backports of open PRs

Author: ferdymercury

builtins/gtest/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -50,11 +50,15 @@ if(APPLE)
     -DCMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT=${CMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT})
 endif()
 
+set(ROOT_GOOGLETEST_VERSION 1.17.0) # https://github.com/google/googletest/releases/tag/v1.17.0 Date: Apr 30, 2025
+set(ROOT_GOOGLETEST_HASH "65fab701d9829d38cb77c14acdc431d2108bfdbf8979e40eb8ae567edf10b27c")
 ExternalProject_Add(
   googletest
-  GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/google/googletest.git
-  GIT_SHALLOW 1
-  GIT_TAG v1.17.0
+  # GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/google/googletest.git
+  # GIT_SHALLOW 1
+  # GIT_TAG v1.17.0
+  URL ${lcgpackages}/googletest-${ROOT_GOOGLETEST_VERSION}.tar.gz
+  URL_HASH SHA256=${ROOT_GOOGLETEST_HASH}
   UPDATE_COMMAND ""
   # # Force separate output paths for debug and release builds to allow easy
   # # identification of correct lib in subsequent TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES commands