stdenv for windows: auto-link dependency DLLs

For every *.{exe,dll} in $output/bin/ we try to find all (potential)
transitive dependencies and symlink those DLLs into $output/bin
so they are found on invocation.
(DLLs are first searched in the directory of the running exe file.)

The links are relative, so relocating whole /nix/store won't break them.
The hook is activated on cygwin and when cross-compiling to mingw.

1 files changed, 45 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/win-dll-link.sh b/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/win-dll-link.sh
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+
+fixupOutputHooks+=(_linkDLLs)
+
+# For every *.{exe,dll} in $output/bin/ we try to find all (potential)
+# transitive dependencies and symlink those DLLs into $output/bin
+# so they are found on invocation.
+# (DLLs are first searched in the directory of the running exe file.)
+# The links are relative, so relocating whole /nix/store won't break them.
+_linkDLLs() {
+(
+    if [ ! -d "$prefix/bin" ]; then exit; fi
+    cd "$prefix/bin"
+
+    # Compose path list where DLLs should be located:
+    #   prefix $PATH by currently-built outputs
+    local DLLPATH=""
+    local outName
+    for outName in $outputs; do
+        addToSearchPath DLLPATH "${!outName}/bin"
+    done
+    DLLPATH="$DLLPATH:$PATH"
+
+    echo DLLPATH="'$DLLPATH'"
+
+    linkCount=0
+    # Iterate over any DLL that we depend on.
+    local dll
+    for dll in $(objdump -p *.{exe,dll} | sed -n 's/.*DLL Name: \(.*\)/\1/p' | sort -u); do
+        if [ -e "./$dll" ]; then continue; fi
+        # Locate the DLL - it should be an *executable* file on $DLLPATH.
+        local dllPath="$(PATH="$DLLPATH" type -P "$dll")"
+        if [ -z "$dllPath" ]; then continue; fi
+        # That DLL might have its own (transitive) dependencies,
+        # so add also all DLLs from its directory to be sure.
+        local dllPath2
+        for dllPath2 in "$dllPath" "$(dirname "$dllPath")"/*.dll; do
+            if [ -e ./"$(basename "$dllPath2")" ]; then continue; fi
+            ln -sr "$dllPath2" .
+            linkCount=$(($linkCount+1))
+        done
+    done
+    echo "Created $linkCount DLL link(s) in $prefix/bin"
+)
+}
+