external-tools.json

{
  "$schema": "../build-infra/lib/external-tools-schema.json",
  "description": "External tools required for building stubs-builder (stub binaries with embedded curl)",
  "tools": {
    "cmake": {
      "description": "CMake build system generator",
      "version": "3.28+",
      "notes": [
        "Required for building curl and mbedTLS from source",
        "On GitHub Actions: Pre-installed on all runners"
      ]
    },
    "curl": {
      "description": "curl library for HTTP downloads",
      "notes": [
        "curl tracked via git submodule at upstream/curl",
        "Built from source with mbedTLS for TLS support",
        "Version pinned in .gitmodules"
      ]
    },
    "mbedtls": {
      "description": "mbedTLS library for TLS support",
      "notes": [
        "mbedTLS tracked via git submodule at upstream/mbedtls",
        "Used by curl for TLS/SSL support",
        "Provides smaller binary size compared to OpenSSL"
      ]
    },
    "msys2": {
      "description": "MSYS2 provides Unix-like build environment for Windows",
      "notes": [
        "Required for Windows builds to provide MinGW toolchain",
        "On GitHub Actions: Pre-installed at C:/msys64",
        "Local development: Install from https://www.msys2.org/"
      ]
    },
    "ninja": {
      "description": "Ninja build system",
      "version": "1.11+",
      "notes": [
        "Used by CMake as the build backend for curl and mbedTLS",
        "Provides faster parallel builds"
      ]
    }
  }
}