Re: [edk2-devel] libspdm Breaking Builds

["Pete Batard via groups.io" <pete=akeo.ie@groups.io>]

Hello all,

On 2024.05.24 03:13, Yao, Jiewen via groups.io wrote:
> Please let us know if the preference for libspdm submodule. (Below options)
> 1) Keep current libspdm official 3.3.0 release, and update to next release at the beginning of July.
> 2) Update libspdm immediately with the new cmocka submodule, which is NOT an official release.

Considering that I (and I expect anybody who tries to use EDK2 as a 
submodule in their UEFI build projects with GitHub Actions), I have to 
vote for option 2.

An example of the current issue can be shown on a project that simply 
attempts to build the UEFI Shell from the latest stable EDK2 release, 
using EDK2 as a submodule, can be shown at 
https://github.com/pbatard/UEFI-Shell/actions/runs/9290685065/job/25567879807 
or 
https://github.com/pbatard/UEFI-Shell/actions/runs/9290988138/job/25568511355 
and as you can see, it makes building the project completely impossible 
unless you ditch using EDK2 as a submodule (which isn't a viable option 
IMO, because a build toolchain that cannot be used as a git submodule is 
a very limiting toolchain).

For information, there's only so much fine grained tuning GitHub Actions 
offers on submodules, and no matter how you try to play with the fetch 
depth, the fact that one of the libspdm sub-dependency has essentially 
become M.I.A. is something that should be addressed as a matter of urgency.

So I hope that a commit that updates libspdm to the new cmocka submodule 
can find its way into EDK2 fairly soon, as it is currently halting a 
projects that aims at producing trusted UEFI Shell releases.

Regards,

/Pete


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