clean up dependencies (#2008)

* clean up dependencies

* use non-prce-mode for metrics
* clean up obsolete snappy and gflags deps from manuals

* conditional pcre

.appveyor.yml

@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ install:
 build_script:
   # the 32-bit build is done on a 64-bit image, so we need to override the architecture
   - mingw32-make -j2 ARCH_OVERRIDE=%PLATFORM% CI_CACHE=NimBinaries update
-  - mingw32-make -j2 ARCH_OVERRIDE=%PLATFORM% fetch-dlls
 
 test_script:
   - mingw32-make -j2 ARCH_OVERRIDE=%PLATFORM% LOG_LEVEL=TRACE

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -125,8 +125,7 @@ jobs:
           sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
           sudo apt-fast update -qq
           sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND='noninteractive' apt-fast install \
-            --no-install-recommends -yq gcc-multilib g++-multilib \
-            libssl-dev:i386 libpcre3-dev:i386
+            --no-install-recommends -yq gcc-multilib g++-multilib
           mkdir -p external/bin
           cat << EOF > external/bin/gcc
           #!/bin/bash
@@ -235,11 +234,6 @@ jobs:
 
           make -j$ncpu ARCH_OVERRIDE=$PLATFORM CI_CACHE=NimBinaries V=1 update
 
-          # Cached in "windows-dlls-cache" and exported globally
-          # if [[ '${{ runner.os }}' == 'Windows' ]]; then
-          #   make -j$ncpu ARCH_OVERRIDE=$PLATFORM fetch-dlls
-          # fi
-
       - name: Get latest fixtures commit hash
         if: matrix.target.TEST_KIND == 'unit-tests'
         id: fixtures_version

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Next
+=================
+
+* Avoid pcre dependency
+
 2020-11-12 v0.6.2
 =================
 

Makefile

@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ BUILD_SYSTEM_DIR := vendor/nimbus-build-system
 # we set its default value before LOG_LEVEL is used in "variables.mk"
 LOG_LEVEL := INFO
 
+LINK_PCRE := 0
+
 # we don't want an error here, so we can handle things later, in the ".DEFAULT" target
 -include $(BUILD_SYSTEM_DIR)/makefiles/variables.mk
 

README.md

@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ At the moment, Nimbus has to be built from source.
 Nimbus has the following external dependencies:
 
 * Developer tools (C compiler, Make, Bash, Git)
-* PCRE
 
 Nim is not an external dependency, Nimbus will build its own local copy.
 
@@ -74,13 +73,13 @@ Nim is not an external dependency, Nimbus will build its own local copy.
 On common Linux distributions the dependencies can be installed with:
 ```sh
 # Debian and Ubuntu
-sudo apt-get install build-essential git libpcre3-dev
+sudo apt-get install build-essential git
 
 # Fedora
-dnf install @development-tools pcre
+dnf install @development-tools
 
-# Archlinux, using an AUR manager for pcre-static
-yourAURmanager -S base-devel pcre-static
+# Archlinux, using an AUR manager
+yourAURmanager -S base-devel
 ```
 
 ### MacOS
@@ -88,7 +87,7 @@ yourAURmanager -S base-devel pcre-static
 Assuming you use [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/) to manage packages:
 
 ```sh
-brew install pcre cmake
+brew install cmake
 ```
 
 Make sure you have [CMake](https://cmake.org/) installed, to be able to build libunwind (used for [lightweight stack traces](https://github.com/status-im/nim-libbacktrace)).
@@ -96,7 +95,6 @@ Make sure you have [CMake](https://cmake.org/) installed, to be able to build li
 ### Windows
 
 You can install the developer tools by following the instruction in our [Windows dev environment section](#windows-dev-environment).
-It also provides a downloading script for prebuilt PCRE.
 
 ### Android
 
@@ -107,7 +105,7 @@ Note, the Ubuntu PRoot is known to contain all Nimbus prerequisites compiled on
 *Assuming Ubuntu PRoot is used*
 
 ```sh
-apt install build-essential git libpcre3-dev
+apt install build-essential git
 ```
 
