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Alexander J. Semenuk 5d5e35fb9b fix: Windows toolchain compatibility (curl 8.21 re-vendor, endless reconfigure loop) (#4355)
## Problem

Windows builds break with a current local toolchain (Scoop LLVM 22.1.8,
CMake 4.4.0, VS 2026), in two independent ways:

1. The build stops at curl's deliberate guard: `#error "no non-blocking
method was found/used/set"` in `third-party/curl/lib/nonblock.c`.
2. From the second configure onward, `cmake --build` re-runs CMake in an
endless loop (observed 42 consecutive reconfigure cycles in a single
build). Likely the same mechanism behind the "endlessly building" VS
2026 note in `docs/setup/dev/vs.md`.

## Root cause

1. `third-party/curl/CMake/CurlTests.c` passes `int *` to
`ioctlsocket()`, whose third parameter is `u_long *`. Clang 22 promotes
`-Wincompatible-pointer-types` to a hard error in C, so the
`HAVE_IOCTLSOCKET_FIONBIO` try_compile silently fails and
`curl_config.h` never defines it. Upstream CI does not see this because
the windows-2022 runner image ships an older LLVM. GCC 14 promotes the
same warning to a hard error, which is very likely the `CurlTests.c.obj`
failure reported from MSYS2 in open-goal/jak-project#3551. Upstream curl
hit the identical problem with GCC 14 and fixed the probe in curl 8.8.0
(curl/curl#13578).
2. The root CMakeLists copies the build tree's `compile_commands.json`
into `<src>/build/` for clangd using `configure_file()`, which registers
its input as a configure dependency. CMake rewrites
`compile_commands.json` late in every generation, after
`CTestTestfile.cmake` and `cmake_install.cmake` (outputs of the same
Ninja regen rule), so once the dependency is registered the rule is
deterministically dirty and every `ninja` invocation re-runs CMake. A
pristine first configure is safe (the file does not exist yet, so the
`if(EXISTS ...)` guard skips the copy), which is why the loop looks
machine- or IDE-specific.

## Fix

1. Per review, re-vendor `third-party/curl` at the `curl-8_21_0` tag
(previously `curl-8_3_0`), which carries the upstream probe fix plus two
years of upstream development; `vendor.yaml` updated to match.
Adjustments the version jump forced:
- curl 8.15 removed the native macOS Secure Transport backend
(`CURL_USE_SECTRANSP`), so macOS now builds curl against OpenSSL like
Linux. The two macOS workflows install Homebrew `openssl@3` and export
`OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR` (keg-only), and the macOS setup docs gained the same
two lines.
- `CURL_BROTLI` / `CURL_ZSTD` switched to AUTO-detection in curl 8.10;
pinned OFF to keep the previous no-compression behavior and avoid
silently linking whatever the CI images happen to have.
- curl's new top-level `BUILD_EXAMPLES` cache option (default ON) leaked
into discord-rpc's identically named option and broke configure at a
nonexistent `examples/send-presence` directory; pinned OFF ahead of the
third-party subdirectories.

The diff is dominated by the mechanical tag-tree swap under
`third-party/curl` (linguist-vendored, collapsed in review). The
hand-written changes are `CMakeLists.txt`, the two macOS workflows,
`docs/setup/system/macos.md`, and `vendor.yaml`.
2. Swap `configure_file()` for `file(COPY ...)`: the same clangd copy
with no configure dependency registered. (`file(COPY_FILE ...
ONLY_IF_DIFFERENT)` would be cleaner still but requires CMake 3.21,
above the declared `cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)`.)

## Test plan

- [x] Fresh `cmake --preset Release-windows-clang` (LLVM 22, no cache
seeding) completes and logs `Enabled SSL backends: Schannel`; the
FIONBIO probe passes without the previous `#error`
- [x] Full Windows Release build from scratch in the branch worktree
(all 1422 targets)
- [x] goalc-test suite: 1509 passed, 0 failed
- [x] Second consecutive configure with `compile_commands.json` present:
the regen rule in `build.ninja` has no `compile_commands.json` input;
`<src>/build/compile_commands.json` is still refreshed for clangd
- [x] Repeated `ninja` invocations after a full build no longer re-run
CMake
- [x] macOS Intel and ARM CI green (first exercise of the OpenSSL
backend switch)

---

I work off a self-hosted forge, so this GitHub account is quiet; the
configure logs and ninja dirty-node traces from the investigation are
available if anyone wants the raw data.

(AI-assisted)
2026-07-27 19:19:18 -04:00

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$! File: curl_Startup.com
$!
$! Procedure to setup the curl libraries for use by programs from the
$! VMS SYSTARTUP*.COM procedure.
$!
$! Copyright (C) John Malmberg
$!
$! Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any
$! purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
$! copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
$!
$! THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES
$! WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
$! MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR
$! ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
$! WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
$! ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT
$! OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
$!
$! SPDX-License-Identifier: ISC
$!
$!========================================================================
$!
$!
$! GNV$GNU if needed.
$ if f$trnlnm("GNV$GNU") .eqs. ""
$ then
$ x = f$trnlnm("GNU","LNM$SYSTEM_TABLE")
$ if x .eqs. ""
$ then
$ write sys$output "GNV must be started up before this procedure.
$ exit 44
$ endif
$ define/system/exec/trans=conc GNV$GNU 'x'
$ endif
$!
$!
$ myproc = f$environment("procedure")
$!
$! ZLIB needed.
$ if f$trnlnm("GNV$LIBZSHR32") .eqs. ""
$ then
$ zlib_startup = f$parse("gnv$zlib_startup.com;0", myproc,,,)
$ if f$search(zlib_startup) .nes. ""
$ then
$ @'zlib_startup
$ else
$ write sys$output "ZLIB package not found and is required."
$ exit 44
$ endif
$ endif
$!
$!
$ curl_ssl_libcrypto32 = ""
$ curl_ssl_libssl32 = ""
$ gnv_ssl_libcrypto32 = "gnv$gnu:[lib]ssl$libcrypto_shr32.exe"
$ gnv_ssl_libssl32 = "gnv$gnu:[lib]ssl$libssl_shr32.exe"
$ if f$search(gnv_ssl_libcrypto32) .nes. ""
$ then
$ curl_ssl_libcrypto32 = gnv_ssl_libcrypto32
$ curl_ssl_libssl32 = gnv_ssl_libssl32
$ else
$ hp_ssl_libcrypto32 = "sys$share:ssl$libcrypto_shr32.exe"
$ hp_ssl_libssl32 = "sys$share:ssl$libssl_shr32.exe"
$ if f$search(hp_ssl_libcrypto32) .nes. ""
$ then
$ curl_ssl_libcrypto32 = hp_ssl_libcrypto32
$ curl_ssl_libssl32 = hp_ssl_libssl32
$ else
$ write sys$output "HP SSL package not found and is required."
$ endif
$ endif
$!
$ define/system/exec gnv$curl_ssl_libcryptoshr32 'curl_ssl_libcrypto32'
$ define/system/exec gnv$curl_ssl_libsslshr32 'curl_ssl_libssl32'
$!
$!
$! curl setup
$ define/system/exec gnv$libcurl gnv$gnu:[usr.lib]GNV$LIBCURL.EXE
$ define/system/exec gnv$curl_include gnv$gnu:[usr.include.curl]
$ if .not. f$file_attributes("gnv$libcurl", "known")
$ then
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$!
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$ then
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$ exit