dist: build Windows binary with newer compiler (#3548)

We went from (Mingw-w64) GCC 5.5.0 to 11.2.0. Progress!

docker/dist/Dockerfile.win64

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # The build is reproducible only if this base image stays the same.
-FROM statusteam/nimbus_beacon_node:dist_base_20210202230118_win64@sha256:47b8ea60a35bd45355f0490677c04a9b42df56b5041cbf64da8ad233511a55d5
+FROM statusteam/nimbus_beacon_node:dist_base_20220327205458_win64_v2@sha256:a5bda8cbef9973c2feb94003d6812004bb9f6dfd6b0b817d85dfa1118034273a
 
 SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-c"]
 

docker/dist/base_image/Dockerfile.win64

@@ -13,11 +13,39 @@ SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-c"]
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive TZ="Etc/UTC"
 RUN \
  apt-get -qq update \
- && apt-get -qq -y install git gnupg software-properties-common lsb &>/dev/null \
- && apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 86B72ED9 \
- && add-apt-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://pkg.mxe.cc/repos/apt $(lsb_release -sc) main" \
- && apt-get -qq update \
- && apt-get -qq -y install mxe-x86-64-w64-mingw32.static-cc &>/dev/null \
+ && apt-get -qq -y install git gnupg software-properties-common lsb cmake &>/dev/null \
+ && apt-get -qq -y install \
+    autoconf \
+    automake \
+    autopoint \
+    bison \
+    bzip2 \
+    flex \
+    g++ \
+    g++-multilib \
+    gettext \
+    gperf \
+    intltool \
+    libc6-dev-i386 \
+    libltdl-dev \
+    libssl-dev \
+    libtool-bin \
+    lzip \
+    make \
+    openssl \
+    p7zip-full \
+    patch \
+    perl \
+    python \
+    ruby \
+    sed \
+    unzip \
+    wget \
+    xz-utils &>/dev/null \
  && apt-get -qq clean \
- && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /tmp/* /var/tmp/*
+ && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /tmp/* /var/tmp/* \
+ && git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mxe/mxe.git /opt/mxe \
+ && cd /opt/mxe \
+ && make -j $(nproc) MXE_TARGETS='x86_64-w64-mingw32.static' MXE_USE_CCACHE='' DONT_CHECK_REQUIREMENTS=1 cc \
+ && rm -rf /opt/mxe/.log /opt/mxe/pkg
 

docker/dist/base_image/Makefile

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ build-arm:
 	$(CURDIR)/make_base_image.sh arm "$(IMAGE_NAME)_arm_v2"
 
 build-win64:
-	$(CURDIR)/make_base_image.sh win64 "$(IMAGE_NAME)_win64"
+	$(CURDIR)/make_base_image.sh win64 "$(IMAGE_NAME)_win64_v2"
 
 build-macos:
 	$(CURDIR)/make_base_image.sh macos "$(IMAGE_NAME)_macos"
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ build-macos:
 # You probably don't want to recreate and push these base images to Docker Hub,
 # because when older images expire and get deleted, it will no longer be possible
 # to reproduce old releases.
+#
+# When you really have to, change the Docker tags by appending "_v2", "_v3", etc. to them.
+# This way you won't overwrite the old image.
 
 #push-amd64: build-amd64
 #	docker push $(IMAGE_NAME)
@@ -44,7 +47,7 @@ build-macos:
 #	docker push $(IMAGE_NAME)_arm_v2
 
 #push-win64: build-win64
-#	docker push $(IMAGE_NAME)_win64
+#	docker push $(IMAGE_NAME)_win64_v2
 
 #push-macos: build-macos
 	#docker push $(IMAGE_NAME)_macos

docker/dist/entry_point.sh

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-# Copyright (c) 2020-2021 Status Research & Development GmbH. Licensed under
+# Copyright (c) 2020-2022 Status Research & Development GmbH. Licensed under
 # either of:
 # - Apache License, version 2.0
 # - MIT license
@@ -19,14 +19,19 @@ fi
 PLATFORM="${1}"
 BINARIES="nimbus_beacon_node"
 
