Update curses detection for Autotools and CMake

config/sst_check_curses.m4

@@ -3,43 +3,58 @@ AC_DEFUN([SST_CHECK_CURSES],
   sst_check_curses_happy="yes"
 
   AC_ARG_WITH([curses],
-    [AS_HELP_STRING([--with-ncurses@<:@=DIR@:>@],
-      [Use ncurses library found in DIR])])
+    [AS_HELP_STRING([--with-ncurses@<:@=DIR or EXEC@:>@],
+      [Use ncurses library found in DIR or associated with the ncursesN-config utility specified by EXEC])])
 
   AS_IF([test "$with_curses" = "no"], [sst_check_curses_happy="no"])
 
-  CPPFLAGS_saved="$CPPFLAGS"
-  LDFLAGS_saved="$LDFLAGS"
-
-  dnl Use user-defined curses library
-  AS_IF([test "$sst_check_curses_happy" = "yes"], [
-    AS_IF([test ! -z "$with_curses" -a "$with_curses" != "yes"],
-      [CURSES_CPPFLAGS="-I$with_curses/include"
-       CPPFLAGS="$CURSES_CPPFLAGS $CPPFLAGS"
-       CURSES_LDFLAGS="-L$with_curses/lib"
-       CURSES_LIBS="-lncurses",
-       LDFLAGS="$CURSES_LDFLAGS $LDFLAGS"],
-      [CURSES_CPPFLAGS=
-       CURSES_CPPFLAGS_LDFLAGS=
-       CURSES_LIBS=])])
-
-dnl Check for curses.h header
-  AC_LANG_PUSH([C++])
-  AC_CHECK_HEADER([curses.h], [], [sst_check_curses_happy="no"])
-  AC_LANG_POP([C++])
-
-dnl Check that library is usable
-AS_IF([test "$sst_check_curses_happy" != "no"], 
-  [AC_CHECK_LIB([ncursesw], [wprintw], [CURSES_LIBS="-lncursesw"],
-    [AC_CHECK_LIB([ncurses], [wprintw], [CURSES_LIBS="-lncurses"],
-      [AC_CHECK_LIB([curses], [wprintw], [CURSES_LIBS="-lcurses"], [sst_check_curses_happy = "no"])])]) 
-  ])
-
-  CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS_saved"
-  LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS_saved"
+  NCURSES_CONFIG_EXE="no"
+
+  dnl check if user provided a specific ncursesN-config
+  AS_IF([test ! -d "$with_curses"],
+    [AS_IF([test -x "$with_curses"],
+        [NCURSES_CONFIG_EXE=$with_curses])])
+
+  dnl test ncursesN-config
+  AS_IF([test $NCURSES_CONFIG_EXE = "no"],
+    [AS_IF([test -n "$with_curses"],
+        [AC_PATH_PROGS([NCURSES_CONFIG_EXE], ["ncurses6-config" "ncurses5.4-config" "ncurses5-config"], ["no"], ["$with_curses/bin"])],
+        [AC_PATH_PROGS([NCURSES_CONFIG_EXE], ["ncurses6-config" "ncurses5.4-config" "ncurses5-config"], ["no"])])])
+
+  dnl don't continue if ncursesN-config can't be found rather than look for the
+  dnl specific libraries
+  AS_IF([test $NCURSES_CONFIG_EXE = "no"],
+        [
+            CURSES_CPPFLAGS=
+            CURSES_LIBS=
+            sst_check_curses_happy="no"
+        ],
+        [
+            dnl Older versions only have --libs, not --libs-only-l and --libs-only-L,
+            dnl which combines the two.  Ideally, CURSES_LDFLAGS (sstinfo_x_LDFLAGS)
+            dnl contains --libs-only-L and CURSES_LIBS (sstinfo_x_LDADD) contains
+            dnl --libs-only-l, but rather than complicated logic testing the above,
+            dnl combining everything into LDADD seems acceptable..
+            CURSES_CPPFLAGS=`$NCURSES_CONFIG_EXE --cflags`
+            CURSES_LIBS=`$NCURSES_CONFIG_EXE --libs`
+
+            CPPFLAGS_saved="$CPPFLAGS"
+            LDFLAGS_saved="$LDFLAGS"
+
+            CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $CURSES_CPPFLAGS"
+            LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS $CURSES_LIBS"
+
+            dnl Check for specific header
+            AC_LANG_PUSH([C++])
+            AC_CHECK_HEADER([ncurses.h], [], [sst_check_curses_happy="no"])
+            AC_LANG_POP([C++])
+
+            CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS_saved"
+            LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS_saved"
+        ]
+   )
 