 ## For users
@@ -350,11 +348,6 @@ and run this in a "Git Bash" terminal:
 git config --global core.longpaths true
 ```
 
-If you don't want to compile PCRE separately, you can fetch pre-compiled DLLs with:
-```bash
-mingw32-make fetch-dlls # this will place the right DLLs for your architecture in the "build/" directory
-```
-
 > If you were following the Windows testnet instructions, you can jump back to [Connecting to testnets](#connecting-to-testnets) now
 
 You can now follow those instructions in the previous section by replacing `make` with `mingw32-make` (regardless of your 32-bit or 64-bit architecture):
@@ -412,7 +405,7 @@ sudo vi /etc/dphys-swapfile
 sudo reboot
 
 # Install prerequisites
-sudo apt-get install git libgflags-dev libsnappy-dev libpcre3-dev
+sudo apt-get install git
 
 # Then you can follow instructions for Linux.
 

azure-pipelines.yml

@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ jobs:
           git config --global core.longpaths true
           git config --global core.autocrlf false
           mingw32-make -j2 ARCH_OVERRIDE=${PLATFORM} CI_CACHE=NimBinaries update
-          mingw32-make -j2 ARCH_OVERRIDE=${PLATFORM} fetch-dlls
           mingw32-make -j2 ARCH_OVERRIDE=${PLATFORM} LOG_LEVEL=TRACE
           if [[ $PLATFORM == "x64" ]]; then
             # everything builds more slowly on 32-bit, since there's no libbacktrace support

config.nims

@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ else:
 
 const currentDir = currentSourcePath()[0 .. ^(len("config.nims") + 1)]
 switch("define", "nim_compiler_path=" & currentDir & "env.sh nim")
+switch("define", "withoutPCRE")
 
 switch("import", "testutils/moduletests")
 

docker/Dockerfile

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ FROM debian:bullseye-slim AS build
 SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-c"]
 
 RUN apt-get -qq update \
- && apt-get -qq -y install build-essential libpcre3-dev git &>/dev/null \
+ && apt-get -qq -y install build-essential git &>/dev/null \
  && apt-get -qq clean \
  && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /tmp/* /var/tmp/*
 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ FROM debian:bullseye-slim as deploy
 SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-c"]
 
 RUN apt-get -qq update \
- && apt-get -qq -y install libpcre3 psmisc &>/dev/null \
+ && apt-get -qq -y install psmisc &>/dev/null \
  && apt-get -qq clean \
  && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /tmp/* /var/tmp/*
 

docker/dist/base_image/Dockerfile

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ FROM ubuntu:20.04
 SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-c"]
 
 RUN apt-get -qq update \
- && apt-get -qq -y install build-essential libpcre3-dev git &>/dev/null \
+ && apt-get -qq -y install build-essential git &>/dev/null \
  && apt-get -qq clean \
  && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /tmp/* /var/tmp/*
 

docker/shared_testnet/Dockerfile

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ FROM debian:bullseye-slim
 SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-c"]
 
 RUN apt-get -qq update \
- && apt-get -qq -y install build-essential libpcre3-dev git &>/dev/null \
+ && apt-get -qq -y install build-essential git &>/dev/null \
  && apt-get -qq clean \
  && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /tmp/* /var/tmp/*
 

docs/the_nimbus_book/src/developers.md

@@ -28,11 +28,8 @@ Variables -> Path -> Edit -> New -> C:\mingw-w64\mingw64\bin (it's "C:\mingw-w64
 
 Install [Git for Windows](https://gitforwindows.org/) and use a "Git Bash" shell to clone and build nimbus-eth2.
 
-If you don't want to compile PCRE separately, you can fetch pre-compiled DLLs with:
-
 ```bash
 mingw32-make # this first invocation will update the Git submodules
-mingw32-make fetch-dlls # this will place the right DLLs for your architecture in the "build/" directory
 ```
 
 You can now follow the instructions in this this book by replacing `make` with `mingw32-make` (you should run `mingw32` regardless of whether you're running 32-bit or 64-bit architecture):
@@ -88,7 +85,7 @@ sudo vi /etc/dphys-swapfile
 sudo reboot
 
 # Install prerequisites
-sudo apt-get install git libgflags-dev libsnappy-dev libpcre3-dev
+sudo apt-get install git
 
 # Then you can follow instructions for Linux.
 

docs/the_nimbus_book/src/install.md

@@ -21,9 +21,8 @@ If the above sounds like latin to you, don't worry. You should be fine as long a
 ## External Dependencies
 
 - Developer tools (C compiler, Make, Bash, Git)
-- [PCRE](https://www.pcre.org/)
 
-Nimbus will build its own local copy of Nim, so Nim is not an external dependency, 
+Nimbus will build its own local copy of Nim, so Nim is not an external dependency,
 
 ## Linux
 
@@ -31,13 +30,13 @@ On common Linux distributions the dependencies can be installed with
 
 ```sh
 # Debian and Ubuntu
-sudo apt-get install build-essential git libpcre3-dev
+sudo apt-get install build-essential git
 
 # Fedora
-dnf install @development-tools pcre
+dnf install @development-tools
 
-# Archlinux, using an AUR manager for pcre-static
-yourAURmanager -S base-devel pcre-static
+# Archlinux, using an AUR manager
+yourAURmanager -S base-devel
 ```
 
 ### macOS
@@ -45,13 +44,12 @@ yourAURmanager -S base-devel pcre-static
 Assuming you use [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/) to manage packages
 
 ```sh
-brew install pcre cmake
+brew install cmake
 ```
 
 ### Windows
 
 You can install the developer tools by following the instruction in our [Windows dev environment section](./advanced.md#windows-dev-environment).
-We also provide a downloading script for prebuilt PCRE.
 
 ### Android
 
@@ -62,6 +60,6 @@ We also provide a downloading script for prebuilt PCRE.
 Assuming you  use Ubuntu PRoot
 
 ```sh
-apt install build-essential git libpcre3-dev
+apt install build-essential git
 ```
 

docs/the_nimbus_book/src/pi-guide.md

@@ -209,11 +209,11 @@ ssh pi@195.177.101.93
 
 ### 11. Install Nimbus dependencies
 
-You'll need to install some packages (`git`, `libgflags-dev`, `libsnappy-dev`, and `libpcre3-dev`) in order for Nimbus to run correctly.
+You'll need to install some packages (`git`) in order for Nimbus to run correctly.
 
 To do so, run:
 ```
-sudo apt-get install git libgflags-dev libsnappy-dev libpcre3-dev
+sudo apt-get install git
 
 ```
 ### 12. Install Screen

vendor/nimbus-build-system

@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit c278412dbf7fce294ca1fabb8264607c2971ea8f
+Subproject commit a9a8e59b569dc72b576e3d5b94108181fa46f313