bpo-44035: Check autoconf files thoroughly

Check that users don't push changes with outdated or patched autoconf.
The presence of runstatedir option and aclocal 1.16.3 are good markers.

Use my container image to regenerate autoconf files. "Check for changes"
will fail later when any file is regenerated.

Use ccache in check_generated_files to speed up testing.

Signed-off-by: Christian Heimes <christian@python.org>

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -64,6 +64,20 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
       - name: Install Dependencies
         run: sudo ./.github/workflows/posix-deps-apt.sh
+      - name: Add ccache to PATH
+        run: |
+          echo "PATH=/usr/lib/ccache:$PATH" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - name: Configure ccache action
+        uses: hendrikmuhs/ccache-action@v1
+      - name: Check Autoconf version 2.69 and aclocal 1.16.3
+        run: |
+          set -e
+          grep "Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69" configure
+          grep "runstatedir" configure
+          grep "PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG" aclocal.m4
+          grep "aclocal 1.16.3" aclocal.m4
+      - name: Regenerate autoconf files
+        run: docker run --rm -v $(pwd):/src quay.io/tiran/cpython_autoconf:269
       - name: Build CPython
         run: |
           # Build Python with the libpython dynamic library
@@ -85,10 +99,6 @@ jobs:
         run: make smelly
       - name: Check limited ABI symbols
         run: make check-limited-abi
-      - name: Check Autoconf version 2.69
-        run: |
-          grep "Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69" configure
-          grep "PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG" aclocal.m4
 
   build_win32:
     name: 'Windows (x86)'

.gitignore

@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ Tools/unicode/data/
 /config.log
 /config.status
 /config.status.lineno
+# hendrikmuhs/ccache-action@v1
+/.ccache
 /platform
 /profile-clean-stamp
 /profile-run-stamp

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2021-12-06-09-31-27.bpo-44035.BiO4XC.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+CI now verifies that autoconf files have been regenerated with a current and
+unpatched autoconf package.