   AC_SUBST([CURSES_CPPFLAGS])
-  AC_SUBST([CURSES_LDFLAGS])
   AC_SUBST([CURSES_LIBS])
   AS_IF([test "x$sst_check_curses_happy" = "xyes"], [AC_DEFINE([HAVE_CURSES], [1], [Defines whether we have the curses library])])
   AM_CONDITIONAL([USE_CURSES], [test "x$sst_check_curses_happy" = "xyes"])

configure.ac

@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ SST_CHECK_MPI([], [AC_MSG_ERROR([Could not find MPI package])])
 SST_CHECK_PYTHON([], [AC_MSG_ERROR([Could not find Python, this is required for SST to build])])
 SST_CHECK_LIBZ([have_zlib="yes"],[have_zlib="no"],[AC_MSG_ERROR([zlib was requested but could not be found.])])
 SST_CHECK_CURSES()
-dnl AC_MSG_ERROR([Could not find curses, this is required for utility sst-info to build])])
 SST_CHECK_BACKTRACE()
 SST_CHECK_HDF5()
 SST_CHECK_MEM_POOL()
@@ -228,6 +227,7 @@ echo "Configuration Information (Dependencies):"
 echo ""
 
 printf "%38s : %s (%s)\n" "Found Python" "$PYTHON_EXE" "$PYTHON_VERSION"
+
 if test "x$sst_check_hdf5_happy" = "xyes" ; then
     printf "%38s : Yes\n" "HDF5 Support"
 else
@@ -240,9 +240,9 @@ else
 fi
 
 if test "x$sst_check_curses_happy" = "xyes" ; then
-    printf "%38s : Yes\n" "curses library"
+    printf "%38s : %s %s\n" "curses library" "$CURSES_LIBS"
 else
-    printf "%38s : No\n" "curses library"
+    printf "%38s : Not found\n" "curses library"
 fi
 
 echo "-------------------------------------------------------"

experimental/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -55,6 +55,19 @@ if(NOT SST_DISABLE_ZLIB)
   find_package(ZLIB)
 endif()
 
+option(SST_DISABLE_CURSES
+       "Use curses library (needed for interactive sst-info)" OFF)
+if(NOT SST_DISABLE_CURSES)
+  # https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/-/issues/23236
+  set(CURSES_NEED_NCURSES 1)
+  find_package(Curses)
+  if(NOT CURSES_HAVE_NCURSES_H)
+    message(
+      FATAL_ERROR
+        "Curses was found, but the specific header <ncurses.h> was not")
+  endif()
+endif()
+
 option(SST_ENABLE_HDF5 "Use HDF5 library" OFF)
 if(SST_ENABLE_HDF5)
   find_package(HDF5 REQUIRED)

experimental/cmake/sst.cmake

@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ if(ZLIB_FOUND)
   set(HAVE_LIBZ ON)
 endif(ZLIB_FOUND)
 
+if(CURSES_FOUND)
+  set(HAVE_CURSES ON)
+endif(CURSES_FOUND)
+
 check_include_file(execinfo.h HAVE_EXECINFO_H)
 check_symbol_exists(backtrace "execinfo.h" HAVE_BACKTRACE)
 check_include_file(mach/mach_time.h HAVE_MACH_MACH_TIME_H)

experimental/cmake_configure_files/sst_config.h.in

@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@
 /* Define to 1 if you have the <c_asm.h> header file. */
 #cmakedefine HAVE_C_ASM_H 1
 
+/* Defines whether we have the curses library */
+#cmakedefine HAVE_CURSES 1
+
 /* Define to 1 if you have the declaration of `cygwin_conv_path', and to 0 if
    you don't. */
 #cmakedefine HAVE_DECL_CYGWIN_CONV_PATH 1

src/sst/core/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -243,6 +243,13 @@ if(Threads_FOUND)
   target_link_libraries(sstsim.x PRIVATE Threads::Threads)
 endif()
 
+if(CURSES_FOUND)
+  target_link_libraries(sstinfo.x PRIVATE ${CURSES_LIBRARIES})
+  # Before means no chance of interfering with a system curses if a
+  # user-provided one was specified.
+  target_include_directories(sstinfo.x BEFORE PRIVATE ${CURSES_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+endif()
+
 add_executable(sst bootsst.cc)
 target_link_libraries(sst PRIVATE sst-boot-lib sst-env-lib sst-config-lib)
 

src/sst/core/Makefile.am

@@ -342,9 +342,8 @@ sstinfo_x_LDADD += $(LIBZ_LIBS)
 endif
 
 if USE_CURSES
-AM_CPPFLAGS += $(CURSES_CFPPLAGS)
+AM_CPPFLAGS += $(CURSES_CPPFLAGS)
 sstinfo_x_LDADD += $(CURSES_LIBS)
-sstinfo_x_LDFLAGS += $(CURSES_LDFLAGS)
 endif
 
 if USE_HDF5

src/sst/core/main.cc

@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@
 #include "sst/core/warnmacros.h"
 
 DISABLE_WARN_DEPRECATED_REGISTER
+// The Python header already defines this and should override one from the
+// command line.
+#ifdef _XOPEN_SOURCE
+#undef _XOPEN_SOURCE
+#endif
 #include <Python.h>
 REENABLE_WARNING