fix: build dynamic fmt lib on macOS only (in addition to the static…

… lib)

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -52,21 +52,24 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ inputs.runner }}
     steps:
       - name: checkout fmt
+        if: ${{ inputs.runner != 'macos-latest' }} # FIXME
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           repository: fmtlib/fmt
           ref: ${{ env.fmt_version }}
       - name: build
+        if: ${{ inputs.runner != 'macos-latest' }} # FIXME
         run: |
           cmake -S . -B build -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=fmt -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON
           cmake --build build -j2
           cmake --install build
-      - run: brew install tree
-        if: ${{ inputs.runner == 'macos-latest' }}
       - run: tree fmt
+        if: ${{ inputs.runner != 'macos-latest' }} # FIXME
       - name: tar
+        if: ${{ inputs.runner != 'macos-latest' }} # FIXME
         run: tar czvf fmt{.tar.gz,}
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        if: ${{ inputs.runner != 'macos-latest' }} # FIXME
         with:
           name: build_deps
           retention-days: 1
@@ -82,7 +85,7 @@ jobs:
       - build_fmt
     runs-on: ${{ inputs.runner }}
     strategy:
-      fail-fast: true
+      fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         binding: [ cpp, python ]
         include:
@@ -110,6 +113,8 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: build_deps
+      - run: brew install fmt
+        if: ${{ inputs.runner == 'macos-latest' }}
       - name: untar build
         run: ls *.tar.gz | xargs -I{} tar xzvf {}
       - run: brew install tree
@@ -180,7 +185,7 @@ jobs:
       - build_iguana
     runs-on: ${{ inputs.runner }}
     strategy:
-      fail-fast: true
+      fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         binding: [ cpp, python ]
         include:
@@ -201,6 +206,8 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: build_deps
+      - run: brew install fmt
+        if: ${{ inputs.runner == 'macos-latest' }}
       - name: get iguana build artifacts
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
@@ -236,7 +243,7 @@ jobs:
       - build_iguana
     runs-on: ${{ inputs.runner }}
     strategy:
-      fail-fast: true
+      fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         tool: [ cmake, make, meson ]
     steps:
@@ -245,6 +252,8 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: build_deps
+      - run: brew install fmt
+        if: ${{ inputs.runner == 'macos-latest' }}
       - name: get iguana build artifacts
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:

doc/setup.md

@@ -26,7 +26,12 @@ python -m pip install meson ninja
 
 ### :large_orange_diamond: `fmt`: C++ output formatting library
 <https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt>
-- likely available in your package manager, possibly under `libfmt`
+- likely available in your package manager, likely as `fmt` or `libfmt`
+> [!IMPORTANT]
+> macOS users are _strongly_ encouraged to install this from Homebrew:
+> ```bash
+> brew install fmt
+> ```
 - if you compile it yourself, include the `cmake` option `-DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON`
 - example `cmake` commands:
 ```bash

examples/meson.build

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ example_sources = [
   'iguana-example-01-bank-rows.cc',
 ]
 
-# add iguana libraries to rpath
+# add dependencies' libraries to rpath
 example_rpaths = [
   hipo_dep.get_variable(pkgconfig: 'libdir'),
 ]

meson.build

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ project(
 project_description = 'Implementation Guardian of Analysis Algorithms'
 
 # resolve dependencies
-fmt_dep  = dependency('fmt',   version: '>=9.1.0', method: 'pkg-config')
+fmt_dep  = dependency('fmt',   version: '>=9.1.0', method: 'pkg-config', static: true)
 hipo_dep = dependency('hipo4', version: '>=4.0.1', method: 'pkg-config')
 
 # list of dependencies