build_docs scripts improvements: macos-14 and windows-2022

.github/workflows/build_docs.yml

@@ -162,6 +162,11 @@ jobs:
           - os: macos-12
             skiplist: contract
             flags: "--boostrelease"
+          - os: macos-14
+            skiplist: auto_index contract
+          - os: macos-14
+            skiplist: contract
+            flags: "--boostrelease"
 
     timeout-minutes: 720
     runs-on: ${{matrix.os}}

build_docs/README.md

@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ cd _path_to_boost_library_
 windowsdocs.ps1
 ```
 
+windowsdocs.ps1 requires a version of Visual Studio C++ to be available. Optionally, see the scripts here in the [other/](other/) directory such as `windows-2022-clang.ps1` for a method to install that.  
    
    
 Further discussion about a small number of issues affecting certain libraries is continued in [compatibility.md](compatibility.md)

build_docs/macosdocs.sh

@@ -11,9 +11,18 @@ shopt -s dotglob
 
 scriptname="macosdocs.sh"
 
+if [[ "$(uname -p)" =~ "arm" ]]; then
+    echo "Running on arm processor"
+    homebrew_base_path="/opt/homebrew"
+else
+    echo "Not running on arm processor"
+    homebrew_base_path="/usr/local"
+fi
+
 # set defaults:
 boostrelease=""
 BOOSTROOTRELPATH=".."
+pythonvirtenvpath="${HOME}/venvboostdocs"
 
 # git and getopt are required. If they are not installed, moving that part of the installation process
 # to an earlier part of the script:
@@ -30,16 +39,16 @@ then
 fi
 
 # check apple silicon.
-if ! command -v /usr/local/opt/gnu-getopt/bin/getopt &> /dev/null
+if ! command -v ${homebrew_base_path}/opt/gnu-getopt/bin/getopt &> /dev/null
 then
     echo "Installing gnu-getopt"
     brew install gnu-getopt
 fi
-export PATH="/usr/local/opt/gnu-getopt/bin:$PATH"
+export PATH="${homebrew_base_path}/opt/gnu-getopt/bin:$PATH"
 
 # READ IN COMMAND-LINE OPTIONS
 
-TEMP=`/usr/local/opt/gnu-getopt/bin/getopt -o t:,h::,q:: --long type:,help::,skip-boost::,skip-packages::,quick::,boostrelease::,boostrootsubdir:: -- "$@"`
+TEMP=`${homebrew_base_path}/opt/gnu-getopt/bin/getopt -o t:,h::,q:: --long type:,help::,skip-boost::,skip-packages::,quick::,boostrelease::,boostrootsubdir:: -- "$@"`
 eval set -- "$TEMP"
 
 # extract options and their arguments into variables.
@@ -186,6 +195,12 @@ if [ "$skippackagesoption" != "yes" ]; then
     brew install docbook-xsl
 
     if [ "$typeoption" = "main" ]; then
+
+        if [ ! -f ${pythonvirtenvpath}/bin/activate ]; then
+           python3 -m venv ${pythonvirtenvpath}
+        fi
+        source ${pythonvirtenvpath}/bin/activate
+
 	brew install ghostscript
 	brew install texlive
         brew install graphviz
@@ -195,23 +210,23 @@ if [ "$skippackagesoption" != "yes" ]; then
         sudo gem install asciidoctor-pdf --version 2.3.4
         sudo gem install asciidoctor-diagram --version 2.2.14
         sudo gem install asciidoctor-multipage --version 0.0.18
-        pip3 install setuptools --user
-        pip3 install docutils --user
+        pip3 install setuptools
+        pip3 install docutils
         # which library is using rapidxml
         # wget -O rapidxml.zip http://sourceforge.net/projects/rapidxml/files/latest/download
         # unzip -n -d rapidxml rapidxml.zip
-        pip3 install --user https://github.com/bfgroup/jam_pygments/archive/master.zip
-        pip3 install --user Jinja2==3.1.2
-        pip3 install --user MarkupSafe==2.1.1
+        pip3 install https://github.com/bfgroup/jam_pygments/archive/master.zip
+        pip3 install Jinja2==3.1.2
+        pip3 install MarkupSafe==2.1.1
         sudo gem install pygments.rb --version 2.3.0
-        pip3 install --user Pygments==2.13.0
+        pip3 install Pygments==2.13.0
         sudo gem install rouge --version 4.0.0
-        pip3 install --user Sphinx==5.2.1
-        pip3 install --user git+https://github.com/pfultz2/sphinx-boost@8ad7d424c6b613864976546d801439c34a27e3f6
+        pip3 install Sphinx==5.2.1
+        pip3 install git+https://github.com/pfultz2/sphinx-boost@8ad7d424c6b613864976546d801439c34a27e3f6
         # from dockerfile:
-        pip3 install --user myst-parser==0.18.1
-        pip3 install --user future==0.18.2
-        pip3 install --user six==1.14.0
+        pip3 install myst-parser==0.18.1
+        pip3 install future==0.18.2
+        pip3 install six==1.14.0
 
         # Locking the version numbers in place offers a better guarantee of a known, good build.
         # At the same time, it creates a perpetual outstanding task, to upgrade the gem and pip versions
