#46474: Make self-contained Mac app bundle
Open Date: 2023-01-06 21:05
Last Update: 2023-01-09 22:32
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2023-01-09 22:32 Updated by: ddeanbrown
* Status Update from Open to Closed
Comment:
I tried, I failed. Now convinced this is not possible after all. At least 2 killer problems - there is no static lib for gtk3, nor gtk4. Also the "the 'iconv_' vs 'libiconv_' namespaces macro magic" rears its ugly head - just one example, libSDL2.a has _iconv_close and libiconv.a has _libiconv_close.
Closing this ticket, not sure whether Rejected or Invalid is better.
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Ticket Status:
Reporter: ddeanbrown
Owner: (None)
Type: Tasks
Status: Closed
Priority: 5 - Medium
MileStone: 3.1.0
Component: Bootstrap
Severity: 5 - Medium
Resolution: None
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Ticket details:
Spun off from #46342
It looks like it is possible to build a self-contained Mac app bundle with meson, using static libraries. This would allow an end user to download a zip file, un-zip it, put freeciv.app in their Applications folder, and run it without having to install homebrew and the homebrew packages. Would need a script to build it, and a MacAppREADME.txt file to include in the zip file.
The main issue is that meson.build needs to replace (at least some) calls to c_compiler.find_library() with calls to dependency().
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