Trying to get static build on mac working

Author: caesay

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -123,18 +123,43 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
-          brew install meson vala bison glib libxml2
+          brew install meson vala bison glib libxml2 zlib libffi cmake
           echo "$(brew --prefix bison)/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
 
+      - name: Build static libxml2
+        run: |
+          brew fetch --force libxml2
+          TARBALL=$(brew --cache libxml2)
+          TMPDIR=$(mktemp -d)
+          tar xf "$TARBALL" -C "$TMPDIR"
+          cd "$TMPDIR"/libxml2-*
+          cmake -B build \
+            -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF \
+            -DLIBXML2_WITH_PYTHON=OFF \
+            -DLIBXML2_WITH_ICU=OFF \
+            -DLIBXML2_WITH_LZMA=OFF \
+            -DZLIB_ROOT=$(brew --prefix zlib)
+          cmake --build build
+          cp build/libxml2.a "$(brew --prefix libxml2)/lib/"
+
       - name: Build
         run: |
+          export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$(brew --prefix libxml2)/lib/pkgconfig:$(brew --prefix zlib)/lib/pkgconfig:$(brew --prefix libffi)/lib/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH"
+          export LDFLAGS="-L$(brew --prefix zlib)/lib -L$(brew --prefix libffi)/lib -L$(brew --prefix libxml2)/lib"
+          export CPPFLAGS="-I$(brew --prefix libxml2)/include"
           meson setup builddir --default-library=static --prefer-static
           meson compile -C builddir
 
       - name: Verify
         run: |
           file builddir/wixl
+          otool -L builddir/wixl
+          ls -lh builddir/wixl
           builddir/wixl --version
+          if otool -L builddir/wixl | grep -E '\.(dylib|so)' | grep -v '/usr/lib/\|/System/Library/'; then
+            echo "ERROR: Found non-system dynamic dependencies!"
+            exit 1
+          fi
 
       - name: Rename binary
         run: cp builddir/wixl wixl-macos-${{ matrix.arch }}

meson.build

@@ -250,8 +250,10 @@ libmsi_dep = declare_dependency(
   dependencies: libmsi_deps,
 )
 
-# --- libeconf (static, built from source — needed on Linux for libblkid) ---
+# --- Platform-specific dependencies and link args ---
 platform_link_deps = []
+platform_extra_deps = []
+
 if host_machine.system() == 'linux'
   libeconf = static_library('econf',
     'libeconf/lib/econf_error.c',
@@ -266,17 +268,20 @@ if host_machine.system() == 'linux'
     include_directories: include_directories('libeconf/include', 'libeconf/lib'),
   )
   platform_link_deps = [libeconf]
-endif
-
-# --- Platform-specific link args ---
-if host_machine.system() == 'windows'
+  platform_link_args = ['-static']
+elif host_machine.system() == 'darwin'
+  platform_link_args = [
+    '-framework', 'CoreFoundation',
+    '-framework', 'Foundation',
+    '-framework', 'AppKit',
+    '-framework', 'Carbon',
+  ]
+elif host_machine.system() == 'windows'
   platform_link_args = [
     '-lws2_32', '-lole32', '-lshell32', '-lshlwapi',
     '-ladvapi32', '-luserenv', '-liphlpapi', '-ldnsapi',
     '-lbcrypt',
   ]
-elif host_machine.system() == 'linux'
-  platform_link_args = ['-static']
 else
   platform_link_args = []
 endif
@@ -320,7 +325,7 @@ wixl = executable('wixl',
   c_args: ['-include', meson.project_build_root() / 'config.h'],
   include_directories: [inc_dirs, gcab_inc_dirs],
   link_with: [libcommon] + platform_link_deps,
-  dependencies: [libmsi_dep, libgcab_dep, glib, gio, libxml],
+  dependencies: [libmsi_dep, libgcab_dep, glib, gio, libxml] + platform_extra_deps,
   link_args: platform_link_args,
   install: true,
 )