From d97e17b180257f3425574eb3ba4189d312eb590a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: kasull <qsullian@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2026 06:45:56 -0500
Subject: enforce static Windows linkage and remove runtime DLL copy step

---
 CMakeLists.txt | 113 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
 1 file changed, 83 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)

(limited to 'CMakeLists.txt')

diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f3638cb..561d10c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,49 +20,95 @@ pkg_check_modules(FREETYPE REQUIRED freetype2)
 pkg_check_modules(GLEW REQUIRED glew)
 
 find_package(OpenGL REQUIRED)
+
 # release build settings
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "-O3 -Wno-nontrivial-memcall")
 # debug build settings
-set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "-g -DDEBUG=1 -fsanitize=address -Wno-nontrivial-memcall")
-
-target_include_directories(app PRIVATE
-  ${SDL2_INCLUDE_DIRS}
-  ${FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIRS}
-  ${GLEW_INCLUDE_DIRS}
-  ${OPENGL_INCLUDE_DIR}
-)
+if(WIN32)
+  set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "-g -DDEBUG=1 -Wno-nontrivial-memcall")
+else()
+  set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "-g -DDEBUG=1 -fsanitize=address -Wno-nontrivial-memcall")
+endif()
 
 # Platform-specific linking
 if(WIN32)
+  function(resolve_static_archives OUT_VAR LIB_DIRS_VAR LIBS_VAR)
+    set(_resolved "")
+    foreach(_lib IN LISTS ${LIBS_VAR})
+      if(IS_ABSOLUTE "${_lib}")
+        set(_archive_path "${_lib}")
+      else()
+        if(_lib MATCHES "^-")
+          message(FATAL_ERROR "Unexpected link flag in static library list: ${_lib}")
+        endif()
+
+        find_file(
+          _archive_path
+          NAMES "lib${_lib}.a" "${_lib}.a"
+          PATHS ${${LIB_DIRS_VAR}}
+          NO_DEFAULT_PATH
+        )
+        if(NOT _archive_path)
+          message(FATAL_ERROR "Could not find static archive for '${_lib}' in: ${${LIB_DIRS_VAR}}")
+        endif()
+      endif()
+
+      string(TOLOWER "${_archive_path}" _archive_path_lower)
+      if(NOT _archive_path_lower MATCHES "\\.a$" OR _archive_path_lower MATCHES "\\.dll\\.a$")
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "Expected static archive (.a), got: ${_archive_path}")
+      endif()
+
+      list(APPEND _resolved "${_archive_path}")
+      unset(_archive_path CACHE)
+    endforeach()
+
+    set(${OUT_VAR} "${_resolved}" PARENT_SCOPE)
+  endfunction()
+
+  set(SDL2_INCLUDE_DIRS ${SDL2_STATIC_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+  set(FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIRS ${FREETYPE_STATIC_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+  set(GLEW_INCLUDE_DIRS ${GLEW_STATIC_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+
+  resolve_static_archives(
+    SDL2_LIBRARIES
+    SDL2_STATIC_LIBRARY_DIRS
+    SDL2_STATIC_LIBRARIES
+  )
+  resolve_static_archives(
+    FREETYPE_LIBRARIES
+    FREETYPE_STATIC_LIBRARY_DIRS
+    FREETYPE_STATIC_LIBRARIES
+  )
+  resolve_static_archives(
+    GLEW_LIBRARIES
+    GLEW_STATIC_LIBRARY_DIRS
+    GLEW_STATIC_LIBRARIES
+  )
+  set(CXX_STDLIB_LIBRARY_DIRS
+    ${CMAKE_CXX_IMPLICIT_LINK_DIRECTORIES}
+    ${SDL2_STATIC_LIBRARY_DIRS}
+  )
+  set(CXX_STDLIB_LIBRARY_NAMES c++ c++abi unwind)
+  resolve_static_archives(
+    CXX_STDLIB_LIBRARIES
+    CXX_STDLIB_LIBRARY_DIRS
+    CXX_STDLIB_LIBRARY_NAMES
+  )
+  foreach(APP_LINK_OPTION IN LISTS SDL2_STATIC_LDFLAGS_OTHER FREETYPE_STATIC_LDFLAGS_OTHER GLEW_STATIC_LDFLAGS_OTHER)
+    if(NOT APP_LINK_OPTION STREQUAL "")
+      set_property(TARGET app APPEND_STRING PROPERTY LINK_FLAGS " ${APP_LINK_OPTION}")
+    endif()
+  endforeach()
+
+  target_compile_definitions(app PRIVATE GLEW_STATIC)
   target_link_libraries(app PRIVATE
     ${SDL2_LIBRARIES}
     ${FREETYPE_LIBRARIES}
     ${GLEW_LIBRARIES}
+    ${CXX_STDLIB_LIBRARIES}
     ${OPENGL_LIBRARIES}
     winmm  # For timeGetDevCaps, timeBeginPeriod, timeEndPeriod
   )
-
-  set(TOOLCHAIN_BIN_DIR "")
-  if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER)
-    get_filename_component(TOOLCHAIN_BIN_DIR "${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}" DIRECTORY)
-  endif()
-  if(NOT TOOLCHAIN_BIN_DIR OR TOOLCHAIN_BIN_DIR STREQUAL ".")
-    find_program(CLANGXX_PATH NAMES clang++ clang++.exe)
-    if(CLANGXX_PATH)
-      get_filename_component(TOOLCHAIN_BIN_DIR "${CLANGXX_PATH}" DIRECTORY)
-    endif()
-  endif()
-
-  add_custom_command(
-    TARGET app
-    POST_BUILD
-    COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
-      -DAPP_EXE=$<TARGET_FILE:app>
-      -DAPP_OUT_DIR=$<TARGET_FILE_DIR:app>
-      -DTOOLCHAIN_BIN_DIR=${TOOLCHAIN_BIN_DIR}
-      -P ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/copy_runtime_deps.cmake
-    VERBATIM
-  )
 else()
   target_link_libraries(app PRIVATE
     ${SDL2_LIBRARIES}
@@ -72,6 +118,13 @@ else()
   )
 endif()
 
+target_include_directories(app PRIVATE
+  ${SDL2_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+  ${FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+  ${GLEW_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+  ${OPENGL_INCLUDE_DIR}
+)
+
 target_compile_options(app PRIVATE -Wall)
 target_compile_options(app PRIVATE -Wno-nontrivial-memcall)
 
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