Bundle terminfo for standalone builds.

script/archive-standalone-nix.sh

@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ mkdir -p $OUTDIR/lib
 mkdir -p $OUTDIR/plugins
 mkdir -p $OUTDIR/locales
 mkdir -p $OUTDIR/themes
+mkdir -p $OUTDIR/share/terminfo
 
 cp bin/musikcube $OUTDIR
 cp bin/musikcubed $OUTDIR
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ cp bin/lib/* $OUTDIR/lib
 cp bin/plugins/*.${DLL_EXT} $OUTDIR/plugins
 cp bin/locales/*.json $OUTDIR/locales
 cp bin/themes/*.json $OUTDIR/themes
+cp -rfp bin/share/terminfo/* $OUTDIR/share/terminfo/
 
 strip $OUTDIR/musikcube
 strip $OUTDIR/musikcubed

script/stage-vendor-libraries.sh

@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ if [[ "$PLATFORM" == 'Darwin' ]]; then
 
     cp vendor/lame-bin/lib/libmp3lame.0.dylib ./bin/lib
 
+    mkdir -p ./bin/share/terminfo
+    cp -rfp /opt/homebrew/Cellar/ncurses/6.3/share/terminfo/* ./bin/share/terminfo
+
 elif [[ "$PLATFORM" == 'Linux' ]]; then
     echo "[stage-static-vendor-libraries] staging Linux .so files..."
 

src/musikcube/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ configure_file("musikcube.in" "musikcube" @ONLY)
 add_executable(musikcube ${CUBE_SRCS})
 add_definitions(-DNCURSES_WIDECHAR)
 
+if (${BUILD_STANDALONE} MATCHES "true")
+    # ensures the curses app uses our local copy of `terminfo`
+    add_definitions(-DBUILD_STANDALONE)
+endif()
+
 target_include_directories(musikcube BEFORE PRIVATE ${VENDOR_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES})
 
 # figure out if we have a "w" suffix or not...

src/musikcube/Main.cpp

@@ -122,6 +122,14 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
     LibraryFactory::Initialize(Window::MessageQueue());
     auto library = std::make_shared<library::MasterLibrary>();
 
+#ifdef BUILD_STANDALONE
+    /* when we build a standalone binary we make sure to also package the terminfo used
+    by the version of ncurses we compile against. if the target system has ncurses5, the
+    terminfo format will not be compatible and the app will not run */
+    const std::string terminfo = core::GetApplicationDirectory() + "/share/terminfo/";
+    setenv("TERMINFO", terminfo.c_str(), 1);
+#endif
+
     {
         auto prefs = Preferences::ForComponent(core::prefs::components::Settings);