@@ -234,8 +249,13 @@ if [ "$skippackagesoption" != "yes" ]; then
 
 fi
 
+# In the above 'packages' section a python virtenv was created. Activate it, if that has not been done already.
+if [ -f ${pythonvirtenvpath}/bin/activate ]; then
+    source ${pythonvirtenvpath}/bin/activate
+fi
+
 # check this on apple silicon:
-export PATH="/usr/local/opt/gnu-sed/libexec/gnubin:$PATH"
+export PATH="${homebrew_base_path}/opt/gnu-sed/libexec/gnubin:$PATH"
 
 cd $BOOST_SRC_FOLDER
 

build_docs/other/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+
+## Miscellanous files
+
+- The 2020 folder contains an earlier copy of the build_docs scripts.  
+
+- windows-2022-clang.ps1 is a powershell script to install Visual Studio C++ on Windows 2022.  
+
+

build_docs/other/windows-2022-clang.ps1

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+
+iex ((new-object net.webclient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))
+
+echo "You may need to close and re-open your shell window."
+
+choco install -y visualstudio2022buildtools --parameters  \"--add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Llvm.Clang --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Llvm.ClangToolset --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.ComponentGroup.NativeDesktop.Llvm.Clang --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.CMake.Project\"
+# choco install -y 7zip.install --version 22.1
+# choco install -y cmake.install --installargs '\"ADD_CMAKE_TO_PATH=System\"' --version 3.27.9
+# choco install -y curl --version 8.0.1
+choco install -y dotnetfx --version 4.8.0.20220524
+# choco install -y git.install --version 2.40.1
+# choco install -y hashdeep --version 4.4
+# choco install -y jq --version 1.6
+# choco install -y llvm --version 16.0.3
+choco install -y microsoft-build-tools --version 15.0.26320.2
+# choco install -y mingw --version 12.2.0.03042023
+# choco install -y notepadplusplus --version 8.5.2
+# choco install -y notepadplusplus.install --version 8.5.2
+# choco install -y rsync --version 6.2.8
+# choco install -y ruby --version 3.1.3.1
+choco install -y vcredist2017 --version 14.16.27033
+# choco install -y Wget --version 1.21.3
+choco install -y windows-sdk-10.1 --version 10.1.18362.1
+# choco install -y winscp --version 5.21.8
+# choco install -y winscp.install --version 5.21.8
+choco upgrade visualstudio2022-workload-vctools --package-parameters "--add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.14.34.17.4.x86.x64" "--add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.14.29.16.11.x86.x64" "--add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.v141.x86.x64" "--add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.140" -y 

build_docs/windowsdocs.ps1

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ param (
 )
 
 $scriptname="windowsdocs.ps1"
+$pythonvirtenvpath="${HOME}\venvboostdocs"
 
 # Set-PSDebug -Trace 1
 
@@ -287,6 +288,12 @@ if ( -Not ${skip-packages} ) {
 
     if ($typeoption -eq "main") {
         $ghostversion="9.56.1"
+
+        if (!(Test-Path "${pythonvirtenvpath}\Scripts\activate")) {
+            python -m venv ${pythonvirtenvpath}
+        }
+        "${pythonvirtenvpath}\Scripts\activate"
+
         choco install -y --no-progress ghostscript --version $ghostversion
         choco install -y --no-progress texlive
         choco install -y --no-progress graphviz
@@ -325,9 +332,9 @@ if ( -Not ${skip-packages} ) {
 
         $file1="C:\Program Files\gs\gs9.56.1\bin\gswin32c.exe"
         $file2="C:\Program Files\gs\gs9.56.1\bin\gswin64c.exe"
-	if (-not(Test-Path -Path $file1 -PathType Leaf)) {
+        if (-not(Test-Path -Path $file1 -PathType Leaf)) {
             New-Item -ItemType SymbolicLink -Path $file1 -Target $file2
-	}
+        }
 
         # Locking the version numbers in place offers a better guarantee of a known, good build.
         # At the same time, it creates a perpetual outstanding task, to upgrade the gem and pip versions
@@ -383,6 +390,12 @@ if ( -Not ${skip-packages} ) {
 
 }
 
+# In the above 'packages' section a python virtenv was created. Activate it, if that has not been done already.
+
+if ( Test-Path "${pythonvirtenvpath}\Scripts\activate" ) {
+    "${pythonvirtenvpath}\Scripts\activate"
+}
+
 # re-adding the path fix from above, even if skip-packages was set.
 $newpathitem="C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin"
 if( (Test-Path -Path $newpathitem) -and -Not ( $env:Path -like "*$newpathitem*"))
@@ -647,4 +660,3 @@ else {
 }
 
 popd
-