Remove all the files related to auto tools

Update docs

Update dockerfile to use cmake instead of autotools

Remove autotools targets

Fix Github CI hash, and fix build.h generation process.

Fix README.md

Author: aleflm

.github/workflows/ci-master.yml

@@ -869,6 +869,9 @@ include(cmake/crc32c.cmake)
 include(cmake/leveldb.cmake)
 add_subdirectory(src)
 
+# Ensure build info is generated early for all targets that need it
+add_dependencies(core_interface generate_build_info)
+
 include(cmake/tests.cmake)
 
 include(Maintenance)

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -3,14 +3,17 @@ FROM debian:bullseye as build-image
 
 # Install required system packages
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
-    automake \
     bsdmainutils \
+    cmake \
     curl \
     g++ \
-    libtool \
     make \
     pkg-config \
-    patch 
+    patch \
+    m4 \
+    autoconf \
+    automake \
+    libtool
 
 # Build Firo
 COPY . /tmp/firo/
@@ -20,11 +23,10 @@ WORKDIR /tmp/firo
 RUN cd depends && \
     NO_QT=true make HOST=$(uname -m)-linux-gnu -j$(nproc)
 
-RUN ./autogen.sh && \
-    ./configure --without-gui --enable-tests --prefix=/tmp/firo/depends/$(uname -m)-linux-gnu && \
-    make -j$(nproc) && \
-    make check && \
-    make install
+RUN cmake -B build --toolchain depends/$(uname -m)-linux-gnu/toolchain.cmake -DBUILD_GUI=OFF -DBUILD_TESTS=ON && \
+    cmake --build build -j$(nproc) && \
+    cd build && make test && \
+    cmake --install build --prefix /tmp/firo/depends/$(uname -m)-linux-gnu
 
 # extract shared dependencies of firod and firo-cli
 # copy relevant binaries to /usr/bin, the COPY --from cannot use $(uname -m) variable in argument