update all copyright lines and remove year ranges 2023-01-03 09:19:21 +01:00
.gitattributes winbuild: MS-DOS batch tidy-ups 2024-07-02 19:26:15 +02:00
.gitignore tidy-up: .gitignore lines mostly 2025-01-27 20:59:46 +01:00
.mailmap ECH: update APIs to those agreed with OpenSSL maintainers 2025-01-10 08:36:25 +01:00
acinclude.m4 configure: silence compiler warnings in feature checks, drop duplicates 2025-02-21 13:59:51 +01:00
appveyor.sh runtests: accept CURL_DIRSUFFIX without ending slash 2025-02-27 12:11:23 +01:00
appveyor.yml appveyor: run VS2008 job with old CMake 3.12.2 2025-02-27 12:11:08 +01:00
buildconf copyright: update all copyright lines and remove year ranges 2023-01-03 09:19:21 +01:00
CHANGES.md CHANGES: rename to CHANGES.md, no longer generated 2024-08-01 13:37:12 +02:00
CMakeLists.txt build: do not apply curl debug macros to tests/server by default 2025-03-14 12:59:32 +01:00
configure.ac build: do not apply curl debug macros to tests/server by default 2025-03-14 12:59:32 +01:00
COPYING COPYING: bump copyright year range to 1996 - 2025 2025-01-01 21:12:12 +01:00
curl-config.in curl-config: tidy up, optimize 2024-12-24 01:21:38 +01:00
Dockerfile docker: update debian:bookworm-slim Docker digest to ceac69a 2025-03-03 08:58:32 +01:00
GIT-INFO.md build: drop tool_hugehelp.c.cvs, tidy up macros, drop buildconf.bat 2025-01-26 14:22:49 +01:00
libcurl.pc.in configure: do not echo most inherited LDFLAGS to config files 2024-11-14 09:55:45 +01:00
Makefile.am cmake: add pre-fill for Unix, enable in GHA/macos, verify pre-fills 2025-02-16 01:59:59 +01:00
README docs: minor grammar fixes 2022-09-29 10:44:12 +02:00
README.md docs: use lowercase curl and libcurl 2025-01-02 17:15:54 +01:00
RELEASE-NOTES RELEASE-NOTES: synced 2025-03-14 09:37:26 +01:00
renovate.json GHA: drop "3" from openssl names and keys 2024-10-23 19:36:03 +02:00
REUSE.toml projects/Windows: remove wolfSSL from legacy projects 2024-12-22 03:10:35 -05:00
SECURITY.md docs: Clarify OpenSSF Best Practices vs Scorecard 2024-08-22 11:50:20 +02:00

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