+echo -e "\nPLATFORM=${PLATFORM}"
+
 #- we need to build everything against libraries available inside this container, including the Nim compiler
 make clean
 NIMFLAGS_COMMON="-d:disableMarchNative --gcc.options.debug:'-g1' --clang.options.debug:'-gline-tables-only'"
 if [[ "${PLATFORM}" == "Windows_amd64" ]]; then
   # Cross-compilation using the MXE distribution of Mingw-w64
-  export PATH="/usr/lib/mxe/usr/bin:${PATH}"
+  export PATH="/opt/mxe/usr/bin:${PATH}"
   CC=x86_64-w64-mingw32.static-gcc
   CXX=x86_64-w64-mingw32.static-g++
+  ${CC} --version
+  echo
+
   make \
     -j$(nproc) \
     USE_LIBBACKTRACE=0 \
@@ -67,6 +72,9 @@ if [[ "${PLATFORM}" == "Windows_amd64" ]]; then
     ${BINARIES}
 elif [[ "${PLATFORM}" == "Linux_arm32v7" ]]; then
   CC="arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc"
+  ${CC} --version
+  echo
+
   make \
     -j$(nproc) \
     USE_LIBBACKTRACE=0 \
@@ -81,6 +89,9 @@ elif [[ "${PLATFORM}" == "Linux_arm32v7" ]]; then
     ${BINARIES}
 elif [[ "${PLATFORM}" == "Linux_arm64v8" ]]; then
   CC="aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc"
+  ${CC} --version
+  echo
+
   make \
     -j$(nproc) \
     USE_LIBBACKTRACE=0 \
@@ -99,6 +110,9 @@ elif [[ "${PLATFORM}" == "macOS_amd64" ]]; then
   export ZERO_AR_DATE=1 # avoid timestamps in binaries
   DARWIN_VER="20.4"
   CC="o64-clang"
+  ${CC} --version
+  echo
+
   make \
     -j$(nproc) \
     USE_LIBBACKTRACE=0 \
@@ -129,6 +143,9 @@ elif [[ "${PLATFORM}" == "macOS_arm64" ]]; then
   export ZERO_AR_DATE=1 # avoid timestamps in binaries
   DARWIN_VER="20.4"
   CC="oa64-clang"
+  ${CC} --version
+  echo
+
   make \
     -j$(nproc) \
     USE_LIBBACKTRACE=0 \
@@ -155,6 +172,9 @@ elif [[ "${PLATFORM}" == "macOS_arm64" ]]; then
     ${BINARIES}
 else
   # Linux AMD64
+  gcc --version
+  echo
+
   make \
     -j$(nproc) \
     LOG_LEVEL="TRACE" \
@@ -181,17 +201,18 @@ mkdir "${DIST_PATH}/scripts"
 mkdir "${DIST_PATH}/build"
 
 # copy and checksum binaries, copy scripts and docs
+EXT=""
+if [[ "${PLATFORM}" == "Windows_amd64" ]]; then
+  EXT=".exe"
+fi
 for BINARY in ${BINARIES}; do
-  cp -a "./build/${BINARY}" "${DIST_PATH}/build/"
+  cp -a "./build/${BINARY}${EXT}" "${DIST_PATH}/build/"
   if [[ "${PLATFORM}" =~ macOS ]]; then
     # debug info
     cp -a "./build/${BINARY}.dSYM" "${DIST_PATH}/build/"
   fi
   cd "${DIST_PATH}/build"
-  sha512sum "${BINARY}" > "${BINARY}.sha512sum"
-  if [[ "${PLATFORM}" == "Windows_amd64" ]]; then
-    mv "${BINARY}" "${BINARY}.exe"
-  fi
+  sha512sum "${BINARY}${EXT}" > "${BINARY}.sha512sum"
   cd - >/dev/null
 done
 sed -e "s/GIT_COMMIT/${GIT_COMMIT}/" docker/dist/README.md.tpl > "${DIST_PATH}/README.md"