Kpathsea compile meson windows

gen-headers.py

import sys
normal_headers = [
    "absolute.h",
    "c-ctype.h",
    "c-dir.h",
    "c-errno.h",
    "c-fopen.h",
    "c-limits.h",
    "c-memstr.h",
    "c-minmax.h",
    "c-namemx.h",
    "c-pathch.h",
    "c-pathmx.h",
    "c-proto.h",
    "c-stat.h",
    "c-std.h",
    "c-unistd.h",
    "cnf.h",
    "concatn.h",
    "debug.h",
    "expand.h",
    "getopt.h",
    "hash.h",
    "lib.h",
    "line.h",
    "magstep.h",
    "pathsearch.h",
    "proginit.h",
    "progname.h",
    "readable.h",
    "str-list.h",
    "str-llist.h",
    "systypes.h",
    "tex-file.h",
    "tex-glyph.h",
    "tex-hush.h",
    "tex-make.h",
    "types.h",
    "variable.h",
    "version.h",
]
normal_headers.extend(["config.h", "c-auto.h", "paths.h"])
with open(sys.argv[1], "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
    f.write("/* This is a generated file */")
    f.write("/* collecting all public kpathsea headers. */")
    for file in normal_headers:
        f.write(f"#include <kpathsea/{file}>")

meson.build

project(
    'kpathsea', 'c',
    version: '6.2.0',
    default_options: [
        'warning_level=1',
        'buildtype=release',
    ])

cc = meson.get_compiler('c')

main_c_args = []
if cc.get_id() == 'msvc'
    main_c_args += [
        '-DHAVE_CONFIG_H',
        '-DWIN32=1',
        '-DMAKE_KPSE_DLL=1',
        '-D_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE',
        '-DEXEEXT=".exe"'
    ]
endif

main_c_args = cc.get_supported_arguments(main_c_args)

sources = [
    'tex-file.c',
    'absolute.c',
    'atou.c',
    'cnf.c',
    'concat.c',
    'concat3.c',
    'concatn.c',
    'db.c',
    'debug.c',
    'dir.c',
    'elt-dirs.c',
    'expand.c',
    'extend-fname.c',
    'file-p.c',
    'find-suffix.c',
    'fn.c',
    'fontmap.c',
    'getopt.c',
    'getopt1.c',
    'hash.c',
    'kdefault.c',
    'kpathsea.c',
    'line.c',
    'magstep.c',
    'make-suffix.c',
    'path-elt.c',
    'pathsearch.c',
    'proginit.c',
    'progname.c',
    'readable.c',
    'rm-suffix.c',
    'str-list.c',
    'str-llist.c',
    'tex-glyph.c',
    'tex-hush.c',
    'tex-make.c',
    'tilde.c',
    'uppercasify.c',
    'variable.c',
    'version.c',
    'xbasename.c',
    'xcalloc.c',
    'xdirname.c',
    'xfopen.c',
    'xfseek.c',
    'xftell.c',
    'xgetcwd.c',
    'xmalloc.c',
    'xopendir.c',
    'xputenv.c',
    'xrealloc.c',
    'xstat.c',
    'xstrdup.c',
    'dirent.c',
    'knj.c',
    'win32lib.c'
]
win_deps = [
    cc.find_library('user32'),
    cc.find_library('advapi32'),
    cc.find_library('shell32')
]
kpathsealib = library(
    'kpathsealib',
    sources,
    c_args: main_c_args,
    install: true,
    include_directories: ['.','..','./..'],
    dependencies: win_deps,
)

executable(
    'kpsewhich',
    ['kpsewhich.c','version.c','getopt.c'],
    c_args: main_c_args,
    install: true,
    include_directories: ['.','..','./..'],
    link_with: kpathsealib,
)

executable(
    'kpsestat',
    ['kpsestat.c'],
    c_args: main_c_args,
    install: true,
    include_directories: ['.','..','./..'],
    link_with: kpathsealib,
)

executable(
    'access',
    ['access.c'],
    c_args: main_c_args,
    install: true,
    include_directories: ['.','..','./..'],
    link_with: kpathsealib,
)

executable(
    'readlink',
    ['readlink.c'],
    c_args: main_c_args,
    install: true,
    include_directories: ['.','..','./..'],
    link_with: kpathsealib,
)

# now install headers
normal_headers = [
    'absolute.h',
    'c-ctype.h',
    'c-dir.h',
    'c-errno.h',
    'c-fopen.h',
    'c-limits.h',
    'c-memstr.h',
    'c-minmax.h',
    'c-namemx.h',
    'c-pathch.h',
    'c-pathmx.h',
    'c-proto.h',
    'c-stat.h',
    'c-std.h',
    'c-unistd.h',
    'cnf.h',
    'concatn.h',
    'debug.h',
    'expand.h',
    'getopt.h',
    'hash.h',
    'lib.h',
    'line.h',
    'magstep.h',
    'pathsearch.h',
    'proginit.h',
    'progname.h',
    'readable.h',
    'str-list.h',
    'str-llist.h',
    'systypes.h',
    'tex-file.h',
    'tex-glyph.h',
    'tex-hush.h',
    'tex-make.h',
    'types.h',
    'variable.h',
    'version.h',
]
special_headers=[
	'config.h',
	'knj.h',
	'mingw32.h',
	'win32lib.h'
]
prog_python = import('python').find_installation('python')
kpseheaders = custom_target(
    'kpathsea.h',
    output : 'kpathsea.h',
    input : 'gen-headers.py',
    command : [prog_python,'gen-headers.py', '@OUTPUT@'],
)
install_headers(normal_headers+special_headers+['kpathsea.h'],subdir : 'kpathsea')

# pkgconfig work
# useful

pkg = import('pkgconfig')
pkg.generate(
    kpathsealib,
    filebase: 'kpathsea',
    description: 'Kpathsea filename lookup library')

Only sources from W32TeX will work.