Modified the meson build declaration to (#19)

- support to optionally create a static library
- allow the binary to use the non system library (libjose.so) when buildng a debug version

Co-authored-by: Claude Robitaille <[email protected]>

cmd/meson.build

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+rpath = ''
+if buildtype == 'debug' or buildtype == 'debugoptimized'
+  rpath = libjose_build_dir
+endif
 executable(meson.project_name(),
   'jose.c', 'jose.h',
   'b64/b64.h',
@@ -23,5 +27,6 @@ executable(meson.project_name(),
   'fmt.c',
 
   dependencies: libjose_dep,
-  install: true
+  install: true,
+  install_rpath: rpath
 )

lib/meson.build

@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ if not cc.links(code, args: flags, name: '-Wl,--version-script=...')
   flags = [ '-export-symbols-regex=^jose_.*' ]
 endif
 
-libjose_lib = shared_library('jose',
+libjose_build_dir = meson.current_build_dir()
+libjose_src = [
   'misc.c',           'misc.h',
   'cfg.c',
   'io.c',
@@ -37,17 +38,41 @@ libjose_lib = shared_library('jose',
   'openssl/pbes2.c',
   'openssl/rsa.c',
   'openssl/rsaes.c',
-  'openssl/rsassa.c',
-
-  include_directories: incdir,
-  dependencies: [zlib, jansson, libcrypto, threads],
-  version: '0.0.0',
-  link_args: flags,
-  install: true
-)
-
-libjose_dep = declare_dependency(
-  include_directories: incdir,
-  dependencies: jansson,
-  link_with: libjose_lib
-)
+  'openssl/rsassa.c' 
+]
+
+if build_dynamic
+  libjose_lib = shared_library('jose',
+    libjose_src,
+
+    include_directories: incdir,
+    dependencies: [zlib, jansson, libcrypto, threads],
+    version: '0.0.0',
+    link_args: flags,
+    install: true
+  )
+
+
+  libjose_dep = declare_dependency(
+    include_directories: incdir,
+    dependencies: jansson,
+    link_with: libjose_lib
+  )
+endif
+
+# Define the static library using same sources and dependencies as libjose_lib
+if build_static
+  libjose_static = static_library('jose_static',
+    libjose_src,
+
+    include_directories: incdir,
+    dependencies: [zlib, jansson, libcrypto, threads],
+  )
+
+  # Declare the dependency for the static library
+  libjose_static_dep = declare_dependency(
+      include_directories: incdir,
+      dependencies: jansson,
+      link_with: libjose_static
+  )
+endif

meson.build

@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ project('jose', 'c', license: 'APL2',
   meson_version: '>=0.47.0',
 )
 
+buildtype = get_option('buildtype')
+build_static = get_option('build_static')
+build_dynamic = get_option('build_dynamic')
+
 licensedir = join_paths(get_option('prefix'), 'share', 'licenses', meson.project_name())
 if host_machine.system() == 'freebsd'
   licensedir += '-'+meson.project_version()
@@ -53,14 +57,23 @@ subdir('tests')
 
 install_data(licenses, install_dir: licensedir)
 
+
+libraries = []
+if build_dynamic
+  libraries +=  libjose_lib
+endif
+if build_static
+  libraries +=  libjose_static
+endif
+
 pkg = import('pkgconfig')
 pkg.generate(
   description: 'Library for managing JOSE objects',
   version: meson.project_version(),
   filebase: meson.project_name(),
   name: 'José Library',
   libraries_private: [ zlib, libcrypto ],
-  libraries: libjose_lib,
+  libraries: libraries,
   requires: jansson,
 )
 

meson_options.txt

@@ -1 +1,4 @@
 option('docs', type: 'feature', description: 'Whether to build asciidoc manpages')
+option('build_static', type: 'boolean', description: 'Build static library', value: false)
+option('build_dynamic', type: 'boolean', description: 'Build dynamic library', value: true)
+